New Zealand avoid Pakistan whitewash despite Iftikhar run blitz

New zealand avoid pakistan whitewash despite iftikhar run blitz0

New Zealand won the fifth and final one-day international match in Karachi on Sunday by a score of 47 runs, defeating Pakistan in the process. Henry Shipley and Rachin Ravindra both took six wickets in the match.

Because of this victory, New Zealand was able to escape being annihilated by Pakistan in the five-game series, which Pakistan won 4-1. Will Young and Tom Latham both scored half century as New Zealand was bowled out after batting first and being limited to 299 runs over the course of 49.3 overs.

After that, New Zealand was able to dismiss Pakistan for 252 in 46.1 overs because to the fast bowling of Shipley (three wickets for 34 balls) and Ravindra (three wickets for 65 balls), who had the best career performance of their respective bowling careers.

The loss drops Pakistan to third place in the ODI rankings, behind Australia and India. This means that Pakistan’s brief ascent to the top spot in the rankings only lasted for two days.

According to Latham, “It’s certainly satisfying to put on a complete performance in the game that matters the most,” After we had reached the target score, Shipley bowled quite effectively with the new ball. He was able to find the appropriate lengths to bowl on this wicket.

From a score of 66-4, Ahmed spearheaded Pakistan’s comeback by adding 97 for the fifth wicket with Agha Salman, who struck run-a-ball 57. However, New Zealand kept their cool and got last man Haris Rauf run out for one.

The blazing knock that Ahmed delivered consisted of eight fours and two sixes. A holiday audience of over 20,000 people had come in the hopes that Babar Azam would make his 100th ODI a memorable one. However, the fans was left disappointed as Babar Azam was caught off a miscued drive off Shipley for a five-ball one.

Prior to that opening, Shan Masood had already been dismissed for seven runs. Pakistan is in a precarious position with a score of 66-4 after Fakhar Zaman scored a painstaking 33 off 64 balls and Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for nine.

“Nevertheless, the entirety of the series was remarkable. There were some quite impressive performances. There were a lot of bright spots, and one of the highlights was that we got to test out our bench strength.

The efforts of Usama Mir (20 runs), Shadab Khan (14 runs), Shaheen Shah Afridi (zero runs), and Mohammad Waseem (six runs) were not enough to provide adequate assistance for Ahmed. After winning the toss and opting to bat at the National Stadium, New Zealand’s innings was constructed around Young’s 91-ball 87 and Latham’s 58-ball 59. Both of these scores came after the visitors had won the toss.

Tom Blundell was out for 15 runs, and then Henry Nicholls was dismissed for 23 runs before Young and Latham put together a 74-run third wicket partnership to steady New Zealand’s innings. Young’s innings included eight fours, two sixes, and he appeared to be headed for a century until being caught by wicketkeeper Rizwan off of leg-spinner Shadab in the 30th over. Rizwan’s catch prevented Young from reaching the century mark.

Mark Chapman stepped up the pace of the game with a breezy 43 off 33 balls that included two sixes and five fours. He combined with Latham to score 56 for the fourth wicket. As Chapman unsuccessfully attempted to sweep Shadab to the leg side, he was unlucky enough to be caught behind off the glove. He scored 22 runs off of Agha Salman’s one over of spin bowling.

After hitting five boundaries in the 42nd over, Latham was bowled by spinner Mir and lost his wicket. Before New Zealand’s innings ended in 49.3 overs, Ravindra (28) and Cole McConchie (26) contributed vital runs to the total.

Shaheen grabbed three wickets for Pakistan while Mir and Shadab both secured two wickets for themselves. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan won the first two matches by a score of five and seven wickets, and then in Karachi, they won the following two matches by a score of 26 and 102 runs.

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