In the second one-day international, played in Karachi on Wednesday, New Zealand defeated Pakistan with ease by a score of 79 runs thanks in large part to opening batsman Devon Conway score a century.
Before a collapse that saw New Zealand lose nine wickets for 78 runs and restrict them to 261 all out in 49.5 overs, the left-hander produced 101, and captain Kane Williamson made 85.
Despite a valiant 79 from captain Babar Azam, Pakistan lost wickets frequently, and they were eventually bowled for 182, which resulted in a 1-1 tie in the three-match series.
The first game was won by Pakistan by six wickets, and the third and final game will take place on Friday in Karachi.
By the fourth over, Pakistan had lost both of its openers, Fakhar Zaman (0), and Imam-ul-Haq (6). Azam and Mohammad Rizwan (28), who together combined 55 for the third wicket, fell short.
Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, nor Mohammad Wasim didn’t last very long in the match. Agha Salman scored 25 runs before getting run out in a mix-up with Azam.
Azam scored 114 runs in 114 balls, which include eight fours and a six. He was ultimately stumped by spinner Ish Sodhi in the 43rd over.
Tim Southee scored 2-33 while Sodhi scored 2-38 for New Zealand.
First Inning
Earlier, the tourists won the toss and chose to bat first. Left-arm spinner Nawaz took four wickets to restrict New Zealand.
Nawaz finished with figures of 4-38 in the match. New Zealand lost five wickets in a span of 40 deliveries, falling from 183-1 to 206-6. They were in a solid position but couldn’t hold on to it.
A second-wicket stand of 181 between Conway and Williamson gave New Zealand some momentum, but fast bowler Naseem Shah (3-58) ended it when he removed Conway with the final ball of the 30th over.
In his second ODI hundred, Conway scored off 92 balls with 13 fours and 6 sixes.
Nawaz claimed three wickets. Firstly cheaply ejecting Tom Latham and Daryl Mitchell in a single over. Then clean-bowling Williamson in the next.
Williamson hit 10 boundaries in his 100-ball innings before being dropped by Mohammad Wasim on 53 and 54.
The final out for 37 came from Mitchell Santner, one of only three New Zealand batsman to reach double figures.