PAK vs NZ Match Preview
Pakistan has now secured a 3-0 lead in the series and will be looking to inflict more pain on the New Zealanders in the 4th match. Pakistan batted first in the first match to post a decent total of 287 runs on the board for the loss of 6 wickets from their 50 overs. Fakhar Zaman for once failed with the bat and scored just 19 runs before getting out. Babar Azam on the other hand batted well to score 54 runs from 62 balls. But the real hero for Pakistan with the bat was Imam Ul-Haq. He collected 90 runs from 107 balls.
Shadab Khan also played a cameo towards the end of the inning scoring 21 runs from 10 deliveries to take his side to a good total. It is also difficult to forget the mention of
Mohammad Rizwan in the limited-over games. He is scoring runs in almost every instance. He is the second-ranked batter in one-day games and plays the role of the finisher for Pakistan. As far as the current series against New Zealand is concerned, he has put together scores of 42 not out, 54 not out, and 32 in the series so far.
During their reply, New Zealand made a good beginning to their chase with their opening batsmen Tom Blundell and Will Young finding the gaps regularly with ease. These two were involved in an 83-run opening wicket partnership. The young Kiwi batsman Will Young was dismissed for 33 runs while his partner in crime Tom Blundell scored 65 runs from 78 balls. But the Kiwi middle order collapsed under pressure and after that, they were never really in the hunt for a successful run chase.
Cole McConchie was the only one standing in the ruins scoring 64 runs from 45 balls. However, he was miserably short of partners that could have taken the New Zealanders to a win. The entire side was bowled out for 261 runs in the 50th over to end on the losing side once again. Although the New Zealand team is now out of contention for a series win, they will play the last couple of games to win and avoid getting a brown wash. They have done a reasonable job with the bat so far scoring 336, 288, and 261 runs in the 3 matches of the series.
Weather Report
The weather bureau has reported that we are going to get warm and sunny conditions for this match with the relative humidity being close to 42%.
Pitch Report
The 4th game of the one-day international series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be hosted at the National Stadium in Karachi. The pitch on offer at this venue will be a good one for batters. But there might be some assistance from the track for the faster bowlers especially with the new ball. There is one record the New Zealanders will be aware of that works in their favor. They have won 2 out of the lost 3 one-day games played at this venue.
Notable stats
The last 5 one-day games played at the National Stadium in Karachi have produced several boundary hits.
In the last 5 games played at this venue, we have witnessed as many as 43.80 boundaries per match. It is another batting paradise.
Babar Azam has been consistent with the bat in the series.
Babar Azam has scored a fifty in all the 3 games played in the series so far. The skipper has a terrific batting average for the series as a result of this performance.
Team News
As a result of the series not being in question anymore, there might be some new players tried for this game from both sides.
PAK vs NZ Probable 11
PAK Playing 11
- Babar Azam (C)
- Abdullah Shafique
- Mohammad Rizwan (Wk)
- Fakhar Zaman
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Shadab Khan
- Salman
- Usama Mir
- Shaheen Afridi
- Mohammad Wasim Jr
- Naseem Shah
NZ Playing 11
- Tom Latham (C)
- Mark Chapman
- Will Young
- Tom Blundell (Wk)
- Daryl Mitchell
- Rachin Ravindra
- Cole McConchie
- Adam Milne
- James Neesham
- Ish Sodhi
- Matt Henry
Dream11 Prediction
Taking into consideration the current form of these two teams, the hosts will remain the firm favorites to win this encounter and stretch the lead to 4-0. Many of their top-order batsmen are in great touch with batters such as Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, and Babar Azam in terrific form with the bat. The Pakistani team management will be hoping that their team keeps on winning more games and extend their winning streak in this game as well. We will bet with Pakistan to win this fixture.
Top Picks
Haris Rauf: Haris Rauf is the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in the one-day series. The fast bowler might not be available for this game though.
Naseem Shah: The young fast bowler for Pakistan has picked up 5 wickets in 3 games with an average of 24 runs.
Fakhar Zaman: Fakhar Zaman has scored 316 runs so far in the series with 2 hundreds at an incredible average of 158.00. You can bet on him to come good again in this match.
Daryl Mitchell: The right-handed batter has been remarkably consistent in the series putting together 263 runs with an average of 87.66.
PAK vs NZ Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: T Latham , M Rizwan
Batters: B Azam, I Haq, D Mitchell (VC), F Zaman (C)
All-rounders: J Neesham, S Khan
Bowlers: M Henry, N Shah, H Rauf
