Boult to hat-trick

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Boult’s performance was a reminder – if we needed one – of his immense value to the Black Caps and, alongside captain Kane Williamson, the man they could least afford to lose at the World Cup.

After the T20 series went to form so did the ODIS, with New Zealand back in their favoured format and continuing their stranglehold over Pakistan in 50-over cricket.

Taylor (80) and Tom Latham (68) carried on from last summer anchoring the

NEW ZEALAND

G Worker c Ahmed b Afridi ............................................... 1 C Munro lbw b Afridi ......................................................... 29 K Williamson c Hafeez b Shadab ............................... 27 R Taylor b Wasim ............................................................... 80 T Latham lbw b Shadab .................................................. 68 H Nicholls lbw b Shadab ................................................... 0 C de Grandhomme c Azam b Shadab ....................... 0 T Southee c Junaid b Afridi ........................................... 20 I Sodhi c Shadab b Afridi ................................................ 24 L Ferguson not out ............................................................... 3 T Boult not out ........................................................................ 8 Extras (3lb, 3w) ........................................................................ 6 Total (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) ................................. 266 Fall: 1-13, 2-36, 3-78, 4-208, 5-208, 6-208, 7-210, 8-252, 9-254.

Bowling: Junaid Khan 9-1-56-0 (1w), Shaheen Afridi 8-1-46-4, Hasan Ali 9-0-62-0, Imad Wasim 8-0-38-1 (1w), Shadab Khan 10-1-38-4 (1w), Mohammad Hafeez 6-0-23-0.

PAKISTAN

Imam-ul-haq c de Grandhomme b Ferguson ..... 34 F Zaman b Boult ...................................................................... 1 B Azam c Taylor b Boult .................................................... 0 M Hafeez lbw b Boult ......................................................... 0 S Malik c Williamson b de Grandhomme .............. 30 S Ahmed b de Grandhomme ....................................... 64 S Khan c Latham b Sodhi .................................................. 7 I Wasim c de Grandhomme b Southee ................... 50 H Ali c Boult b Ferguson .................................................. 16 S Afridi b Ferguson .............................................................. 0 J Khan not out ........................................................................ 0 Extras (4lb, 1nb, 12w) .......................................................... 17 Total (47.2 overs) .............................................................. 219 Fall: 1-8, 2-8, 3-8, 4-71, 5-73, 6-85, 7-188, 8-219, 9-219, 10-219.

Bowling: T Boult 10-1-54-3 (6w), T Southee 9-1-31-1, L Ferguson 9.2-0-36-3 (3w), C de Grandhomme 10-0-40-2 (1w), I Sodhi 9-0-54-1 (1nb 2w).

Result: New Zealand won by 47 runs, lead 3-match series 1-0.

At a glance

GETTY IMAGES Trent Boult, right, completes his hattrick against Pakistan and Tim Southee, left, and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson rush to join the celebrations.