PAK vs NZ, 4th ODI: Pitch Report to Records – Here’s everything to know about National Stadium, Karachi

Pakistan (PAK) will host struggling New Zealand (NZ) within the fourth ODI match at Karachi’s National Stadium on Friday, May 5. The hosts received the third match to clinch the 5-match ODI collection with a 3-0 lead. After dominating the primary two ODIs in Rawalpindi, Pakistan continued their good run of type in 50-over cricket with one other spectacular all-spherical win on Karachi’s balanced floor. The venue additionally hosts the remaining two video games on this collection and can present the identical pitch.

Babar Azam-led group posted a difficult complete of 287/6 whereas batting first with opener Imam-ul-Haq prime-scoring with 90 off 107 and skipper himself including one other fifty. Matt Henry picked three wickets and skilled pacer Adam Milne bagged two for the Kiwis. New Zealand acquired a promising begin with opener Tom Blundell including a half-century. Debutant all-rounder Cole McConchie smashed 64* off 45 because the touring facet appeared on observe to chase the goal. But Shaheen Afridi took two late wickets to bowl out Kiwis on 261 runs. 

Pitch Report – PAK vs NZ

Karachi’s National Stadium has a balanced floor for white-ball cricket. The common first innings rating right here is 235 with groups batting first winnings 31 of 68 ODI matches performed right here thus far. In the final sport right here, the pacers loved good assist from the floor in each innings however batters had been in a position to submit a difficult complete whereas batting first.

Will Toss Matter?

Not seemingly. Both batters and bowlers stored the sport balanced all through the match throughout the third sport. Pacers from each groups had been spectacular because the floor remained dry until the top of the sport.

National Stadium, Karachi – The Numbers Game 

Basic ODI Stats 

Total matches: 68

Matches received batting first: 31

Matches received bowling first: 34

Average ODI Stats

Average 1st Innings scores: 235

Average 2nd Innings scores: 203

Score Stats for ODI matches

Highest complete recorded – 374/4 (50 Ov) by IND vs HK

Lowest complete recorded – 93/10 (40.4 Ov) by PAKW vs SLW

Highest rating chased – 310/4 (46.5 Ov) by IND vs SL

Lowest rating defended – 123/10 (45.2 Ov) by SLW vs PAKW

Full Squads –

Pakistan: Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shan Masood, Agha Salman, Usama Mir, Ihsanullah

New Zealand: Tom Latham(w/c), Chad Bowes, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Blair Tickner, Henry Shipley, Ben Lister, Tom Blundell, Cole McConchie

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