Williamson, Southee deny Pakistan
Zaman stays unbeaten on 82 as rain prompts Duckworth-Lewis calculation for result
New Zealand rode on skipper Kane Williamson’s 10th ODI century and a fiery spell from pace spearhead Tim Southee (3/22) to thrash Pakistan by 61 runs by the Duckworth-LewisStern method in the opener of the five-match One-day International series at Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday.
Put in to bat, the hosts were off to a flyer with Martin Guptill (48 off 72 balls; 4x4, 6x2) and Colin Munro (58 off 35; 4x6, 6x2) getting a 83-run opening stand before Williamson (115 off 117; 4x8, 6x1) joined the party.
More than the loss, Pakistan will rue the dropped chance of Williamson, who got a reprieve on 26 by his counterpart, Sarfraz Ahmad as the hosts went on to post 315/7.
In reply, Southee then had two of the Pakistan batsmen back in the dressing room in the space of five balls, in an excellent spell of swing bowling. Pakistan were reduced to 13/3, and then 37/4; from that point, it was always unlikely that they would threaten.
Young opener Fakhar Zaman fought, and was unbeaten on an 86-ball 82,
New Zealand
M. Guptill c Shoaib Malik b Fakhar Zaman 48 C. Munro c Sarfraz Ahmad b Hasan Ali 58 K. Williamson c Hasan Ali b Rumman Raees 115 R. Taylor b Hasan Ali 12 T. Latham c Babar Azam b Faheem Ashraf 03 H. Nicholls c Ahmad b Hasan Ali 50 M. Santner c Rumman Raees b Mohammad Amir 07 T. Southee not out 12 T. Astle not out 00
(lb3, w7) 10 (for 7 wickets; 50 overs) 315
1-83, 2-156, 3-192, 4-198, 5-288, 6-297, 7-311
Mohammad Amir 9-2-57-1 (1w), Rumman Raees 10-0-68-1 (2w), Hasan Ali 10-0-61-3, Shadab Khan 9-0-49-0 (1w), Faheem Ashraf 9-0-58-1 (2w), Fakhar Zaman 3-0-19-1
Extras: Total: Fall of wickets:
Bowling: Pakistan
Azhar Ali lbw b Southee Fakhar Zaman not out Babar Azam lbw b Southee Mohammad Hafeez c Southee b Boult 01 Shoaib Malek c Latham b Southee 13 Sarfraz Ahmad lbw b Astle 08 Shadab Khan c Latham b Boult 28 Faheem Ashraf not out 17
(lb1, w10) 11 (for six wickets; 30.1 overs) 166
1-6, 2-7, 3-13, 4-37,
Extras: Total: Fall of wickets:
Bowling: Toss:
06 82 00 5-54, 6-132
Southee 6.1-0-22-3 (2w), Boult 6-1-35-2 (2w), Ferguson 7-040-0 (3w), Santner 6-1-39-0 (3w), Astle 5-0-29-1.
Pakistan having taken his side to 166/6 in 30.1 overs when the umpires finally called off play due to rain.