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29 March 2024

Pakistan vs New Zealand 5th ODI: Black Caps thump Pakistan to win series 3-2

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Skipper Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor hit half-centuries while paceman Matt Henry recorded career best bowling figures as New Zealand thumped Pakistan by 68 runs in the fifth and final one-dayer in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Williamson's 97 and Taylor's 88 were the cornerstone of New Zealand's 275-4 before Henry's 5-30 helped dismiss Pakistan for 207 in 43.3 overs for a 3-2 series win at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Pakistan won the first match in Dubai by three wickets and the third in Sharjah by 147 runs while New Zealand took the second by four wickets and the fourth game by seven runs.

Henry took the first three of the four wickets as Pakistan were struggling at 38-3 before Haris Sohail (65) and Ahmed Shehzad (54) put on 69 for the fourth wicket.

Henry then returned for his second spell to dismiss Shehzad followed by Sarfraz Ahmed (26) and Shahid Afridi (13) to improve on his previous best of 4-38 on debut against India at Wellington in January this year.

This becomes Pakistan's 12th defeat in the final games of a series after they were tied at 1-1 or 2-2. Their only win came against Zimbabwe in 2012.

Defeat left Pakistan without a one-day series win in 2014 after losing in Sri Lanka 2-1 and to Australia 3-0.

"It's nice to win," said Williamson. "It was such an up and down series and very tough but it's good to win against Pakistan."

Pakistan were off to a disastrous start when opener Nasir Jamshed was leg-before wicket in the first over to Henry for nought.

Henry then had Younis Khan (12) and Shehzad (54) to leave Pakistan struggling at 107-4.

In between, Anton Devcich had Asad Shafiq (seven) and Nathan McCullum dismissed Umar Akmal for six.

Sohail hit five fours and a six off 74 balls while Shehzad's knock of 81 balls had only two boundaries.

Shehzad was caught while Sohail was bowled by Mitchell McClenaghan, ending Pakistan's hopes of a win.

Afridi found enough positives despite the loss with the World Cup in February and March fast approaching.

"I congratulate New Zealand for the win," said Afridi, who deputised for Misbah-ul Haq, injured in the second game.

"We have quite a few positives but our fielding needs to improve before the World Cup."

Earlier Williamson and Taylor propelled New Zealand to 275-4 in their 50 overs.

Williamson added an invaluable 116 for the third wicket with Taylor before top-edging a sweep off leg-spinner Afridi and was caught behind.

He hit eight boundaries off 119 balls, following up his 123 in the series-levelling win on Wednesday, also in Abu Dhabi.

Taylor hit five boundaries and a six off 95 balls, giving impetus in the last 15 overs in which 120 runs were scored.
Tom Latham chipped in with an 18-ball 22 with four boundaries and Luke Ronchi made 16.

Williamson also added 66 for the second wicket with Dean Brownlie (34) after New Zealand lost opener Martin Guptill for eight to paceman Mohammad Irfan who finished with 2-62.

Afridi finished with 1-33 in his ten overs.

Pakistan were forced to leave out opener Mohammad Hafeez who had a recurrence of a hamstring injury while struggling paceman Sohail Tanvir was dropped, making way for Shafiq and Zulfiqar Babar.

New Zealand brought in McCullum and Devcich for Daniel Vettori and Corey Anderson. Vettori left for home to attend his brother's wedding.

The one-day series marked the end of Pakistan's two-and-a-half month activity in United Arab Emirates in which they lost the one-day series to Australia 3-0 but beat them in the Test series 2-0.

Pakistan innings

New Zealand win the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan by 68 runs to win the series 3-2.

Chasing a target of 276, Pakistan struggled from the onset before despite half centuries from Shehzad (54) and Sohail (65).

Henry was the chief destroyer claiming a career best five for 30 and McCullum two for 59.

Babar is last man out castled by Milne. Pak 207 all in 43.3 overs.

Zulfiqar Babar b Milne 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Afridi's entertainment comes to an end after a few lusty blows. Pak 205-9 in 42.5 overs.

Shahid Afridi c Taylor b Henry 13 (9b 2x4 0x6)

Anwar smashes a couple of boundaries off McCullum but his valiant knock comes to an end. Pak 194-8 in 42 overs.

Anwar Ali st Ronchi b McCullum 18 (14b 3x4 0x6)

Pakistan need 101 from 60 with three wickets in hand and Afridi and Ali in the middle. Pak 175-7 in 40 overs.

Henry has struck another crucial blow as Sarfraz is caught behind. Pak 174-7 in 39.1 overs.

Sarfraz Ahmed c Ronchi b Henry 26 (24b 2x4 0x6)

Pakistan need 102 off 66 balls with Afridi having just walked in. Pak 174-6 in 39 overs.

McClenaghan breaks the momentum of Pakistan's run-chase by knocking the stumps of Sohail. Pak 172-6 in 38.4 overs.

Haris Sohail b McClenaghan 65 (104m 74b 5x4 1x6)

Sarfraz and Sohail get a boundary apiece off Milne as the charge has begun for Pakistan. Pak 165-5 in 38 overs.

Pakistan need 131 from 84 balls.

Sohail completes his second ODI half century off 66 balls. Pak 145-5 in 36 overs.

Pakistan are imploding with Akmal failing to clear the infield and Guptill taking a good catch. Pak 117-5 in 30.3 overs.

Umar Akmal c Guptill b McCullum 6 (12b 0x4 0x6)

Sohail continues unfazed by the fall of Shehzad slamming Henry through the mid-on. Pak 112-4 in 29 overs.

Shehzad perishes virtually throwing his wicket away with a rush of blood hoisting Henry straigh to mid-on. Pak 107-4 in 28.1 overs.

Ahmed Shehzad c Williamson b Henry 54 (71m 81b 2x4 0x6)

Sohail becomes aggressive lofting McCullum for a massive six. Pak 107-3 in 28 overs.

Shehzad completes his half century slashing at Henry for a couple as Pakistan step up the tempo. Pak 98-3 in 27 overs.

Shehzad also gets his second boundary slamming McCullum through point. Pak 94-3 in 26 overs.

Sohail hits a boundary after 36 balls lofting McCullum over extra cover to bring up the 50 partnership with Shehzad.

Pakistan are making slow progress chasing 276 being 84-3 at the halfway stage.

Pakistan need 200 from 28 overs with the boundaries having dried up.

Pakistan are in trouble as Devcich strikes in his second over trapping Shafiq leg before being unsuccessful in overturning the verdict. Pak 38-3 in 12.5 overs.

Asad Shafiq lbw b Devcich 7 (13b 0x4 0x6)

Henry strikes again as Younis fails to negotiate a rising delivery being caught behind on the leg side. Pak 22-2 in 8.5 overs.

Younis Khan c Ronchi b Henry 12 (25b 0x4 0x6)

Pakistan are off to another horror start as Jamshed shuffling across is adjudged leg before for a duck. Pak 0-1 in 0.5 overs.

New Zealand innings

New Zealand pummelled 85 in the last ten over to recover after a slow start to set Pakistan a challenging target of 276.

Skipper Williamson led the way with a composed knock of 97 off 119 balls which contained eight boundaries.

Taylor remained unbeaten on 88 which came off 95 balls and contained five boundaries and a six.

He shared in a 116-run stand for the third wicket with Williamson while Latham chipped in with an unbeaten 22.

Irfan claimed two for 62 while Babar was also expensive going for 61 for his one wickete.

Afridi was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of 10-0-33-1.

Latham swings Ali to square leg for a boundary as New Zealand finish strongly to make 275-4 in 50 overs.

Latham smashes a couple of boundaries off Irfan. NZ 262-4 in 49 overs.

Afridi holds onto a skier from Ronchi after a bit of juggle as Irfan strikes after being smashed for a six earlier. NZ 241-4 in 46.2 overs.

Luke Ronchi c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Irfan 16 (12b 1x4 1x6)

Taylor is turning it on smashing a couple of boundaries off Babar. NZ 235-3 in 46 overs.

Taylor hits the first six of the match clubbing Ali over midwicket. NZ 216-6 in 44 overs.

Williamson misses out on a century as Afridi strikes with Sarfraz taking a bat-pad catch in front of the wicket. NZ 202-3 in 42.1 overs.

Kane Williamson c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shahid Afridi 97 (119b 8x4 0x6)

The 100 partnership between Williamson and Taylor comes off just 124 balls. NZ 190-2 in 40 overs.

Taylor edges through the vacant slip off Irfan for another boundary. NZ 174-2 in 37 overs.

Williamson cracks two consecutive boundaries off Babar as the Batting Powerplay begins. NZ 166-2 n 36 overs.

Taylor brings up the 150 of the innings whipping Ali off his pads for a boundary. NZ 152-2 in 34 overs.

Williamson lofts Sohail for another boundary. NZ 143-2 in 33 overs.

Skipper Williamson completes his eighth ODI half century in his last 10 innings. NZ 100-2 in 22 overs.

Williamson cuts Shehzad beating the man on the boundary. NZ 97-2 in 21 overs.

Babar strikes as Brownlie is trapped leg before with a delivery which kept low. NZ 86-1 in 19.1 overs.

Dean Brownlie lbw b Zulfiqar Babar 34 (51b 3x4 0x6)

Williamson flicks a short ball from Ali to the long leg boundary. NZ 77-1 in 17 overs.

Brownlie comes down the track and lofts Sohail over extra cover to the boundary. NZ 69-1 in 16 overs.

Williamson punches Anwar down the ground for a boundary. NZ 62-1 in 15 overs.

Afridi brings himself on in the eighth over.

Williamson gets a couple of boundaries off Irfan through point and via an inside edge. NZ 30-1 in 5 overs.

Irfan draws first blood with another steepling delivery whcih Guptill only fends to shafiq at slip. NZ 20-1 in 2.4 overs.

Martin Guptill c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Irfan 8 (9b 1x4 0x6)

Brownlie gets his first boundary clipping Babar to midwicket followed by another through the covers. NZ 18-0 in 2 overs.

Left arm spinner Babar is sharing the new ball with Irfan.

Guptill punches the first ball of the match from Irfan, a full toss, through the covers for a boundary. NZ 8-0 in 1 over.

Nathan McCullum and Devcich are back for New Zealand.

Asad Shafiq and Zulfiqar Babar are have replaced Hafeez and Tanvir.

Teams:

New Zealand: Guptill, Brownlie, Williamson, Taylor, Latham, Devcich, Ronchi, McCullum, Milne, Henry, McClenaghan

Pakistan: Shehzad, Jamshed, Younis Khan, Shafiq, Sohail, Akmal, Sarfraz, Afridi, Ali, Babar, Irfan

New Zealand have won the toss and opted to bat first.

Preview

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis feels a win in the fifth and final one-dayer against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Friday will give his team a boost for next year's World Cup.

New Zealand levelled the five-match series 2-2 with a narrow seven-run win in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, setting up an intriguing finale to the tour after the preceding three-match Test and two-Twenty20 series were shared 1-1.

Waqar said the series would give Pakistan an idea on where they stand before February-March World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

"We need to win the final one-day," said Waqar on Thursday.

"This series is for us to utilise and get the clear picture who are the final 15 (players for the World Cup) and besides that win this series."

Waqar praised veteran batsman Younis Khan who scored his first one-day century in six years and stand-in skipper Shahid Afridi who smashed 25-ball 49.

"Younis's form was very important, he has shown us his true potential," said Waqar of the 37-year-old batsman whose 103 went in vain as Pakistan fell seven short when chasing a challenging 300-run target.

New Zealand were guided to 299-5 by skipper Kane Williamson's 123.

"Afridi also batted well and showed fighting abilities."

Waqar blamed poor fielding.

"Honestly, we lost the match because of the fielding, we gave away some 20-25 runs in the field and that is a worrying sign for me," said Waqar, who praised the fighting spirit of his team, taking the match to the final over.

"I am happy at the fight, the expectations we had with our batting were fulfilled and we maintained a nine plus average, unfortunately we couldn't finish that but the fight pleased me."

Williamson said good partnerships built his team's total.

"It was just about executing the plans we had, and just trying to build partnerships and it was great to come back with the ball in the second part of the Pakistan innings," said Williamson.

"Pakistan kept coming, they showed consistently how good they are. To have 300 on the board on a wicket that was tiring, they pushed us and it was nice to pick up some timely wickets at the end and close it out."

Williamson hoped his team improves further on Friday.

"It's nice to bounce back," said Williamson, whose team also won the second match in Sharjah to level the series 1-1.

Pakistan won the first and third matches.

"It was a much improved performance (on Wednesday) and there is much we want to improve on and I am sure we do it in the last match."