- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 edged behind to Rizwan! One good ball followed by another. Young is only half-forward - he almost seemed unsure whether to go back or press forward - and he ended up jabbing at the ball by opening the face of the bat. Afridi went with that teasing in-between length - I think this ball was slightly fuller than the previous one - as it shaped away to finish around sixth stump. Young still decided to poke at it, and ended up getting an outside edge 4/17.4 return catch for Abrar! Ravindra walks back looking shocked. The ball arrived lowish towards Abrar, who grabbed it with both hands - and why not? He bowled this one full too, except that this was tossed up, and much slower. It arrived around fifth stump, and Ravindra went whipping using his bottom hand. But he might have been beaten by the lack of pace, as he only chipped it back to Abrar 39/226.2 edged and taken. Shaheen breaks the threatening stand. A length ball around off, from around the wicket. The ball just leaves Williamson who pokes at it and gets a thin outside edge. A straightforward catch for Rizwan 134/337.5 chipped to midwicket! One ball after firing a six, Mitchell gives it away, and expresses his frustration. He decided to jump down the pitch this time, and converted this into a dipping, low full toss outside leg stump. But in looking to clip it with the angle into him - and also the line of the ball - Mitchell only found the man placed at midwicket to end a solid knock, and give Pakistan an opening 200/527.1 and he strikes straightaway. Pakistan are well and truly back into the game. A length ball angling towards the body. Latham looks to work it on the leg side but the think the ball came a touch slower off the pitch, as has been the case so far today. He ended up chipping it to the left of short midwicket, where Kamran Ghulam dived forward to grab it with both hands 135/445.4 a length ball this time. Bracewell looks to go big again but this time his pull fails to clear long-on. In fact, Saud Shakeel caught it well inside the boundary line 254/6Extras17 (b 4, lb 7, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL330/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.6)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Will Young, 0.4 ov), 2-39 (Rachin Ravindra, 7.4 ov), 3-134 (Kane Williamson, 26.2 ov), 4-135 (Tom Latham, 27.1 ov), 5-200 (Daryl Mitchell, 37.5 ov), 6-254 (Michael Bracewell, 45.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 10 0 88 3 8.8 29 9 5 2 0 Naseem Shah 10 0 70 0 7 29 8 2 1 1 Abrar Ahmed 10 0 41 2 4.1 34 3 1 1 0 Haris Rauf 6.2 0 23 1 3.63 19 1 0 0 0 Khushdil Shah 9 0 66 0 7.33 17 2 3 1 0 Agha Salman 4.4 0 31 0 6.64 13 0 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23.4 given lbw. Is that the end of Pakistan's resistance? Fakhar thinks for a bit before reviewing. He has to review if Pakistan are to stay in this game. Was a quicker ball around off that came in with the arm and kept low to beat Fakhar on the inside edge. It hit him around the knee roll on the back leg. In front of off. The ball-tracking shows it would have hit middle. Pakistan have lost Fakhar, both reviews, and most probably the match too 119/49.6 well taken by Phillips! Babar's painful stay ends, and his first innings as opener in ten years doesn't pay off. Phillips was placed at square leg, and dived forward like only he can to grab this just off the ground. Bracewell had bowled it on the shorter side, and got it to turn in towards middle and leg. Babar looked to play with the turn but ended up chipping it to end the powerplay with a wicket 52/118.6 the dot-ball pressure has consumed Ghulam. Charges down the track, gets low on his back knee and looks to go aerial. But he fails to middle it and long-off, who is well inside the boundary line, takes a simple catch 103/222.1 given lbw! Slower through the air from Santner. It pitched around leg stump. Rizwan went back to defend only for the ball to turn away, beat his outside edge and hit the back leg around knee roll. Rizwan has reviewed it - the only doubt is about where the ball was pitched. It pitched in line of leg stump and would have gone on to hit leg stump. The captain gets captain. Before walking back, Rizwan seems to be giving Fakhar a message 117/339.1 taken at long-on! Mitchell is placed right on the edge of the boundary, and the ball lands right into his lap. Agha had no option other to look for the big hits, but perishes right at the start of the over. Bracewell angled this in, and bowled on a length on leg. Agha was down the track in looking to have a heave through the line, but perhaps the length turned out to be too full after he skipped down or maybe he was cramped for room 205/733.1 stunning catch by Bracewell! Tahir looks the most stunned of us all, and why not? Placed at short midwicket, Bracewell threw himself full stretch to his right, and nabbed the ball with his right hand. Henry bowled a short delivery at Tahir around the off stump, as Tahir got his front leg out of the way, an looked to swat-pull from deep in the crease. He even hammered it back, only for Bracewell to switch his beast mode on 172/538.4 stumped by a big distance! Complete deception by Santner, who deftly goes wide of off, and also slows it down considerably. It was bowled on the shorter side of a length, and around seventh stump. Khushdil was well down the track by the time the ball dipped on to him. But it also turned back in appreciably, and he was beaten - both by the turn and the lack of pace. There was then plenty of time for Latham to whip the bails off 205/643.4 full on the stumps. Shaheen goes aerial but finds the deep-backward square leg with great precision. A straightforward catch there for the substitute Smith 222/847.5 finally short ball does the trick. Was just outside off and Naseem ends up fending it to the keeper 252/10Extras6 (w 6)TOTAL252 all out (47.5 Overs, RR: 5.26)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Babar Azam, 9.6 ov), 2-103 (Kamran Ghulam, 18.6 ov), 3-117 (Mohammad Rizwan, 22.1 ov), 4-119 (Fakhar Zaman, 23.4 ov), 5-172 (Tayyab Tahir, 33.1 ov), 6-205 (Khushdil Shah, 38.4 ov), 7-205 (Salman Agha, 39.1 ov), 8-222 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 43.4 ov), 9-252 (Naseem Shah, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 9.5 0 53 3 5.38 31 6 1 1 0 W O'Rourke 6 0 46 0 7.66 17 5 2 2 0 MG Bracewell 10 0 41 2 4.1 28 2 0 0 0 BV Sears 6 0 39 0 6.5 12 2 1 1 0 MJ Santner 10 2 41 3 4.1 37 3 1 2 0 GD Phillips 3 0 18 1 6 7 2 0 0 0 R Ravindra 3 0 14 0 4.66 7 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.10, Second Session 18.10-21.40
Match days
8 February 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 6.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Faisal Afridi, Batter - KS Williamson (Upheld)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 165 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: New Zealand - 60/2 in 15.0 overs (KS Williamson 25, DJ Mitchell 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 71 balls (KS Williamson 26, DJ Mitchell 20, Ex 5)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 20.4 overs (124 balls), Extras 6
- KS Williamson: 50 off 82 balls (6 x 4)
- Over 26.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Faisal Afridi, Batter - TWM Latham (Struck down)
- Over 27.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - GD Phillips (Struck down)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 146/4 in 29.0 overs (DJ Mitchell 46, GD Phillips 6)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 8
- DJ Mitchell: 50 off 61 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (DJ Mitchell 30, GD Phillips 18, Ex 3)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (227 balls), Extras 10
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 123 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 45.3 overs (274 balls), Extras 11
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (GD Phillips 22, MG Bracewell 31, Ex 1)
- GD Phillips: 50 off 55 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 48.5 overs (294 balls), Extras 15
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (GD Phillips 38, MJ Santner 8, Ex 4)
- GD Phillips: 100 off 72 balls (5 x 4, 7 x 6)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 330/6 in 50.0 overs (GD Phillips 106, MJ Santner 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 0.3: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Fakhar Zaman (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (Fakhar Zaman 39, Babar Azam 9, Ex 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 156 runs, 6 wickets)
- Fakhar Zaman: 50 off 48 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 89/1 in 16.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 60, Kamran Ghulam 17)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Fakhar Zaman 32, Kamran Ghulam 18, Ex 0)
- Over 22.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Struck down)
- Over 23.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Faisal Afridi, Batter - Fakhar Zaman (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 29.2 overs (176 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (Agha Salman 19, Tayyab Tahir 28, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 172/4 in 33.0 overs (Agha Salman 22, Tayyab Tahir 30)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (226 balls), Extras 5
- Over 38.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Agha Salman (Struck down)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 47.3 overs (285 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPhillips 72-ball hundred flips the script as New Zealand beat Pakistan
Fakhar Zaman made 84 in the chase of 331 in Lahore, but once he fell the hosts crumbled
Rachin Ravindra goes off the field after taking blow to forehead
Earlier in the match, Haris Rauf went off the field with what was later confirmed to be a low-grade side strain
Context is king as Pakistan and New Zealand open pre-Champions Trophy tri-series
For the sides, it offers the opportunity for match practice in conditions where most of the Champions Trophy will be held
Lockie Ferguson in doubt for Champions Trophy and Pakistan tri-series
The NZ quick injured his hamstring while playing in the UAE's ILT20