Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

GD Phillips
106(74) 6x4 - 7x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 24 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
11 1 8 5 12 27 11 31
Fakhar Zaman
Fakhar Zaman
84(69) 7x4 - 4x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
1 5 9 14 26 6 11 12

Best performances - Bowlers

MJ Santner
MJ Santner
O10
M2
R41
W3
Eco4.1
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
MJ Henry
MJ Henry
O9.5
M0
R53
W3
Eco5.38
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.10, Second Session 18.10-21.40

Match days

8 February 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

ODI debut

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: @HemantBrar_

That's all from our side for this game. See you soon on Monday when New Zealand take on South Africa. Till then, good bye.

Mitchell Santner: Glenn's knock and his partnership with Bracewell gave us the momentum. We were looking at 280 or 300 at one stage but Glenn's knock was icing on the cake. There was a bit of help for spinners and the big wicket of Fakhar helped. To get Fakhar and Babar is not easy. We were able to chip with wickets in the middle, which was good. We have got eyes forward to Karachi. But we know how good Pakistan are and the bounce-backs are not far away. [On Bracewell's catch] He has got pretty big hands, so he makes it look very easy.

Mohammed Rizwan: When you lose, it's a difficult day. The pitch was a bit difficult early on but Williamson and Mitchell did well and then the way Phillips batted, no words to describe that. The learning was the execution with the ball towards the end and fielding. But the way Abrar bowled... and think Khushdil bowled - he has an allrounder, you cannot expect ten overs from him. He had bowled five, six well. There are no confirmed reports but think it's nothing to be worried about.

Glenn Phillips is the Player of the Match: We had a tough little middle period. Pakistan bowled well. Bracewell got the momentum for us and I tried to kick on from there. When you give away your stumps, bowlers weirdly don't go for them. So I was able to give myself some room. I love my bowling. But it was my first ODI hundred, so pretty special. We have got the team culture going and we keep adding to it. For me, it's about as much energy I can put in the field and add those little nuggets to the team bucket.

10.10pm A thumping 80-run win for New Zealand to kick off the tri-series. It was set up by their batters, Phillips and Mitchell in particular. Chasing 331 was always going to be an uphill task and only Fakhar Zaman gave a fight. Once he was out, the result was more or less sealed despite the resistance from Salman Agha and Tayyab Tahir. New Zealand's only concern would be Rachin's wellbeing who was hit on the face while attempting a catch. Pakistan, too, will be worried about Haris Rauf who had walked off mid-over with a side strain and didn't come out bat.

47.5
W
Henry to Naseem Shah, OUT, finally short ball does the trick. Was just outside off and Naseem ends up fending it to the keeper

Naseem Shah c †Latham b Henry 13 (35m 23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 56.52

47.4
1
Henry to Abrar Ahmed, 1 run, a short ball outside off. Steered towards deep third
47.3
4
Henry to Abrar Ahmed, FOUR, Make that three in a row. Down the track and forehands this short ball wide of long-on. 250 comes up for Pakistan
47.2
4
Henry to Abrar Ahmed, FOUR, full outside off. Smashed through covers for back-to-back fours
47.1
4
Henry to Abrar Ahmed, FOUR, full on the pads. Swings it towards the vacant deep midwicket area. One-bounce four

END OF OVER:
47 | 4 Runs | PAK: 239/8 (92 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.08, RRR: 30.66)

  • Abrar Ahmed10 (11b)
  • Naseem Shah13 (22b)
  • Ben Sears6-0-39-0
  • Matt Henry9-0-40-2
46.6
1
Sears to Abrar Ahmed, 1 run, on the stumps. Swings it towards deep square leg

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st52Babar AzamFakhar Zaman
2nd51Fakhar ZamanKamran Ghulam
3rd14Mohammad RizwanFakhar Zaman
4th2Fakhar ZamanAgha Salman
5th53Agha SalmanTayyab Tahir
6th33Agha SalmanKhushdil Shah
7th0Agha SalmanShaheen Shah Afridi
8th17Shaheen Shah AfridiNaseem Shah
9th30Abrar AhmedNaseem Shah