Pakistan proceed their good run in the 50-over format as they beat New Zealand in the third ODI by 26 runs at Karachi’s National Stadium on Wednesday, May 4. The hosts additionally sealed a five-match series with a 3-0 lead and now have an opportunity to prime the ICC ODI Rankings in the event that they win the remaining two video games in the continuing series.
Babar Azam-led Pakistan are presently positioned third in the ICC ODI crew rankings with a ranking of 112. Australia prime the present chart with 113 scores on a degree with the second-placed Indian crew. Full-strength Pakistan have proved their dominance against Tom Latham-led aspect with spectacular all-round performances to date and are seemingly to whitewash the series and prime the rankings.
The majority of New Zealand gamers are concerned in the continuing Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) and that’s clearly mirrored in their performances to date. They failed to defend 336 runs in the second ODI match and struggled to chase a 288-run goal in the most recent conflict. Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam registered sensible fifties to assist Pakistan publish a difficult complete of 287/6. Matt Henry took three wickets whereas returning Adam Milne picked two for the Kiwis.
Will Young and Tom Blundell gave New Zealand a promising begin with the latter top-scoring with 65 runs. Debutant all-rounder Cole McConchie smashed unbeaten 64 off 45 however Shaheen Afridi struck late to bowl out Kiwis on simply 261 runs. The tempo trio of Shaheen, Naseem Shah, and Mohammad Wasim took two wickets every to assist Pakistan clinch the series.
In particular person rankings, star Pakistani skipper Babar Azam dominates the ODI participant’s chart. Babar fell only one wanting recording fifty in the primary ODI against New Zealand however managed to register two consecutive half-centuries in the next video games. Fakhar Zaman, who smashed two back-to-back centuries in the primary two video games in this series, jumped to second place in the ICC ODI Player’s chart.
Imam-ul-Haq top-scored with 92 runs in the third ODI to bag the Player of the Match award and presently sits in the fifth place in the ODI chart to show Pakistan’s dominance in rankings. However, solely Shaheen Afridi stays in the highest ten of the present ICC ODI bowler’s rankings.
