Pakistan ended a disappointing tour of New Zealand on one other sombre word on Saturday, shedding the third One-Day Worldwide by 43 runs.
Whereas Pakistan made a daring effort to chase down New Zealand’s complete of 264 for eight, it fell quick once more and was dismissed for 221 in a match lowered by a moist outfield to 42 overs per facet.
New Zealand quick bowler Ben Sears took 5 for 34, his second five-wicket complete in consecutive matches.
Pakistan made a robust begin to its chase regardless of a stunning damage to opener Imam-ul-Haq, who retired damage within the third over after being struck within the head by a throw on the stumps.
Imam was trying a fast single when a throw to the non-striker’s finish lodged within the grill of his helmet. He was clearly dazed and struggled to face steadily earlier than being helped from the sphere.
Babar Azam rallied Pakistan after the incident with a half-century which, with assist from Abdullah Safique (33) and Mohammad Rizwan (37), helped Pakistan to 95 for one on the midpoint of its innings.
With 10 overs remaining, Pakistan was 167 for 4 and nicely within the match: New Zealand was 165 for 4 on the similar stage. However New Zealand took 99 runs from the final 10 overs of its innings and Pakistan couldn’t match that end.
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Tayyab Tahir made 33 from 31 balls however when he holed out within the thirty ninth over with Pakistan 218 for 9, the chase was all however over.
Pakistan arrived in New Zealand with a new-look squad, desirous to shrug off a disappointing efficiency on the latest Champions Trophy which it hosted and hoping to construct in direction of subsequent yr’s T20 World Cup.
However the vacationers misplaced the five-match T20 sequence 4-1 and misplaced the primary two matches of the three-match ODI sequence by 73 runs and 84 runs earlier than Saturday’s defeat. The Pakistan batters principally struggled on quick and bouncy New Zealand pitches.
“Clearly it was a disappointing sequence for us,” Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan stated. “However when you have a look at the positives, Babar Azam is in superb contact. Wanting on the bowling Sufiyan Muqeem was the man.
“You must give credit score to New Zealand in all departments. They performed very nicely for the final couple of months. They performed nicely in Pakistan in opposition to us and they’re true professionals.”
Earlier, opener Rhys Mariu and Michael Bracewell made half-centuries and Daryl Mitchell handed 2,000 runs in ODIs as New Zealand batted first after shedding the toss.
Mariu posted his maiden half-century in his second ODI and went on to make 58 from 61 balls. Mitchell got here into the match with 1,998 runs in one-day internationals with completed with 2,041 runs from 52 matches during which he averages 49.7.
Captain Bracewell completed strongly, making 59 from 40 balls.