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Pakistan beat New Zealand 4-1 in the five-match ODI series (AP)
Pakistan lose No. 1 spot in ICC Men’s ODI rankings after failing to clean sweep New Zealand 5-0
Pakistan lost their world No. 1 spot after a 47-run loss to low-powered New Zealand in the fifth and final One Day International, denying home team Pakistan a clean sweep of the series in Karachi on Sunday.
Pakistan slipped to No. 3 behind Australia and India in the ODI rankings after being bowled out for 252 in 46.1 overs – their lowest total in the series – as run-machine Babar Azam was dismissed for just one run in his 100th ODI in the final Games gone.
Pakistan climbed to the top of the ODI rankings after winning the fourth match of the series on Friday, but needed a 5-0 sweep to retain the No.1 spot.
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Half-centuries from Will Young (87) and captain Tom Latham (59) laid the foundation for New Zealand’s total of 299 in 49.3 overs after Latham won his third consecutive toss in the Karachi-leg of the series but decided to bat first. first time.
Middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed missed out on his maiden ODI century and remained unbeaten on 94 off 72 balls after Pakistan’s top-order faltered for the first time in the series.
Fakhar Zaman (33) and Shan Masood (7) both struggled against Matt Henry and Adam Milne’s impeccable length with the new ball, before Masood struggled for 20 balls to play Henry back onto his stumps.
Babar had a dream series that saw him become the fastest player to complete 5,000 runs in ODI cricket – reaching the landmark in 97 innings – but on Sunday the Pakistan captain was dismissed by Henry Shipley (3-34) Caught at backward point, New Zealand made four changes for one of those final games.
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Iftikhar and Salman Ali Agha got Pakistan’s chase back on track with a fifth wicket stand of 97 before Shipley returned and broke the partnership in the 35th over by having Agha caught at mid-off.
Iftikhar finished with 3-65 in the death overs with left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra as No. 11 Haris Rauf was run out at the non-striker’s end while attempting another run.
Earlier, Young missed a second chance to score a century as Pakistan’s ploy of going with two specialist leg-spinners worked well in the middle overs.
Leg-spinner Usma Mir (2-53) and Shadab Khan (2-67) shared four of the top-order’s five wickets. Shadab got two crucial wickets when he found a thin outside edge of Young’s bat. Mark Chapman (43) looked to accelerate with Latham but Shadab had him caught down the leg side by Mohammad Rizwan.
Mir took the wickets of Henry Nicholls, who replaced Daryl Mitchell at No. 3, and Latham going for a big shot before Pakistan’s pacers took charge in the death overs.
Rachin Ravindra (28) and Cole McConkey (26) played small roles, but Pakistan came back strongly in the last five overs with Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-46) and Haris Rauf (1-45) taking five for 32. For. race.
New Zealand’s white-ball tour of Pakistan was without eight of its regular players due to their commitments in the Indian Premier League. New Zealand drew the T20I series 2–2 after trailing 2–0 in the series.
(with inputs from agencies)
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