The third ODI match was played between New Zealand and Pakistan at Mount Magnolia ground. In this match, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 43 runs under DL method and clean swept the three-match ODI series. Earlier, New Zealand defeated Pakistan 4-1 in the T20 series and now has captured the ODI series as well. In this rain-interrupted match, New Zealand batted first and scored 264 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In reply, Pakistan’s team was all out for 221 runs.
If we talk about this match, New Zealand, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a bad start and opener Nick Kelly was out after scoring just 3 runs. However, after this, the other opener, Rice Mariu and Henry Nichols, handled the innings by making a partnership of 78 runs for the second wicket. Mariu played an innings of 58 runs in 61 balls before getting out. At the same time, Henry Nichols scored 31 runs after this. After this, due to the fiery 59 runs of captain Michael Bracewell and 43 runs of Daryl Mitchell, the New Zealand team was able to score 264 runs in 42 overs by losing 8 wickets. And in this way, New Zealand set a target of 265 runs in front of Pakistan in 42 overs.
If we talk about bowling from Pakistan’s team in this match, then left-arm young bowler Aaqib Javed bowled brilliantly and took the maximum 4 wickets by giving 64 runs in 8 overs. Naseem Shah also got two wickets.
New Zealand Clinch Series 3-0 Despite Babar’s Fighting Fifty
Chasing the target of 265 runs, Pakistan got a big setback in the third over itself when Imam ul Haq had to retire hurt due to injury, and Usman Khan had to come in his place as a concussion substitute. As soon as Imam ul Haq got injured, Babar Azam came to bat in his place.
Abdullah Shafiq (33) and Babar Azam (50) handled the innings and kept Pakistan in the match, but as soon as this partnership broke, Pakistan’s car derailed and then, on the lines of ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’, Pakistan kept losing wickets. Mohammad Rizwan also played an innings of 37 runs in 32 balls. In the end, Tayyab Tahir and Naseem Shah tried their best to bring excitement to the match, but due to the accurate bowling of the Kiwi team, Pakistan lagged in this match as well and the Kiwi team won the match by 43 runs and with this, Pakistan lost the ODI series 3-0. This was Babar Azam’s second 50 in three matches in the series, but he could not win the match for his team.
For the New Zealand team, young right-arm bowler Ben Sears took 5 wickets for 34 runs in 9 overs. Apart from this, Jacob Duffy took 2 wickets for 40 runs, and Daryl Mitchell, Michael Brisbane, and Mohammad Abbas got one wicket each. New Zealand’s young right-arm fast bowler Ben Sears has created a big history with this. He has taken five wickets in the second consecutive ODI match. Ben Sears has become the first New Zealand bowler to take five wickets in two consecutive ODI matches. Ben Sears was awarded the Player of the Series title in the ODI series for his brilliant performance.
