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Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the first ODI by six wickets at National Stadium in Karachi on Monday.
Chasing the paltry target of 256, Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq early, but Fakhar Zaman and skipper Babar Azam took charge to cruise further. The duo added 7♕8 runs for the second wicket before Zaman was dismissed for a well-made 56.
Babar then formed a 60-run stand for the second wicket with Mohammad Rizwan to solidify Pakistan’s chase. Babar, however, lost his wicket fo൲r 66, but Rizwan kept his stand alive and took the team over the finish line with a brilliant unbeaten knock of 77 runs.
Earlier, Naseem Shah took his second five-wicket haul in ODIs to restrict New Zealand to 255/꧂9 in their allotted 50 overs. Naseem was right on the money from the very first over of the Black Caps’ innings when he cleaned up Devon Conway for a golden duck with a nail-biting yorker.
Naseem then got rid of Glenn Phillips (37), Michael Bracewell (43), Mitchell Santner (21) and Henry Shipley (0) to complete his five-wicket haul. Apart from the right-arm pacer, debutant leg-spinner Usama Mir also played his part by bagging a couple of wickets. For the visitors, Tom Latham and Bracewell made valuable contributions with 37 and 43ꦬ, respectively.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
1️⃣-0️⃣ up 👏
Pakistan cruise to a comfortableꦯ win in the firstܫ ODI 🙌 |
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Pakistan take 1-0 lead after beating New Zealand i⛦n the opening ODI.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Red ball skills were always there but so good to see Naseem developing as whit💧e bowler too,well done on excellent 5fr
— Sohail Tanveer (@sohailmalik614)
Naseem Shah in the 4 ODIs he has played:
10-57-5
10-33-5
6-27-2
10-51-3— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
//twitter.com/AvinashArya09/status/1612439078661943🃏297
WORLD RECORD: 15 wickets in 4 ODIs for . This is the most wickets taken by a bowler in first 4 ODIs of career. Ryan♕ Harris and Gary Gilmoꦺur had 14 each from their first 4 ODIs.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani)
Naseem Shah seems ⛦to know what to do with the ball these days. Or rather a better understandi༒ng of his game.
Visualization, watching the feet of the batter, getting some swing, when to use the short ball…
On an upward curve.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
A well-deserved 5fer for Naseem Shah 👏👏
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited)
Most wickets in first 4 ODI matches:
15 – NASEEM SHAH🇵🇰
14 – Gary Gilmour🇦🇺
14 – Ryan Harris🇦🇺
13 – Matt Henry🇳🇿
13 – Mustafizur Rahman🇧🇩
13 – Zahoor Khan🇦🇪— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Babar Azam’ꦑs 14th ODI score of 50 or mo⛦re in his last 20 inns. Avg of 80+, SR of 97+. He is an absolute BEAST in this format.
— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq)
List of Pakistani batters with 2000+ runs in ODIs at an average of 45+:
1. Babar Azam,
2. Fakhar Zaman,
3. Zaheer Abbas,
4. Imam-Ul-Haq.List of Pakistani batters with 2000+ ODI runs at an average of 45+ & a SR of above 90:
1. Fakhar Zaman,
2. END OF LIST.— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq)
10 fifty🗹 plus runs in 11 ODI innings. Unreal consistency🔯. Specialist of the format for a reason.
— Rai M. Azlan (@Mussanaf)
Impressive b🐻owling from Nasim Shah & Usama Mi💖r on debut, the one that he bowled to Kane Williamson was a gem. Brilliant batting by Fakhar, Babar & Rizwan as usual & Haaris Sohail’s cameo is icing on the cake. We need to build teams, not agendas. 🙏
— Dr. Nauman Niaz (@DrNaumanNiaz)
