Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd ODI

Pakistan 337-3 (Fakhar Zaman 180*, Babar Azam 65, Rizwan 54*, Shipley 1-58, Hanry 1-59) beat New Zealand 336-5 (Mitchell 129, Latham 98, Bowas 51, Haris Rauf 4-78, Naseem 1-49) by seven wickets



Fakhr Zaman has days like these, when makes it special, it happens regularly. Pakistan's first ODI opener's makes his third ODI century in a row and a brutal century shook New Zealand, as he smashed an unbeaten 180 off 144 balls with six sixes and 14 fours.

Fakhar helped his team to their second-highest run chase in the ODI format, with New Zealand 336-7 with about two overs remaining. Two partnerships eased the chase, first Babar and Fakhar's 135-run partnership and 2ndaman Fakhar and Rizwan put the game out of New Zealand's reach.

New Zealand did a lot of things much better than the first ODI, and yet, this game felt like the first ODI all over again. Daryl Mitchell scored a century and New Zealand built themselves a big total. And while he went even further with 336 in the first ODI.

Pakistan started the chase brilliantly though in the last over of the powerplay when Matt Henry struck to remove Imam-ul-Haq. But the hosts remained above seven runs in an over. Coming in at No. 3, Babar scored the first 16 runs off 25 balls in the first few overs of the innings.

The spurt came in the 21st over when ish Sodhi was punished for 17 runs, Fakhar accelerated to his 10th ODI century and brought up his 3 figures in 83 balls, Babar also rediscovered his touch with a pair of boundaries against Henry.

New Zealand made bowling changes but couldn't find a breakthrough, until an unforced error from Babar secured the breakthrough. He knocked Sodhi for 6 and 4 in the 30th over, before seeing the ball fly to Chad Bose at short cover.

Abdullah Shafiq was gifted by Shipley, but Rizwan responded with another effective counter-attack. He started with a cover drive from the very first ball and continued in that fashion. Fakhar was under a lot of pressure as both the experienced batsmen tore through the bowlers, especially the inexperienced Ravindra.

Fakhar bring up his 150 and carried on, while Rizwan's own fifty arrived off the 40 ball he faced as Pakistan eased to the win in the end.

 

Earlier, Mitchell's second moderate hundred of the series had helped New Zealand to a fantastic completely out of 336. A 183-run address the third wicket among him and his captain Tom Latham was the foundation of New Zealand's most noteworthy ODI complete in Pakistan, with Latham's 98 from 85 balls ensuring his associate had a great deal of help at the far edge.

Unlike the primary ODI where New Zealand fell away distinctly in the keep going ten overs by virtue of a steadfast bowling show by Pakistan, there would be less significantly an eased up at the end this time. New Zealand turned through the pinion wheels in the last two or three overs to press home the advantage of the overwhelming position they had worked themselves into by ravaging 98 runs in the last ten overs, with their innings featuring Mitchell's calling best 129 off 119 balls.

Pakistan had won the toss and rehashed the decision to deal with first, and remembering that New Zealand made a more basic start than they did on Thursday, Haris Rauf struck to early wipe out Will Energetic. In any case, close to Naseem Shah, whose accuracy and risk compelled them into ready, no speed bowler was genuinely saved. Ihsanullah, making his show, got through the most horrendously awful piece of the third-wicket affiliation's discipline. Rauf wasn't saved either, and there of psyche over, Mitchell tonked him for a four and a six, raising the side's 100.

Haris struck again after Bowes showed up at his woman fifty, but it joined the describing stand of the innings when Latham and Mitchell got together. Latham had found stroke play a fight on Thursday, but had no such issues on the day, getting off to an enthusiastic start and depleting the spinners effectively. Mitchell looked normally imperturbable, and New Zealand's establishment was being built wonderfully.

Pakistan were chaotic in the field in the chief game, and presumably grieved the chance to discard Mitchell before he raised three figures on Saturday also. Naseem put down a truck at mid-on in the 39th over, with Mitchell four away from the accomplishment, subsequently denying Usama Mir the wicket his bowling justified. Four balls later, Latham pulled Mir away for four to raise his own 50 years, while Mitchell worked with his heading to 100 the going with over.

The shackles were broken by then, and without comparative quality from the Pakistan bowlers as in the main ODI, run-scoring was more clear. The last 11 overs brought 107 runs for New Zealand, with Latham key to an enormous piece of the cutoff hitting. He was denied a century when, in the 47th over, Pakistan investigated a not-out choice to find that Latham had inside-edged to the wicketkeeper off Rauf when on 98. Besides, eventually, a tight last three overs from Pakistan ensured New Zealand were kept underneath the 350 they had compromised.

Regardless, with Fakhar and Pakistan in this seeking after structure, there's little to propose even that would have been adequate on a day Pakistan motored along in Rawalpindi, while New Zealand dwindled.