KARACHI: Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam’s magnificent century bolstered the home side to breeze past New Zealand in the fourth PAK vs NZ ODI and claimed the top spot in the ICC ODI Team Rankings.
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The fourth PAK vs NZ ODI of the five-match series was played here at the National Bank Cricket Arena here on Friday.
New Zealand captain Tom Latham opted to bowl first after the coin flipped in his favour. Pakistan, in response, piled up a massive total on the scoreboard on the back of a brilliant century by their captain Babar Azam.
Babar smashed 10 boundaries on his way to top score for Pakistan with a 117-ball 107.
Besides him, Salman Ali Agha was the other notable run-getter for the hosts as he smashed his second half-century in the format.
Agha played a brisk 58-run knock in just 46 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and two sixes.
The target set by the green shirts turned out to be too much for New Zealand as they succumbed to their fourth straight defeat in the ongoing five-match series despite a brilliant half-century by their skipper Latham.
Latham remained the top scorer for the touring side with a 76-ball 60, which featured five boundaries.