Fakhar’s ton powers Pakistan to thump New Zealand in first PAK vs NZ ODI

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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman starred with the bat for his side in the first PAK vs NZ ODI as his magnificent century muscled the home side to thrash New Zealand by five wickets.

PAK 291/5 (48.3 Overs)

Ravindra to bowl

PAK 286/5 (48 Overs)

Tickner continues

PAK 278/5 (47 Overs)

Henry returns

PAK 273/5 (46 Overs)

Tickner replaces Henry

PAK 269/4 (45 Overs)

Ravindra comes again

PAK 259/4 (44 Overs)

Henry continues

PAK 257/4 (43 Overs)

Ravindra continues

PAK 254/3 (42 Overs)

Henry replaces Milne

PAK 249/3 (41 Overs)

Ravindra comes back, replaces Sodhi

PAK 238/3 (40 Overs)

Milne to bowl his ninth

PAK 226/3 (39 Overs)

Sodhi comes to bowl again

PAK 217/3 (38 Overs)

Milne again

PAK 216/2 (37 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 214/2 (36 Overs)

Milne continues

PAK 212/1 (35 Overs)

Sodhi comes back

PAK 206/1 (34 Overs)

Milne returns

PAK 199/1 (33 Overs)

Tickner again

PAK 189/1 (32 Overs)

Henry continues

PAK 184/1 (31 Overs)

Tickner continues

PAK 178/1 (30 Overs)

Henry returns

PAK 173/1 (29 Overs)

Tickner comes back

PAK 164/1 (28 Overs)

Sodhi continues to bowl

PAK 156/1 (27 Overs)

Ravindra continues to bowl

PAK 147/1 (26 Overs)

Sodhi comes again

PAK 137/1 (25 Overs)

Ravindra to bowl

PAK 131/1 (24 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 130/1 (23 Overs)

Ravindra continues

PAK 125/1 (22 Overs)

Sodhi replaces Mitchell

PAK 118/0 (21 Overs)

More spin as Rachin Ravindra comes into the attack

PAK 114/0 (20 Overs)

Mitchell bowls his third

PAK 102/0 (19 Overs)

Sodhi again

PAK 99/0 (18 Overs)

Mitchell continues

PAK 91/0 (17 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 88/0 (16 Overs)

Daryl Mitchell comes into the attack

PAK 81/0 (15 Overs)

Latham introduces spin as Ish Sodhi comes on

PAK 79/0 (14 Overs)

Milne continues

PAK 76/0 (13 Overs)

Tickner continues

PAK 72/0 (12 Overs)

Milne returns

PAK 62/0 (11 Overs)

Tickner comes again

PAK 57/0 (10 Overs)

Henry again

PAK 51/0 (9 Overs)

Tickner continues

PAK 48/0 (8 Overs)

Henry continues

PAK 43/0 (7 Overs)

Blair Tickner comes on

PAK 37/0 (6 Overs)

Henry again

PAK 32/0 (5 Overs)

Milne comes again

PAK 25/0 (4 Overs)

Henry continues

PAK 20/0 (3 Overs)

Milne continues

PAK 9/0 (2 Overs)

Matt Henry to bowl from the other end

PAK 7/0 (1 Over)

Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman come out to bat for Pakistan. Adam Milne to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Daryl Mitchell scored a magnificent century after Will Young’s 86 to bolster New Zealand to a commendable total of 288/7 in the first PAK vs NZ ODI here at Pindi Cricket Stadium.

NZ 288/7 (50 Overs)

Naseem bowls the final over

NZ 282/5 (49 Overs)

Shaheen bowls his final over

NZ 272/5 (48 Overs)

Haris bowls his last

NZ 265/5 (47 Overs)

46.1: Cutter on a length on leg stump. Mitchell does not seem to pick it and could only toe-end it towards the deep mid-wicket, where Fakhar runs in from the fence and completes a regulation catch.

Shaheen replaces Naseem

NZ 260/4 (46 Overs)

Haris continues

NZ 251/4 (45 Overs)

Naseem again

NZ 248/4 (44 Overs)

43.4: Length delivery on off stump. Chapman walks across his stumps and tries to lap it over the fine leg. But misses it as the ball breezes past the bat and smashes into the top of off stump!

Haris replaces Shaheen

NZ 244/3 (43 Overs)

Naseem continues

NZ 235/3 (42 Overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 224/3 (41 Overs)

Naseem is back

NZ 222/3 (40 Overs)

Shaheen is back

NZ 218/2 (39 Overs)

Nawaz comes back

NZ 205/2 (38 Overs)

Haris continues

NZ 197/2 (37 Overs)

Shadab to bowl his last

NZ 192/2 (36 Overs)

Haris replaces Naseem

NZ 187/2 (35 Overs)

Shadab again

NZ 178/2 (34 Overs)

Naseem continues

NZ 175/2 (33 Overs)

Shadab continues to bowl

NZ 169/2 (32 Overs)

Naseem comes back

NZ 168/2 (31 Overs)

Shadab again

NZ 166/2 (30 Overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 162/2 (29 Overs)

Shadab continues

NZ 157/2 (28 Overs)

Shaheen is back

NZ 154/2 (27 Overs)

26.3: Full length just outside off stump. Young looks to smash it over long off but for the first time in a while, is not quite to the pitch of the ball. It grips in the surface and spins away a touch too, taking the outer half of the bat and spooning up towards long off, where Rauf does the rest!

Shadab comes back

NZ 148/1 (26 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NZ 141/1 (25 Overs)

Haris continues

NZ 132/1 (24 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Shadab

NZ 125/1 (23 Overs)

Haris comes back, replaces Salman

NZ 119/1 (22 Overs)

Shadab continues to bowl

NZ 113/1 (21 Overs)

Salman continues

NZ 106/1 (20 Overs)

Shadab again

NZ 102/1 (19 Overs)

Agha Salman comes into the attack

NZ 94/1 (18 Overs)

Shadab continues

NZ 86/1 (17 Overs)

Nawaz bowls again

NZ 78/1 (16 Overs)

Shadab comes on

NZ 73/1 (15 Overs)

Nawaz comes again

NZ 69/1 (14 Overs)

Haris continues

NZ 65/1 (13 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NZ 63/1 (12 Overs)

Haris continues

NZ 56/1 (11 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NZ 49/1 (10 Overs)

9.4: Haris gets the breakthrough! Length delivery that pitches on off stump and decks back sharply. Bowes, without much foot movement, has a poke at it and is cut in half because of the inward movement. The ball kisses the inside edge and floats through to Rizwan

Haris Rauf replaces Naseem

NZ 44/0 (9 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack

NZ 36/0 (8 Overs)

Naseem continues

NZ 30/0 (7 Overs)

Shaheen to bowl his fourth over

NZ 15/0 (6 Overs)

Naseem continues his first spell

NZ 15/0 (5 Overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 10/0 (4 Overs)

Naseem continues

NZ 10/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 5/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

NZ 2/0 (1 Over)

Will Young and Chad Bowes come out to bat. Shaheen Shah Afridi to open the attack

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the opening PAK vs NZ ODI of the five-match series here at Pindi Cricket Stadium.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan:  Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Shadab Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

New Zealand:  Chad Bowes, Will Young, Mark Chapman, Tom Latham (c & wk), Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicolls, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Adam Milne, Matt Henry

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 110, Pakistan 50, New Zealand 56, No Result 4

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