Wednesday May 03, 2023
Left-gave opener Imam-ul-Haq drove Pakistan from the front in the midst of controlled bowling by New Zealand — who won the throw — to confine the home side to 287-6 in the third ODI in Karachi on Wednesday.
Fakhar Zaman, who scored two successive hundreds of years in the initial two ODIs of this series, withdrew prior. The left-given player didn't track down beat in the present challenge and needed to pass on in the wake of offering his wicket to Matt Henry.
Imam proceeded with his structure from the past two matches and gathered speed close by captain Babar Azam. The two hitters shared the wrinkle for an eye-getting association of 108 runs. In the interim, Babar finished his 26th fifty yet couldn't get to his 5,000 ODI runs. He is only 19 runs shy of this achievement.
Then again, Imam was solid to score 100 years in this series at last. However, he indeed fell on apprehensive 90. His innings included seven limits and a six.
Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman, eventually, attempted to score a few runs for Pakistan. The two of them scored 54 runs together.
Shadab Khan (21*) and Mohammad Nawaz (11*) played appearances, eventually, to assist Pakistan with setting up a defendable aggregate.
For New Zealand, Henry got three wickets while Adam Milne sacked two scalps. Cole McConchie likewise figured out how to take a wicket.
This is a must-dominate game for the guests as they are 2-0 down in the series.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Agha Salman, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah
New Zealand: Will Youthful, Tom Blundell (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c), Imprint Chapman, Henry Nicholls, Cole McConchie, Adam Milne, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry
Match Authorities
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (PAK) and Langton Rusere (ZIM)
Television umpire: Joel Wilson (WI)
Match arbitrator: Chris Expansive (ENG)
