New Zealand Vs Pakistan Final 14 February 2025

Final • National Stadium • Karachi

Pakistan

242 (49.3)

New Zealand

243/5 (45.2)

NZ won by 5 wickets

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Date & Time

14 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

Final,

Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Richard Illingworth (England), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

David Boon(Australia)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bat

Pitch Report

The pitch looked brilliant while chasing the other night, but looks like a two-paced deck today. Scoring might be slower. Bowlers enjoy that short of length area, but it will be different here - you need to challenge batters with a vertical bat. Couple of dry spots, it'll be better at night with dew. The surface might not slow up that much in the evening, Pakistan need a big score, reports Bazid Khan and Vernon Philander.

1st Innings

263Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

92.86Avg SR

2nd Innings

222Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

86.1Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

PAK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

New Zealand

Pakistan

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Kane Williamson

NZ . BAT

191 Runs

2 Matches

Agha Salman

PAK . ALL

174 Runs

2 Matches

Glenn Phillips

NZ . ALL

134 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Matt Henry

NZ . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Shaheen Afridi

PAK . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Michael Bracewell

NZ . ALL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Player of the Match William O’Rourke

4/43

PAK

Info

Pakistan

242/10 (49.3)

Batters

Fakhar Zaman

66.67

c Young b Rourke

Babar Azam

85.29

c & b Smith

Saud Shakeel

57.14

b Bracewell

Mohammad Rizwan

60.53

b Rourke

Agha Salman

69.23

c Duffy b Bracewell

Tayyab Tahir

115.15

c Williamson b Duffy

Khushdil Shah

38.89

c Phillips b Santner

Faheem Ashraf

104.76

c Santner b Rourke

Shaheen Afridi

25.00

c Young b Santner

Naseem Shah

111.76

c Bracewell b Rourke

Abrar Ahmed

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 5, NB: 1, W: 9)

TOTAL

(49.3 Ov, RR: 4.89)

242/10

Bowlers

EXT

Jacob Duffy

6.86

William O’Rourke

9.3

4.53

Michael Bracewell

3.80

Nathan Smith

6.57

Mitchell Santner

2.00

Glenn Phillips

6.83

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Fakhar Zaman

c Young b Rourke

1-16

3.5

Saud Shakeel

b Bracewell

2-46

8.3

Babar Azam

c & b Smith

3-54

11.5

Mohammad Rizwan

b Rourke

4-142

31.5

Agha Salman

c Duffy b Bracewell

5-161

36.5

Tayyab Tahir

c Williamson b Duffy

6-195

41.5

Khushdil Shah

c Phillips b Santner

7-200

43.1

Shaheen Afridi

c Young b Santner

8-202

43.6

Faheem Ashraf

c Santner b Rourke

9-241

49.1

Naseem Shah

c Bracewell b Rourke

10-242

49.3

New Zealand

243/5 (45.2)

Batters

Will Young

71.43

lbw b Shah

Devon Conway

64.86

c Ahmed b Shah

Kane Williamson

69.39

b Salman

Daryl Mitchell

98.28

c & b Ahmed

Tom Latham

87.50

c Ahmed b Afridi

Glenn Phillips

117.65

Not out

Michael Bracewell

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 16)

TOTAL

(45.2 Ov, RR: 5.34)

243/5

Did not Bat

Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, William O’Rourke

Bowlers

EXT

Shaheen Afridi

5.00

Naseem Shah

5.38

Faheem Ashraf

2.2

6.86

Abrar Ahmed

6.70

Agha Salman

4.50

Khushdil Shah

3.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

lbw b Shah

1-5

1.2

Kane Williamson

b Salman

2-76

17.2

Devon Conway

c Ahmed b Shah

3-108

24.2

Daryl Mitchell

c & b Ahmed

4-195

38.6

Tom Latham

c Ahmed b Afridi

5-232

44.1

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

Final,

Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Richard Illingworth (England), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

David Boon(Australia)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bat

1 1 0 0 1 0

Over 43

Runs: 3

2 4 1wd 0 1 0 0

Over 44

Runs: 8

W 0 1 1 1 1

Over 45

Runs: 4

4 2 1wd

Over 46

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match William O’Rourke

4/43

Commentary

10:15 PM local time (10:45 PM IST): The Kiwis remained unbeaten in the three games they played and hence won the Tri-Nation Series played with South Africa and Pakistan. That was the last international game ahead of the Champions Trophy, and the Kiwis would enter the competition on a high from this series win. For now, I, Keshav, on behalf of my colleague, Darpan, bid you adieu. See you soon again.

Mitchell Santner clinches the Tri-Nation Series Trophy

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): It's always nice to win but different guys stepped in at different times of the series, so that was good for the guys going forward. The wicket was two paced and the overs in the middle overs helped us restrict them. (On Will O'Rourke) We know when he swings the ball that is a problem. We have seen usually powerplay is the best time to bat so you know teams that can restrict through that phase get themselves in a good position. It's always a challenge with the new ball and I think Duff bowled well in partnerships with Will O'Rourke. (On Tom Latham) He is pretty relieved as well. We know how good he is and it was just a matter of time. Going forward to Champions Trophy, it's nice to have different guys parring in. Also, with the ball different guys stepping in is also good.

Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan captain): "We batted first because we felt the wicket will turn and batting will be tough. But credit to their bowlers. The pacers took early wickets and (Mitchell) Santner and (Michael) Bracewell were pretty good. We were thinking of 280 at one stage. I and (Agha) Salman tried to build a partnership, but I got out at wrong time. We have to improve our fielding. (Mohammad) Abrar deserves praise. His sprint has improved, catching has improved and throw has improved too. But others need to improve too. Now, we know what are our shortcomings. We will try to improve on them heading into the Champions Trophy."

Agha Salman is the Player of the Series: Here is what he has to say: "It's a game of cricket and we will focus on Champions Trophy. You can witness such wickets in Karachi. I would choose batting as I love batting. It was a challenging wicket as the ball was gripping into the wicket. Our score would have been 280-290 if not for my and Mohammad Rizwan's wicket."

Kane Williamson is the "Batter of the series".

William O'Rourke also gets the "Bowler of the series" award.

William O'Rourke is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: "There was a nice breeze coming through and that helped me swing the ball away from the left-hander. The plan was to hit the pitch hard. I wanted to hit the heavy lengths even in my second spell and was hoping that the odd ball holds up in the pitch. Not too sure if I can bowl any faster but I will try my best."

Michael Bracewell gets the "Game Changer of the Match" award.

Tom Latham gets the "Best Striker of the Match" award.

Daryl Mitchell gets the award for being the top scorer of the match as well as the "Energetic Batter of the match" award.

Tayyab Tahir gets the "Master Blaster of the match" award.

William O'Rourke gets the 'Moment of the Match' award for taking the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan.

9:52pm local time [10:22pm IST] - Time for the post match presentation.

9:35 PM local time (10:05 PM IST): New Zealand won the Tri-Nation Series by 5 wickets

Pakistan: 242/10 (49.3) | New Zealand: 243/5 (45.3)

Mohammad Rizwan: 46 (76) | Will O'Rourke: 4/43 (9.3)
Daryl Mitchell: 57 (58) | Naseem Shah: 2/43 (8)

New Zealand clinches the Tri-Nation Series, and it's worth noting that they have been invincible in the series. Going into the Champions Trophy, this would be a massive boost for the Black Caps. Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham ensured that they win the game and hence the series by hitting half-centuries.

Pakistan had the ideal start to their bowling with a wicket in the second over of the game, courtesy of Naseem Shah, who pinned Will Young in front of the sticks. The quicks were getting good buy-off the surface, and it was troubling the two batters. One of the Fab Four batters, Kane Williamson, remained patient alongside Devon Conway and showered respect on good deliveries by not taking any risks. The two batters formed a decent partnership and got control of the innings.

With spinners into the attack, the two batters shifted gears, but Kane Williamson got dismissed while doing so. He was outfoxed by Salman Agha's slow arm ball that struck the stumps. It was not easy for any of the new batters to score runs on this tricky track, and hence Daryl Mitchell took his time to find his feet. With Pakistan losing the plot a bit, Rizwan reintroduced Naseem Shah into the attack, and he got the wicket of the set batter Conway just two runs short of his half-century.

In walked Tom Latham, the player who was out of runs in the last four ODIs. That fear of getting dismissed for a small score lingered in his head and had a rusty knock. However, luck favoured him—two dropped chances and a review for LBW not taken by Mohammad Rizwan. And he ended up notching a half-century, following a period of cold streak. What better time to get back in form than right before a mega ICC tournament, and that too against one of the teams the Kiwis will be facing in the group stage of the tournament? He added 80-odd runs with the other half-centurion in the game—Daryl Mitchell—and kept the required rate under 6 runs per over.

Daryl Mitchell swept three boundaries in the 39th over but handed a catch straight back to the bowler, Abrar Ahmed, who had the last laugh. But this wicket came a little too late for Pakistan, and the game had already drifted away from them. Glenn Phillips added the finishing touches and took the Kiwis across the line to clinch the Tri-Nation Series.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has a lot of work to do going into the Champions Trophy, as they were the second-best team in both innings of the game. With the bat, they failed to convert good starts into big scores and partnerships, barring one between Salman Agha and Mohammad Rizwan. In the second innings, they lacked quality spinners, even though Salman Agha bowled brilliantly. As hosts of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan needs to get their side in good stead with just a few days ahead of them.

45.3 Faheem Ashraf to Glenn Phillips, wide ball to finish it! What an anti-climax! Ashraf banged it in near the centre of the pitch and it took off like a tennis ball off a trampoline. Phillips had to do nothing. New Zealand win by 5 wickets.

Phillips called for a second run and was lighting quick to run back to the batting end. The throw was too high and Phillips has made his ground there. Scores are level.

45.2 Faheem Ashraf to Glenn Phillips, RUN OUT CHANCE! TV umpire summoned. Good length, outside off. Phillips jabbed at it and got an inside edge. The ball traveled to the long leg fielder, who returned a high throw. As it turns out, by the time Rizwan jumped and deflected the ball back on to the stumps, Phillips was home, albeit not without a big dive in the end.

45.1 Faheem Ashraf to Glenn Phillips, STREAKY FOUR! But NZ will take it. Bumper from the bowler. Phillips wanted to hit it over third. The ball rather flew towards fine leg off his top edge.

A successful over from Shaheen Afridi, albeit, it has come a little too late for his side. Tom Latham got dismissed after smacking a half-century in the final of the series and the game is down to mere formalities now. New Zealand need just 7 runs off 30 balls.

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