PAK vs NZ 4th ODI: Babar century powers Pakistan to thump New Zealand

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam notched up his 18th century and powered Pakistan to thrash New Zealand by a massive margin of 102 runs in the fourth PAK vs NZ ODI of the five-match series here on Friday.

NZ 232 (43.4 Overs)

Wasim Jr bowls

NZ 230/9 (43 Overs)

Usama bowls his last

NZ 227/8 (42 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NZ 222/8 (41 Overs)

40.5: Biting leg-break, lots of flight as Sodhi comes down the track and the ball spins away sharply outside off, Rizwan quickly whips off the bails.

Usama replaces Haris

NZ 219/7 (40 Overs)

39.5: Wasim Jr hits the deck hard and gets a fierce bounce, Cole McConchie looks to thwack it away but ends up launching it into the sky and Rizwan moved towards his left towards square leg and took a sprawling catch.

Wasim Jr replaces Usama

NZ 214/6 (39 Overs)

Haris comes again

NZ 212/6 (38 Overs)

Usama continues

NZ 207/6 (37 Overs)

36.3: Haris Rauf comes from round the wicket and fires it on a length. The ball came in with the angle, he gets a thick inside edge and chops it back onto the stumps.

Haris continues

NZ 203/5 (36 Overs)

35.2: Flighted, dangles a delicious leg-break on a shorter length, Chapman slinks back and miscues the flick, hitting the top of the middle.

Usama returns

NZ 200/4 (35 Overs)

Haris replaces Wasim Jr

NZ 190/4 (34 Overs)

33.1: Shaheen bowls a length ball outside off, Latham looks to guide it down to third man but ends up nicking it behind where Mohammad Rizwan made no mistake this time.

Shaheen continues

NZ 184/3 (33 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NZ 177/3 (32 Overs)

Shaheen returns

NZ 169/3 (31 Overs)

Wasim Jr replaces Agha

NZ 165/3 (30 Overs)

Iftikhar continues

NZ 153/3 (29 Overs)

Agha comes again

NZ 140/3 (28 Overs)

Iftikhar Ahmed into the attack

NZ 131/3 (27 Overs)

Agha continues to bowl

NZ 129/3 (26 Overs)

25.6: Usama bowls a tossed-up delivery outside off, Daryl Mitchell looks to sweep but this one turns away. It goes off the top edge and goes to Shaheen Shah Afridi at third man.

Usama bowls again

NZ 123/2 (25 Overs)

Agha comes again

NZ 117/2 (24 Overs)

Usama bowls

NZ 108/2 (23 Overs)

Agha bowls

NZ 104/2 (22 Overs)

Usama continues from the other end

NZ 99/2 (21 Overs)

Agha continues

NZ 93/2 (20 Overs)

Usama to bowl

NZ 86/2 (19 Overs)

Agha continues to bowl

NZ 80/2 (18 Overs)

Usama continues

NZ 77/2 (17 Overs)

Agha again

NZ 73/2 (16 Overs)

More spin as Usama Mir comes into the attack

NZ 69/2 (15 Overs)

Agha continues

NZ 64/2 (14 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NZ 57/2 (13 Overs)

Salman Ali Agha comes on

NZ 54/2 (12 Overs)

Wasim Jr comes again

NZ 48/2 (11 Overs)

Haris continues for his sixth

NZ 46/2 (10 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NZ 46/2 (9 Overs)

8.6: Haris bowls a length delivery outside off, Blundell goes early to drive and guides it straight to Iftikhar Ahmed’s throat at extra cover.

Haris continues from the other end

NZ 41/1 (8 Overs)

7.1: Wasim Jnr strikes on his first delivery, digs into the pitch and gets it to bounce steeply off the deck, Young didn’t get all of it and it goes miles up in the air and into the night sky. Haris Rauf does the rest.

Mohammad Wasim Jr comes into the attack

NZ 36/0 (7 Overs)

Shaheen comes for his fourth

NZ 29/0 (6 Overs)

Haris comes again

NZ 24/0 (5 Overs)

Shaheen continues to bowl

NZ 13/0 (4 Overs)

Haris continues from the other end

NZ 8/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 7/0 (2 Overs)

Haris Rauf to bowl from the other end

NZ 4/0 (1 Over)

Tom Blundell and Will Young come out to bat for New Zealand. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam notched up his 18th century in the fourth PAK vs NZ ODI of the five-match series and propelled Pakistan to a massive total of 334/6 against New Zealand here on Friday.

PAK 334/6 (50 Overs)

Lister bowls the final over

PAK 312/6 (49 Overs)

Henry bowls his last

PAK 296/6 (48 Overs)

Lister to bowl

PAK 287/5 (47 Overs)

Henry replaces Lister

PAK 280/4 (46 Overs)

Tickner comes back

PAK 264/4 (45 Overs)

Lister continues

PAK 257/4 (44 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 253/4 (43 Overs)

Lister replaces Henry

PAK 248/4 (42 Overs)

Sodhi returns

PAK 245/4 (41 Overs)

40.6: Back of a length delivery on off stump that just sticks in the surface a little. Salman, taken aback by it, splices it towards the bowler. Henry flies to his right and plucks out a low one-handed catch!

Henry replaces Lister

PAK 240/3 (40 Overs)

McConchie continues

PAK 225/3 (39 Overs)

Lister replaces Henry

PAK 217/3 (38 Overs)

McConchie replaces Sodhi

PAK 210/3 (37 Overs)

Henry continues

PAK 204/3 (36 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 195/3 (35 Overs)

Henry returns

PAK 189/3 (34 Overs)

Sodhi returns

PAK 179/3 (33 Overs)

Tickner continues to bowl

PAK 170/3 (32 Overs)

Sodhi returns

PAK 170/3 (31 Overs)

Tickner continues

PAK 165/3 (30 Overs)

McConchie comes for his eighth

PAK 155/3 (29 Overs)

Tickner replaces Neesham

PAK 149/3 (28 Overs)

McConchie again

PAK 144/3 (27 Overs)

Neesham continues

PAK 138/3 (26 Overs)

McConchie continues

PAK 133/3 (25 Overs)

James Neesham into the attack

PAK 124/2 (24 Overs)

McConchie comes again

PAK 120/2 (23 Overs)

Lister continues

PAK 114/2 (22 Overs)

McConchie continues from the end

PAK 111/2 (21 Overs)

Lister returns

PAK 106/2 (20 Overs)

McConchie again

PAK 101/2 (19 Overs)

Sodhi comes again

PAK 95/2 (18 Overs)

McConchie continues

PAK 89/2 (17 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 85/1 (16 Overs)

Spin from both ends now. Cole McConchie into the attack