KARACHI: Will Young and Tom Latham’s centuries and clinical bowling performance propelled New Zealand to a comprehensive victory against Pakistan by 60 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener at National Bank Stadium in Karachi.
PAK 260 (46 Overs)
47.2: Henry to Naseem Shah, OUT! New Zealand win by 60 runs. Agony for the hosts as they lose their first match
Naseem Shah 13 (15b 0x4 1×6 27m) SR: 86.66
PAK 260/9 (45 Overs)
46.6: Santner to Haris Rauf, OUT
Haris Rauf 19 (10b 0x4 3×6 11m) SR: 190
Santner continues
PAK 245/8 (44 Overs)
O’Rourke to continue
PAK 236/8 (43 Overs)
Santner returns
PAK 229/8 (42 Overs)
43.4: O’Rourke to Khushdil, OUT
Khushdil Shah 69 (49b 10×4 1×6) SR: 140.81
O’Rourke continues
PAK 225/7 (41 Overs)
Henry continues
PAK 213/7 (40 Overs)
O’Rourke back for bowling
PAK 200/7 (39 Overs)
Matt Henry into the attack
PAK 196/6 (38 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 187/6 (37 Overs)
Bracewell continues
PAK 183/6 (36 Overs)
Phillips returns
PAK 175/6 (35 Overs)
Bracewell continues
PAK 166/6 (34 Overs)
Santner to continue
PAK 156/6 (33 Overs)
Bracewell returns
PAK 153/6 (32 Overs)
33.6: Santner to Babar Azam, OUT, big wicket
Babar Azam 64 (90b 6×4 1×6) SR: 71.11
Santner continues
PAK 146/5 (31 Overs)
Smith continues
PAK 130/5 (30 Overs)
Santner continues
PAK 128/4 (29 Overs)
30.4: Smith to Salman, OUT. Salman goes!
Salman Agha 42 (28b 6×4 1×6) SR: 150
Nathan Smith into the attack
PAK 124/3 (28 Overs)
Santner continues
PAK 119/3 (27 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 104/3 (26 Overs)
Santner continues
PAK 94/3 (25 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 84/3 (24 Overs)
Santner continues
PAK 83/3 (23 Overs)
Phillips from the other end
PAK 80/3 (22 Overs)
Santner continues
PAK 72/3 (21 Overs)
Bracewell continues
PAK 70/3 (20 Overs)
Santner comes into bowl
PAK 69/3 (19 Overs)
20.5: Michael Bracewell to Zaman, OUT. Silence in the stands as Fakhar is bowled!
Fakhar Zaman 24 (41b 4×4 0x6) SR: 58.53
Bracewell continues
PAK 66/2 (18 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 65/2 (17 Overs)
Bracewell continues
PAK 60/2 (16 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 55/2 (15 Overs)
Bracewell to continue
PAK 55/2 (14 Overs)
Phillips continues
PAK 49/2 (13 Overs)
Bracewell continues
PAK 41/2 (12 Overs)
Glenn Phillips comes to bowl.
PAK 24/2 (11 Overs)
Michael Bracewell into the attack
PAK 22/2 (10 Overs)
9.6: O’Rourke to Rizwan, OUT. Flying Glenn Phillips takes screamer.
O’Rourke continues
PAK 21/1 (9 Overs)
Henry to continue
PAK 19/1 (8 Overs)
O’Rourke continues
PAK 14/1 (7 Overs)
Henry continues. A maiden over…
PAK 14/1 (6 Overs)
O’Rourke to continue
PAK 12/1 (5 Overs)
Henry continues
PAK 8/1 (4 Overs)
3.4: O’Rourke to Saud Shakeel, OUT.. gone! New Zealand with an early breakthrough. He is caught on the third man.
Saud Shakeel 6 (19b 0x4 0x6) SR: 31.57
O’Rourke continues
PAK 5/0 (3 Overs)
Henry to continue from the other end
PAK 3/0 (2 Overs)
Will O’Rourke will take the new ball from the other end.
PAK 1/0 (1 Over)
Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel to open for Pakistan. Matt Henry will bowl the first over for New Zealand.
PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)
Will Young and Tom Latham struck centuries to power New Zealand to 320-5 in the their 50 overs.
NZ 320/5 (50 Overs)
49.4: Haris Rauf to Phillips, OUT!!
Glenn Phillips 61 (39b 3×4 4×6 62m) SR: 156.41
Haris Rauf to bowl the last over.
NZ 306/4 (49 Overs)
48.1: Fifty for Phillips. His quick-fire fifty includes four sixes and one four.
Shaheen Afridi continues
NZ 294/4 (48 Overs)
Haris Rauf returns
NZ 283/4 (47 Overs)
46.2: Shaheen Afridi to Latham, pushes on to the on side for a run, and here it is his eighth ODI hundred.
Shaheen Afridi is back in the attack
NZ 265/4 (46 Overs)
Naseem Shah into his final over
NZ 256/4 (45 Overs)
Haris Rauf returns
NZ 240/4 (44 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 224/4 (43 Overs)
Khushdil continues
NZ 215/4 (42 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed comes into the bowl
NZ 212/4 (41 Overs)
Khushdil comes back into the attack
NZ 207/4 (40 Overs)
Naseem continues
NZ 198/4 (39 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi continues
NZ 193/4 (38 Overs)
37.2: Length ball, Young heaves to the leg side… and it’s brilliantly taken by sub fielder Faheem Ashraf.
Will Young 107 (113b 12×4 1×6) SR: 94.69
Naseem Shah returns to the attack
NZ 187/3 (37 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi returns
NZ 183/3 (36 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues
NZ 175/3 (35 Overs)
34.2: Will Young sweeps to his century! A measured innings, that did not start smoothly, particularly with wickets at the other end, but a tidy ODI hundred, his first of four overseas.
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 171/3 (34 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues
NZ 164/3 (33 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 159/3 (32 Overs)
Haris Rauf returns
NZ 151/3 (31 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed returns
NZ 148/3 (30 Overs)
Khushdil Shah continues
NZ 139/3 (29 Overs)
Naseem Shah continues
NZ 129/3 (28 Overs)
Khushdil Shah returns
NZ 124/3 (27 Overs)
Naseem Shah to bowl
NZ 119/3 (26 Overs)
Salman Ali Agha continues
NZ 113/3 (25 Overs)
Shaheen continues
NZ 110/3 (24 Overs)
Salman Ali Agha continues
NZ 105/3 (23 Overs)
Shaheen continues
NZ 98/3 (22 Overs)
Salman Ali Agha replaces Khushdil
NZ 94/3 (21 Overs)
Shaheen returns
NZ 93/3 (20 Overs)
Khushdil Shah continues
NZ 86/3 (19 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues
NZ 80/3 (18 Overs)
Khushdil Shah continues
NZ 77/3 (17 Overs)
16.2: Haris Rauf angles the ball in towards the batter, and Mitchell’s attempt to move leg side to create room for the pull doesn’t work and hits high up on the bat and pops apologetically towards mid-on.
Daryl Mitchell 10 (24b 0x4 0x6) SR: 41.66
Haris Rauf continues
NZ 73/2 (16 Overs)
Khushdil Shah comes on to bowl his left-arm spin
NZ 71/2 (15 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues
NZ 68/2 (14 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 64/2 (13 Overs)
Haris Rauf to bowl his first over
NZ 55/2 (12 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 50/2 (11 Overs)
Naseem continues
NZ 48/2 (10 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 45/2 (9 Overs)
8.1: Back of a length, hitting the surface hard enough to find some precious movement away from the batter, who is defending with a full face. The bowl finds a edge and Rizwan takes a low catch.
Kane Williamson 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
Naseem continues
NZ 40/1 (8 Overs)
7.3: Perfect length, pushing Conway back, and then enough grip off the surface to move from leg stump to knock back off!
Devon Conway 10 (17b 2×4 0x6) SR: 58.82
Abrar Ahmed continues
NZ 39/0 (7 Overs)
Naseem returns from the other end
NZ 33/0 (6 Overs)
Abrar Ahmed introduced into the attack
NZ 30/0 (5 Overs)
Shaheen continues
NZ 24/0 (4 Overs)
Naseem to continue
NZ 3/0 (3 Overs)
Shaheen continues
NZ 3/0 (2 Overs)
Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end
NZ 3/0 (1 Over)
Devon Conway and Will Young to open the innings for New Zealand. Shaheen Afridi will take the new ball for Pakistan.
PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)
Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bowl first against New Zealand in the opening match of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 here at National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Tayyab Tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Nathan Smith, Will O’Rourke
HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan and New Zealand have competed in a total of 118 ODI matches. Pakistan leads the head-to-head record with 61 victories, while New Zealand has won 53 matches. Additionally, three matches have ended without a result, and one match ended in a tie.
However, New Zealand have the edge in the Champions Trophy as they boast an undefeated record against the Green Shirts.
Overall ODIs: Matches 118, Pakistan 61, New Zealand 53, NR 3, Tie 1
Champions Trophy: Matches 3, Pakistan 0, New Zealand 3
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This tournament marks the return of the ICC Champions Trophy after an eight-year break, with the last tournament being held in 2017, where Pakistan defeated their arch-rivals India in the final.
The eight-team tournament will feature 15 matches over 19 days, taking place in Pakistan and Dubai.
The teams are divided into two groups for the initial stage. Each team will play three group-stage matches, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.
Group A consists of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and New Zealand, while Group B includes Afghanistan, England, Australia, and South Africa.
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