- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 Chipped straight into the lap of square leg. This was soft. After having pushed Zaman back with his hard lengths, O'Rourke goes much fuller and ends up putting this on the pads of Zaman. Instead of crashing it over square leg, Zaman weakly chips it straight to Young in the infield. The dangerous Zaman is gone 16/111.5 Oh dear, Babar has chipped a return catch. Smith accepts it gleefully. Pitched-up delivery on off stump, but this one holds in the pitch. Babar checks his drive and ends up spooning it back to Smith. Karachi has been stunned into silence 54/38.3 Well done, Beastie! He strikes in his very first over. Skids in from round the stumps, gathers pace off the pitch, flat but not short enough for the cut. Shakeel didn't have room to play that shot either. Bracewell rattles off stump. Well-earned drink for Bracewell and NZ 46/231.5 drags on. The attempt to snag a risk-free single to third doesn't quite work out. Cross-seam delivery from O'Rourke which creates the natural variation - the ball jagging in off the pitch and that movement is what does the Pakistan captain in. The ball crashes into the leg stump via the deflection off the inside edge 142/436.5 Caught at short third. Duffy stretches to his right and completes a fine catch. Tossed up and outside off, Agha shapes to reverse-sweep but ends up top-edging it to Duffy. NZ's spinners pile up the pressure on Pakistan 161/541.5 GONE! Back of a length ball on off. Tahir looks to smash this over midwicket. Can't get a decent chunk on it and miscues straight to Williamson who makes no mistake at short midwicket 195/643.1 Top-edge, top-edge and deep midwicket makes no mistake. Gently tossed up well outside off, returning back into Khushdil. He attempts a slog sweep, gets more height than distance on that and Phillips ain't dropping those. Santner finally gets a wicket in his ninth over 200/749.1 Straight up and it's third time unlucky for Faheem. Slower back of a length ball on off, Faheem looks to go up and over, but is deceived by the pace of that. Spoons this straight up and Santner does the rest at mid-off 241/943.6 Two in the over and Pakistan are sinking. Gently looped up outside off. Shaheen looks for a slog sweep, gets a top-edge that balloons over the keeper's head. Young at short third, runs to his right and takes a well-judged catch diving to his right 202/849.3 That's that! Bracewell picks up a superb catch and Pakistan have been bowled out for 242 in 49.3 overs. Good length ball on off, he does not get the cleanest of connections straight down, but Bracewell sprinting to his left from long-on grabs this 242/10Extras16 (b 1, lb 5, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL242 all out (49.3 Overs, RR: 4.88)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Fakhar Zaman, 3.5 ov), 2-46 (Saud Shakeel, 8.3 ov), 3-54 (Babar Azam, 11.5 ov), 4-142 (Mohammad Rizwan, 31.5 ov), 5-161 (Salman Agha, 36.5 ov), 6-195 (Tayyab Tahir, 41.5 ov), 7-200 (Khushdil Shah, 43.1 ov), 8-202 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 43.6 ov), 9-241 (Faheem Ashraf, 49.1 ov), 10-242 (Naseem Shah, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JA Duffy 7 0 48 1 6.85 25 5 2 1 1 W O'Rourke 9.3 0 43 4 4.52 36 3 1 4 0 MG Bracewell 10 1 38 2 3.8 35 3 0 2 0 NG Smith 7 0 46 1 6.57 19 6 0 0 0 MJ Santner 10 1 20 2 2 40 0 0 0 0 GD Phillips 6 0 41 0 6.83 15 2 2 2 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 hits him on the front pad and its given. Isn't that a bit high though? Young reviews hoping it is so. Very good ball, skidding through after pitching and pinning the batter on the back leg as he tries to cope with it. Impact is in line with leg stump and is high on the flap of the pad. UltraEdge says no bat. Ball-tracking says umpire's call so NZ lose their first. It's closer than it originally seemed, so fair enough decision. 5/124.2 Naseem comes back and produces the big strike! He has Conway holing out to long leg. Banged in short and outside off, Conway dares to hook it away but can't control it. He splices a top edge to Abrar. They check for a possible no-ball but the placing of Naseem's heel is fine. Conway falls two short of his fifty 108/317.2 Through him! Agha has struck, and it is the big wicket of Williamson. Slows this down to 81kph, gently tossing it up on a length, getting the ball to turn in Williamson. He charges down the track, but is completely deceived in flight. Misses and sees his stumps in a mess. Is this the opening Pakistan were searching? 76/238.6 An excellent catch brings about Mitchell's undoing. Floated outside off stump. Mitchell slaps this back at Abrar, who flings out his right hand, and despite the bobble grabs the catch on the second attempt. Throws the ball towards Rizwan in frustration after that. Mitchell looks on in disbelief. But he's played a superb hand. 195/444.1 Chance again and this time the catch is taken. Latham departs but not before doing significant damage. Banged in short on off. He can't control the pull and the top-edge carries to deep fine leg. Abrar sprints in quickly, dives forward and completes the catch. He's sprained the back of his neck in the process, but Pakistan will be glad to see the back of Latham. Too late, you'd have to think, surely. 232/5Extras21 (b 1, lb 4, w 16)TOTAL243/5 (45.2 Overs, RR: 5.36)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Will Young, 1.2 ov), 2-76 (Kane Williamson, 17.2 ov), 3-108 (Devon Conway, 24.2 ov), 4-195 (Daryl Mitchell, 38.6 ov), 5-232 (Tom Latham, 44.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 9 0 45 1 5 29 5 0 1 0 Naseem Shah 8 0 43 2 5.37 23 3 0 4 0 Faheem Ashraf 2.2 0 16 0 6.85 8 1 1 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 10 0 67 1 6.7 25 8 0 2 0 Agha Salman 10 0 45 1 4.5 33 4 0 3 0 Khushdil Shah 6 0 22 0 3.66 19 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
New Zealand won the 2024/25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series
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
14 February 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 133 runs, 3 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Pakistan - 61/3 in 14.0 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 6, Agha Salman 1)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (144 balls), Extras 8
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 24, Agha Salman 26, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 142/4 in 31.5 overs (Agha Salman 40)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 32.6 overs (199 balls), Extras 11
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 5 wickets)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 42.6 overs (259 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 242/10 in 49.3 overs (Abrar Ahmed 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 1.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - WA Young (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 159 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (DP Conway 16, KS Williamson 29, Ex 8)
- Over 15.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - KS Williamson (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 72/1 in 16.0 overs (DP Conway 26, KS Williamson 33)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 23.1 overs (139 balls), Extras 10
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 15
- Over 33.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TWM Latham (Upheld)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (DJ Mitchell 19, TWM Latham 29, Ex 3)
- DJ Mitchell: 50 off 56 balls (5 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 39.5 overs (239 balls), Extras 17
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 1 wicket)
- TWM Latham: 50 off 60 balls (4 x 4)
Match Coverage
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Latham, Mitchell fifties take NZ to tri-series title after bowlers restrict Pakistan
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Pakistan vs New Zealand in a title clash and a dress rehearsal
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