{"id":90416,"date":"2025-02-14T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/clinical-new-zealand-thump-pakistan-to-win-tri-nations-final\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:00:08","slug":"clinical-new-zealand-thump-pakistan-to-win-tri-nations-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/clinical-new-zealand-thump-pakistan-to-win-tri-nations-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical New Zealand thump Pakistan to win tri-nations final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pace bowler Will O\u2019Rourke claimed four wickets while Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham hit half-centuries as New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets to clinch the tri-nations series final<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Rourke\u2019s 4-43 helped the tourists dismiss Pakistan for 242 in 49.3 overs before Mitchell\u2019s 58-ball 57 anchored the chase as the Black Caps finished on 243-5 in 45.2 overs at Karachi\u2019s National Bank Stadium.<\/p>\n

The victory gives the New Zealanders a timely boost<\/a> ahead of the Champions Trophy opener against the same opponents at this venue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

New Zealand lost opener Will Young in pacer Naseem Shah\u2019s first over for five before Devon Conway (48) and Kane Williamson (34) steadied the chase with a second wicket stand of 71.<\/p>\n

Williamson lost his wicket while charging down the wicket against spinner Salman Agha while Naseem returned for his second spell to dismiss Conway.<\/p>\n

At 108-3, the tourists\u2019 chase wobbled but Mitchell found an able ally in Latham (56) as the two added 87 for the fourth wicket.<\/p>\n

When Mitchell fell caught and bowled off-spinner Abrar Ahmed the tourists needed just 48 runs which Latham and Glenn Phillips (20 not out) reduced to ten.<\/p>\n

Mitchell hit six boundaries in his knock while Latham\u2019s 64-ball innings featured five fours.<\/p>\n

Naseem was the pick of an otherwise ineffective Pakistan bowling attack with 2-43 off eight overs.<\/p>\n

Earlier, spinners Mitchell Santner (2-20) and Michael Bracewell (2-38) backed up O\u2019Rourke to ensure Pakistan did not post a big total.<\/p>\n

Skipper Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with a 76-ball 46, while Salman Agha hit 45 off 65 balls as slow and variable bounce on the National Bank Stadium pitch proved tough for batting.<\/p>\n

Pakistan lost opener Fakhar Zaman to O\u2019Rourke in the fourth over for 10 and then Saud Shakeel for eight.<\/p>\n

Babar Azam looked good for his 29 runs, hitting four boundaries and a six, and reached 6,000 runs scored in one-day internationals when he was on 10.<\/p>\n

He was playing his 123rd inning, the joint fastest to reach the 6,000-run milestone with South African Hashim Amla.<\/p>\n

Azam fell to a miscued shot off Nathan Smith, leaving Pakistan struggling at 54-3.<\/p>\n

Rizwan and Agha, who shared a match-winning 260-run partnership<\/a> against South Africa on Wednesday, then revived the innings with an 88-run stand.<\/p>\n

Rizwan hit four boundaries and a six but he and Agha fell within 19 runs of each other to end any hope of a challenging total.<\/p>\n

Tayyab Tahir hit a 33-ball 38, also with four boundaries and a six, while Faheem Ashraf (22) and Naseem (19) added 39 invaluable runs to get Pakistan past 240.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pace bowler Will O\u2019Rourke claimed four wickets while Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham hit half-centuries as New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets to clinch the tri-nations series final on Friday. O\u2019Rourke\u2019s 4-43 helped the tourists dismiss Pakistan for 242 in 49.3 overs before Mitchell\u2019s 58-ball 57 anchored the chase as the Black Caps finished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2025\/02\/142213433a72d2a.jpg?r=221527","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t