Mount Maunganui: Pakistan won the draw and decided to first appear against New Zealand in the third and last ODI in Bay Oval on Saturday.
Earlier, the draw for the final ODI of the three -game series was delayed due to the wet outside field while Mount Maunganui was whipped by continuous rains overnight.
Mount Maunganui was whipped by continuous rains yesterday.
The referees reached the stadium and carried out an initial land inspection at 11 a.m. and decided to postpone the draw. However, they did a field tracking assessment 45 minutes later and decided to hold the draw around 12:15 p.m.
The match will start at 12:45 p.m. local time. The match was reduced to 42 overspots on each side.
Before the match, the cricket player Faheem Ashraf has expressed his feelings about the performance of the team so far. “When you score races, you will certainly appreciate. But if we lose the match, we do not appreciate it properly. But I want us to be happy when I score races and our team wins.”
The cricket player said that this time was more difficult for the strikers, adding that it was also difficult for the strikers in December-January.
“Everyone hopes for a victory today, and we are finishing the series on a good note,” he added.
New Zealand has already obtained an unassailable 2-0 2-0 lead in the three-game series and will plan to guarantee the winning victory of Pakistan.
Pakistan, on the other hand, will try to avoid clean scanning by winning its first victory in the country since February 2011.
According to New Zealand Cricket (NZC), their Mark Chapman intermediate in shape was excluded for today’s match.
The left-handed striker, who also missed the second ODI due to an injury to the hamstrings, was evaluated during the training session of the local team for the next match which revealed that he had not recovered sufficiently.
Consequently, Tim Seifert, who was called to replace Chapman for the second Odi in Hamilton, will remain with the team for the next match.
After the green shirts suffered an 84 -point defeat in the second ODI in Seddon Park on Wednesday, the Pakistani skipper Mohammad Rizwan said: “It’s painful, but it’s part of the game. We have not succeeded well today.
“New Zealand’s quisors have been very disciplined; they bordered the hard work. Over the past two months, we have lost key moments. Today, we have not performed well with the ball or bat in the first 10 Overs. Credit also in Mitch Hay; the way he struck was incredible,” said Rizwan.
“We don’t know much in the field in Tauranga, but we will have to adapt.”
Play xis:
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-Uul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (W / C), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Sofiyan Muqem, Akif Javed.
New Zealand: Nick Kelly, Tim Siefert, Rhys Mariu, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell (C), Muhammad Abbas, Mitchell Hay (W), Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, William O’Rourke.
