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New Zealand vs Pakistan Scorecard, 1st ODI, Pakistan vs New Zealand 2018
Result · Nov 07 2018, Wed - 04:30 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND266/9
PAKISTAN219
New Zealand won by 47 runs
CRR:4.63
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | New Zealand tour to Pakistan (UAE) 2018 |
| Date: | Nov 07 2018, Wed - 04:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Abu Dhabi |
| Venue: | Sheikh Zayed Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c) (wk), Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Junaid Khan |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | George Worker, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult |
- New Zealand have won their last 11 ODIs on the bounce against Pakistan; the last time they lost to them was in December 2014 at Sharjah.
- Pakistan had won each of their first 11 games against New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates; however, the Black Caps have won five of their last seven meetings there since.
- Pakistan have lost their last two games on the bounce in the UAE; the last time they lost more was a three-game stretch in November 2015.
- Pakistan have won four of their last five ODIs at Sheikh Zayed Stadium; however, they fell to a 37-run defeat to Bangladesh in their most recent visit to the venue.
- New Zealand come into this fixture having won just one of their last four ODIs (L3), while they've also won just one of their last six ODIs away from home (L5).
- New Zealand have won just 35% of their previous ODIs played in the UAE; only two teams (Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka) have lower win rates in the country among teams who have played there at least 15 times.
- New Zealand's Matt Henry took bowling figures of 4/53 in his last game against Pakistan, which was also his only ODI thus far in 2018; Henry has taken 19 scalps overall against Pakistan, his most against any single team.
- Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (7,226) needs just 24 runs to eclipse Younis Khan (7,249) as the sixth-most prolific run scorer for Pakistan in ODI history; he’s also just 16 runs shy of 500 scored against New Zealand.
- New Zealand stalwart Ross Taylor has a batting average of 78.8 thus far in 2018, the fourth-best rate of any player (min. 5 innings) and his highest ever in a single calendar year.
- Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman boasts a batting average of 72.1 as an opener in 2018; among opening batsmen to have played at least 10 innings this year, only India's Rohit Sharma (73.6) can boast a better rate.