WELLINGTON: Skipper of Pakistan cricket team, Azhar Ali won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the first of three match One Day International (ODI) series on Monday at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.
Match finished as Pakistan fell short 70 runs of the target, Boult took 4 wicket while Babar Azam was the man to watch from Pakistan side who made delicate 62 runs but unfortunately he was unable to made Pakistan home.
Match over, NZ won by 70 runs.
Pak 210/9 Â 46Â Overs
Irfan out (0) (b Boult)
Wahab (5)
Pak 210/9 Â 45.3Â Overs
Amir out (0) (b Boult)
Wahab (5)
Pak 210/8 Â 45Â Overs
Wahab (5) Amir (0)
Pak 206/8 Â 44Â Overs
Anwar out (16) ( b Boult c Latham)
Wahab (1) Amir (0)
Pak 205/7 Â 43.2Â Overs
Sarfraz out (30) (b Boult c Anderson)
Anwar (16)
Pak 203/6 Â 43Â Overs
Sarfraz (28) Anwar (16)
Pak 190/6 Â 42Â Overs
Sarfraz (18) Anwar (14)
Pak 181/6 Â 41Â Overs
Sarfraz (17) Anwar (6)
Pak 176/6 Â 40Â Overs
Sarfraz (15) Anwar (4)
Pak 174/6 Â 39Â Overs
Sarfraz (14) Anwar (3)
Pak 171/6 Â 38Â Overs
Sarfraz (11) Anwar (1)
Pak 170/6 Â 37.3Â Overs
Imad (1) Out (b Santner c Ronchi)
Sarfraz (11)
Pak 170/5 Â 37Â Overs
Sarfraz (11) Imad (1)
Pak 168/5 Â 36.4Â Overs
Babar (62) out (b Anderson c Nicholls)
Sarfraz (11)
Pak 165/4 Â 36Â Overs
Babar (61) Sarfraz (11)
Pak 158/4 Â 35Â Overs
Babar (60) Sarfraz (5)
Pak 148/4 Â 34Â Overs
Babar (52) Sarfraz (3)
Pak 144/4 Â 33Â Overs
Babar (50) Sarfraz (1)
Pak 142/4 Â 32.1Â Overs
Maqsood (10) out (b Elliot c Boult)
Babar (50)
Pak 142/3 Â 32Â Overs
Babar (50) Maqsood (10)
Pak 141/3 Â 31Â Overs
Babar (50) Maqsood (9)
Pak 138/3 Â 30Â Overs
Babar (49) Maqsood (7)
Pak 130/3 Â 29Â Overs
Babar (45) Maqsood (5)
Pak 121/3 Â 28Â Overs
Babar (40) Maqsood (1)
Pak 118/3 Â 27Â Overs
Hafeez (42) out (b Williamson c Henry)
Babar (38) Maqsood (0)
Pak 116/2 Â 26Â Overs
Hafeez (40) Babar (38)
Pak 110/2 Â 25Â Overs
Hafeez (38) Babar (34)
Pak 102/2 Â 24Â Overs
Hafeez (32) Babar (33)
Pak 96/2 Â 23Â Overs
Hafeez (27) Babar (32)
Pak 91/2 Â 22Â Overs
Hafeez (22) Babar (32)
Pak 89/2 Â 21Â Overs
Hafeez (21) Babar (31)
Pak 83/2 Â 20Â Overs
Hafeez (20) Babar (26)
Pak 71/2 Â 19Â Overs
Hafeez (20) Babar (14)
Pak 63/2 Â 18Â Overs
Hafeez (18) Babar (9)
Pak 60/2 Â 17Â Overs
Hafeez (16) Babar (8)
Pak 55/2 Â 16Â Overs
Hafeez (12) Babar (7)
Pak 50/2 Â 15Â Overs
Hafeez (10) Babar (4)
Pak 48/2 Â 14Â Overs
Hafeez (9) Babar (3)
Pak 46/2 Â 13Â Overs
Hafeez (7) Babar (3)
Pak 38/2 Â 12Â Overs
Hafeez (3) Babar (0)
Pak 37/2 Â 11Â Overs
Shahzad (13) out (b Elliot c Williamson)
Hafeez (2) Babar (0)
Pak 33/1 Â 10Â Overs
Shehzad (11) Hafeez (0)
Pak 33/1 Â 9Â Overs
Azhar (19) out (b Elliot c Henry)
Shehzad (11) Hafeez (0)
Pak 33/0 Â 8Â Overs
Azhar (19) Shehzad (11)
Pak 23/0 Â 7Â Overs
Azhar (10) Shehzad (11)
Pak 18/0 Â 6Â Overs
Azhar (8) Shehzad (8)
Pak 17/0 Â 5Â Overs
Azhar (7) Shehzad (8)
Pak 12/0 Â 4Â Overs
Azhar (2) Shehzad (8)
Pak 7/0 Â 3Â Overs
Azhar (0) Shehzad (5)
Pak 2/0 Â 2Â Overs
Azhar (0) Shehzad (1)
Pak 1/0 Â 1 Over
Azhar (0) Shehzad (0)
New Zealand team scored 280 runs in the limited 50-over game. Pakistan needs 281 runs to win the opening ODI match of the series.
NZ Â 280/8 Â 50Â Overs
 Henry (48) Boult (4)
McClenaghan (31)
NZ Â 267/8 Â 49Â Overs
 Henry (47) McClenaghan (23)
NZ Â 255/8 Â 48Â Overs
 Henry (42) McClenaghan (16)
NZ Â 241/8 Â 47 Overs
 Henry (31) McClenaghan (13)
NZ Â 228/8 Â 46 Overs
 Henry (24) McClenaghan (8)
NZ Â 209/8 Â 45 Overs
Nicholls (82) Out (b Anwar Ali)
 Henry (12) McClenaghan (1)
NZ Â 203/7 Â 44 Overs
Nicholls (82) Â Henry (8)
NZ Â 202/7 Â 43 Overs
Nicholls (80) Â Henry (8)
NZ Â 193/7 Â 42 Overs
Nicholls (72) Â Henry (8)
NZ Â 188/7 Â 41 Overs
Nicholls (71) Â Henry (4)
NZ Â 185/7 Â 40Â Overs
Nicholls (70) Â Henry (2)
NZ Â 180/7Â 39 Overs
Santner (48) 0ut (b Irfan c Sarfraz)
Nicholls (68) Â Henry (0)
NZ Â 177/6Â 38Â Overs
Nicholls (65) Santner (48)
NZ Â 170/6Â 37 Overs
Nicholls (63) Santner (43)
NZ Â 170/6Â 37 Overs
Nicholls (63) Santner (43)
NZ Â 166/6Â 36 Overs
Nicholls (62) Santner (41)
NZ Â 162/6Â 35Â Overs Overs
NZ Â 125/6Â 28 Overs
Nicholls (46) Santner (18)
NZ Â 114/6Â 27 Overs
Nicholls (40) Santner (13)
NZ Â 111/6Â 26 Overs
Nicholls (39) Santner (11)
NZ Â 111/6Â 26 Overs
Nicholls (39) Santner (11)
- Mohammad Amir is playing his first ODI after five years.
Backbone of Pakistani middle order batting Shoaib Malik is not playing in the match as he was unable to get fit from his foot injury and Ahmed Shehzad is replacing him in the side.
Azhar Ali said that tehy will jump into ground with proper game plan and will try trheir best tpo stick on that plan to win the all important contest.
Pakistan lost T20 series with margin of 2-1 but both contests which Green Shirts lost were with heavy margins which somehow has let Pakistan down but win in the first match will bring them back to winning track for which Pakistani skipper Azhar Ali is very hopeful.
Pakistan XI: Azhar Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Sarfraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Babar Azam and Mohammad Irfan.
New Zealand XI: Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Matt Henry, Colin Munro, Adam Milne, Santner.
Match will start at 22:00 GMT and 03:00 PST.
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