Pakistan’s tough tour of New Zealand continues, with Mitch Hay leading the home team to a series. Winning victory at Seddon Park. Mitchell Hay’s strong 99 not out, along with some aggressive seam bowling, helped. New Zealand win by 84 runs against Pakistan. Giving them an unbeatable lead in the ODI series.
New Zealand scored 292-8 and then bowled Pakistan out for 208 in the 42nd over at Seddon Park, Hamilton. During the second of three ODIs on Wednesday. Hay’s powerful hitting broke a mid-innings slump for New Zealand as he scored a career-best 99 not out. Including 22 runs off the last over bowled by Mohammad Wasim.
The wicketkeeper-batsman hit seven fours and seven sixes in his 78-ball innings. Coming in when New Zealand was struggling at 132-5 in the 27th over. In reply, Pakistan’s top order faced early problems. Will O’Rourke got Abdullah Shafique (1) caught at first slip in the third over, and in the next over, Babar Azam (1) was caught at second slip off Jacob Duffy.
Duffy struck in his next over with the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq. Pakistan were 9-3 in the sixth over, whereas New Zealand at the same time were 50-0. Ben Sears came into the attack and took two wickets in his first over, getting Salman Agha out for 9 runs and Mohammad Rizwan out for 5.
A mix of poor shot choices and some strong seam bowling left Pakistan at 32-5 after 12 overs. Tayyab Tahir (13) and Faheem Ashraf added 33 runs for the sixth wicket. When Haris Rauf retired hurt on 3 runs, his concussion replacement, Naseem Shah, partnered with Ashraf to score 60 runs. Both players got their first fifties, with Ashraf scoring 73 off 80 balls and Naseem making 51 from 44 balls.
Pakistan was ineffective with the ball. Earlier, Rizwan won the toss and chose to bowl, with overcast skies and a green wicket that helped the bowlers. New Zealand’s openers Nick Kelly and Rhys Mariu took control firstly. They added 54 runs before Kelly, in his second international match, was caught behind for a strong 31, which included four fours and two sixes. Debutant Mariu followed soon after, scoring 18 off 25 balls, when a leading edge went up for Babar Azam to catch at mid-off in Wasim’s first over.
Wasim and Rauf slowed down the scoring, and it took Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell until the 16th over to get New Zealand to 100 runs. When spin bowling was introduced, Mitchell’s innings ended for 18. He was stumped by Rizwan after being beaten in the air by Sufyan Moqim.
Nicholls was out for 22 in the next over. Michael Bracewell and Muhammad Abbas addition of only 30 runs in the next 10 overs, before Bracewell was caught behind off Wasim for 17. Pakistan-born Abbas and Hay then worked together to rebuild New Zealand’s innings, putting on a patient 77-run partnership until Abbas was out for 41.
Moqim was the best bowler for Pakistan, taking 2 wickets for 33 runs, while Wasim took 2 wickets for 78 runs. The final ODI match will be played at Mount Maunganui on Friday. Pakistan has lost the T20 series to New Zealand.
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