PAK vs NZ Match Prediction & Betting Tips - May 03, 2023
Tournament: New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 2023.
Date: May 03, 2023.
Format: One day
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan.
Time: 10:30
Fakhar Zaman has now hit a 3rd hundred in a row in the second one-day international against New Zealand. This inning was a hard-hitting 180 from 144 balls and took Pakistan to the big target with relative ease. This was Pakistan's second-highest successful run chase in the one-day format. New Zealand set a target of 336 runs in the match for the loss of 7 wickets. But Pakistan, thanks mainly to the efforts of Fakhar Zaman reached the target with close to 2 overs to spare. The hosts are now leading the 5-game series 2-0. They will be favorites from here on to win the series. They will clash with New Zealand in the 3rd game of the series at the National Stadium in Karachi tomorrow. Let's look at the match prediction, pitch report, and betting tips for this match.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand Head-To-Head
Pakistan and New Zealand have played 112 games so far in their history in this format thus far. Pakistan has won 58 games out of these and New Zealand has succeeded in winning 50 matches.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand Live Streaming and Broadcast
Sony Sports Network will broadcast the match between New Zealand and Pakistan. This match will be available for viewing in India. The ardent cricket fans can enjoy the live streaming of this game on the website and app of SonyLiv.
PAK vs NZ Team Previews
Pakistan
The target set by New Zealand of 337 runs for the Pakistan batters was a pretty daunting one even by the standards of the modern ODI games. But this does not apply when you are playing a one-day game at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. When Fakhar Zaman bats like that, there are no real opportunities for the bowlers. The premium opening batter from Pakistan has slammed 3 hundreds in a row in one-day games. The innings he played in the second match made the New Zealand bowling appear listless
Fakhar Zaman was involved in a 135-run stand with the skipper Babar Azam. Babar Azam scored 65 runs and these two were the backbone of the Pakistani chase. We got to see a superb counter-attacking partnership between Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan later that pushed the match out of the reach of the visitors. Mohammad Rizwan scored 54 runs from 41 balls and proved the fact that the Pakistani batting line-up is too strong for the Kiwi bowling attack. Fakhar Zaman is followed by Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, and Rizwan.
Pakistan has tremendous depth in their batting order. The inexperienced Kiwi bowling attack is not likely to push this batting order too much even in the remaining matches. Naseem Shah was impressive in this game as well even while bowling on a flat surface that offers little or no assistance to fast bowlers. He picked up a wicket and gave away 49 runs from his quota of 10 overs. The most successful bowler for Pakistan was Haris Rauf who picked up 4 wickets albeit for 78 runs. The Pakistan spinners could not impress much as there was little assistance from the wicket to their kind of bowling.
Pakistan Playing 11
Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Agha Salman, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah.
New Zealand
Despite the loss in the last game against Pakistan, New Zealand has done several things right in the second one-day international than they did in the first one. However, after a heroic effort from the batters, the wicket did not offer anything to the bowlers and they had to end up on the losing side again. Daryl Mitchell was the top run-getter for New Zealand scoring a hundred. He hit 129 runs from 119 balls. He received a lot of good support from the Kiwi captain Tom Latham who scored 98 runs from 85 balls.
The New Zealand opener Chad Bowes also looked impressive for a while and hit a run-a-ball fifty in this game. The Kiwi players will be happy with the fact that their batters were in-from and did well in this game. This is a good sign for the New Zealand team and augers well for them in the remainder of the series. Although the batting unit looks good for New Zealand, the concern for the team management will be their bowling attack. They do not have the services of regular bowlers such as Tim Southee, Mitch Santner, and Lockie Fergusson available to them in this series.
The absence of these frontline bowlers is the reason why the New Zealand bowling is struggling. Matt Henry has looked good for a while however; he will need support from other bowlers playing in this match. The other experienced bowler in the side, Ish Sodhi was also taken to the cleaners by the Pakistani batters and ended up giving away 79 runs from his 10 overs. The bad news for the Kiwis is that things are not likely to change too much going forward in the one-day series unless they play out of their skins for a win.
New Zealand Playing 11
Will Young, Tom Blundell, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Mark Chapman, Henry Nicholls, Cole McConchie, Adam Milne, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry.
PAK vs NZ Toss Prediction
There have been as many as 49 one-day international games played at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. The side batting 2nd has recorded a win on 26 occasions. The modern-day trend is to chase a target in limited-over games. The skipper that wins the toss is likely to follow the same trend in this game as well and field first.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
The average total recorded at this Karachi venue is 259 runs while batting first. Together with this, the highest total posted on this venue is a huge one from India. They scored 374 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. You can expect another big-scoring match in this encounter. It is possible that both these sides will score 300 runs at the least in this match.
The surface on offer at the National Stadium in the city of Karachi is normally a belter of a track. You can expect a run-fest in the game. This wicket is normally a flat one and batters from both sides are likely to make merry on the pitch with an even bounce on offer. The faster bowlers will get some movement from the track when the bowler is new however, after this, the wicket is likely to be a batting-friendly one. The weather conditions during this game are likely to be hot but things might cool off a little in the later portion of the evening.
PAK vs NZ Betting Tips
Pakistan have established an upper hand over the New Zealanders in their batting department. They are looking good in this one-day international series. This trend is also likely to continue in this game. The Kiwi bowling attack lacks sufficient experience and does not have enough penetration to trouble the home side too much on these tracks. They are pretty likely to leak a lot of runs even in the 3rd game of the series. Even the usually fierce Pakistani bowling attack might go for a lot of runs again on the track. However, they have a batting line-up that makes up for their shortcomings due to a lack of assistance from the tracks. We will bet with Pakistan to win this game.
Bonus Cricket Bets
Babar Azam has been among runs in the first couple of one-day matches but he is due for a big one. This game could be the one when he delivers a huge score.
Tom Latham looked good in the second one-day international against Pakistan. He scored a 98 in the game and was involved in a huge partnership with Daryl Mitchell. You can bet on him to score big runs in this match as well.
The Pakistani top-order batting is in red-hot form at the moment with Fakhar Zaman hitting hundreds in all and sundry games. You can bet on them to get off to another good start by scoring 3 runs in their first over.
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