Boult destroys Pakistan as New Zealand take series
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Jan 13, 2018 (AFP) - A withering spell by Trent Boult saw New Zealand destroy Pakistan by 183 runs in the third oneday international to comfortably wrap up the series in Dunedin on Saturday.
Boult rocked Pakistan with three wickets in five balls to take out the cream of their top order on his way to figures of five for 17.
New Zealand, batting first, were restricted to 257, with their innings boosted by 11 off the final over before Boult was dismissed on the last ball.
Then, after Boult's near unplayable overs, Pakistan were all out for 74 in the 28th over to give New Zealand an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the fivematch series.
At eight for 32, Pakistan were threatening two unwanted records -- the lowest ODI score of 35, held by Zimbabwe, and Pakistan's own lowest score of 43 -- before Sarfraz Ahmed ( 14 not out), Mohammad Amir ( 14) and Rumman Raees ( 16) delayed the inevitable finish.
Boult was in action in the second over when Azhar Ali was caught by Ross Taylor at first slip without scoring.
Dangerman Fakhar Zaman was bowled for two and Taylor also caught Mohammad Hafeez for a duck in Boult second over and Pakistan were in a hole they were never going to get out of.
New Zealand
M. Guptill C. Munro K. Williamson R. Taylor T. Latham H. Nicholls M. Santner T. Astle T. Southee L. Ferguson T. Boult ....... 45 ................ 8 ............. 73 ......................... 52 ............. 35 .......................... 0 ................................ 6 ................ 5 ................................ 6 ................................. 6 ............................. 13 ........................ ............... 1-15 (Munro), 2-84 (Guptill), 3-158 (Williamson), 4-209 (Taylor), 5-209 (Nicholls), 6-226 (Santner), 7-226 (Latham), 8-233 (Astle), 9-239 (Southee), 10-257 (Boult) Amir 8-1-34-0 (2w, 1nb), Faheem 6-1-29-1, Rumman 10-0-51-3 (1w, 1nb), Hasan 10-0-59-3 (1w), Shadab 10-0-51-2, Shoaib 6-031-0
Pakistan
Azhar Ali Fakhar Zaman Babar Azam Mohd Hafeez Shoaib Malik Sarfraz Ahmed Shadab Khan Faheem Ashraf Hasan Ali Mohammad Amir Rumman Raees ...................... 0 ................................. 2 ........ 8 ...................... 0 ................ 3 ............................... 14 ............................... 0 ............... 10 ............ 1 ................................ 14 ............................... 16 .................................... .............. 1-1 (Azhar), 2-2 (Fakhar), 3-2 (Hafeez), 4-13 (Babar), 5-15 (Shoaib), 6-16 (Shadab), 7-30 (Faheem Ashraf), 8-32 (Hasan), 9-52 (Amir), 10-74 (Rumman)
Southee 7-3-19-0 (1w), Boult 7.2-117-5 (1w), Munro 7-1-10-2, Ferguson 6-0-28-2 (3w)