28/03Result
1st ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Napier, Mar 29 2025
New Zealand won by 73 runs
Player of the Match
Mark ChapmanNew Zealand
28/03Result
1st ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Napier, Mar 29 2025
New Zealand won by 73 runs
Player of the Match
Mark ChapmanNew Zealand

END OF OVER:
50 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 344/9 | RR: 6.88

  • Jacob Duffy3 (4b)
  • Mohammad Ali10-0-53-1
  • Naseem Shah10-1-60-1

Fastest fifties on Men's ODI debut:

24 balls - Muhammad Abbas, NZ vs PAK, 2025 26 balls - Krunal Pandya, IND vs ENG, 2021 26 balls - Alick Athanaze, WI vs UAE, 2023 33 balls - Ishan Kishan, IND vs SL, 2021 35 balls - Roland Butcher, ENG vs AUS, 1980 35 balls - John Morris, ENG vs NZ, 1990

Pakistan kept things under control with the new ball and took three quick wickets but then New Zealand fought their way back into the game, swinging the momentum with a stupendous partnership between Chapman and Mitchell. Abbas then used the launching pad and decimated the Pakistan bowlers all around the park in the last 10 overs, putting the icing on the cake as New Zealand posted a colossal total of 345. Pakistan will be left scratching their heads for not having a safety cushion as they lacked a reliable fifth bowling option and New Zealand made sure to make them pay for that tactical error. There were too many unforced errors and the slow overrate cost them towards the end as the fifth fielder was brought back inside the 30-yard ring. Danyal will be back to take you through the first hour of Pakistan's reply

49.6
W
Mohammad Ali to Muhammad Abbas, OUT, Swallowed by Babar Azam at deep backward square! Pace-off shorter delivery on middle, goes for the pull and couldn't get the requisite elevation and distance but what a knock by the youngster! Dream debut for Abbas!

Muhammad Abbas c Babar Azam b Mohammad Ali 52 (43m 26b 3x4 3x6) SR: 200

annas: "ODIs need 5th bowler if there was a 5th bowler the score would be around 300max. 118 Runs conceded by Irfan and Salman a decent bowler would go for max 60 runs means 60 extra runs conceded."

49.5
2
Mohammad Ali to Muhammad Abbas, 2 runs, Good length into the pads, gets front leg away and hammered away to deep midwicket, excellent throw at non-striker's end
49.4
2
Mohammad Ali to Muhammad Abbas, 2 runs, The 21-year-old bursts onto the scenes with a majestic half-century; bashes it away to deep midwicket and runs hard for the second, puts in the dive, throw is wayward towards keeper
49.3
1b
Mohammad Ali to Duffy, 1 bye, Fantastic presence of mind, shorter floating outside off, play and a miss but they sneak a bye
49.2
1
Mohammad Ali to Muhammad Abbas, 1 run, Bit short and angled into him, adducts and tugs it away to deep square's right
49.1
6
Mohammad Ali to Muhammad Abbas, SIX, Muscled over long-on and into the top-tier! Nerves, what nerves? That's some way to announce yourself onto the international stage. Picked the slower one on off and hit really hard. Wow!

END OF OVER:
49 | 19 Runs | NZ: 332/8 | RR: 6.77

  • Muhammad Abbas41 (21b)
  • Jacob Duffy3 (3b)
  • Naseem Shah10-1-60-1
  • Haris Rauf10-1-38-2
48.6
1
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, 1 run, In the hitting arc and doesn't go out of the park. Touch fuller than a good length and arcing in at middle, clears front leg and launches it downtown, not quite under it and the fielder at long-on collects it on one bounce
48.5
2
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, 2 runs, Tries another yorker, ends up as a low full-toss, still pretty good, worked away to deep midwicket, that's a big pocket and it's an opportunity to pick up a second
48.4
0
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, no run, Pinpoint accurate yorker on middle, gets his bat down just in the nick of time and toe-ends it, saves his stumps from getting disturbed
48.3
6
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, SIX, Pace-off shorter delivery on middle, picked early and deposited outside the ground over midwicket, picked the slow ball very early and strongarms a pull shot. Magnificent work
48.2
4
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, FOUR, Debutant shines on his big day, guides the outside off yorker into the gap at deep third for a four. A lot of finesse and class again on this occasion
48.1
6
Naseem Shah to Muhammad Abbas, SIX, Over the wicket, short of a length at off-stump, shimmies down leg and plays the shot of the day. Outstanding inside-out shot over deep cover for six, that is some shot

END OF OVER:
48 | 5 Runs | NZ: 313/8 | RR: 6.52

  • Muhammad Abbas22 (15b)
  • Jacob Duffy3 (3b)
  • Haris Rauf10-1-38-2
  • Irfan Khan5-0-51-3
47.6
1
Haris Rauf to Muhammad Abbas, 1 run, Pace-on back of a length ball at middle, yanks front leg out of the way and plays a whippy pull in front of deep square, finishes his quota with respectable figures
47.5
2
Haris Rauf to Muhammad Abbas, 2 runs, Knew it's going to be a slow ball. Touch short, rolling his fingers on it, middle-stump line, flicked to square leg and Babar Azam for some reason doesn't go for the throw, maybe the ball got stuck in his hand
47.4
1
Haris Rauf to Duffy, 1 run, Fraction short and gets a hint of inward seam movement around sixth stump line, backs away and square cuts it, protection in the deep
47.3
1
Haris Rauf to Muhammad Abbas, 1 run, Yorker and not far from the blockhole, shovels it away to Wasim at cow corner who has got a very strong arm, chucks a throw and denies the second
47.2
0
Haris Rauf to Muhammad Abbas, no run, Pace-off slightly shorter length on middle, confuses him as he scythes it towards short third region
47.1
0
Haris Rauf to Muhammad Abbas, no run, Over the wicket, steaming in and hits the pitch hard on fifth stump line, tries to slog him over midwicket, not anywhere near the line

Fifth fielder has to come up inside the circle because of the slow overrate. More boundary opportunities for New Zealand

END OF OVER:
47 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 308/8 | RR: 6.55

  • Jacob Duffy2 (2b)
  • Muhammad Abbas18 (10b)
  • Irfan Khan5-0-51-3
  • Haris Rauf9-1-33-2
46.6
2
Irfan Khan to Duffy, 2 runs, on a fuller-length just outside off, gloriously driven to deep cover, Ali with a diving save keeps them down to a couple

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st83Abdullah ShafiqueUsman Khan
2nd5Babar AzamAbdullah Shafique
3rd76Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
4th85Babar AzamAgha Salman
5th4Agha SalmanTayyab Tahir
6th0Agha SalmanIrfan Khan
7th14Agha SalmanNaseem Shah
8th2Agha SalmanHaris Rauf
9th2Agha SalmanAkif Javed
10th0Mohammad AliAkif Javed