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New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 3rd ODI, PAK vs NZ Preview and Fantasy Prediction

By Real11 - Jan 12 2023 1075 Views

New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK vs NZ, 3rd ODI

Preview

The Hosts will be taking on the Kiwi team at the National Stadium in Karachi for the third ODI match on 13 January 2023 (Friday) at 03:00 PM IST. Both sides will clash against each other in the 3rd and decider ODI in the 3-match series which is levelled at 1-1. In the second match of the 3-match ODI series, the Visitors equalized the series by defeating Pakistan while performing well in the last match.

We can witness a good fight between both the teams in this third match because the team which will win in this match will take possession of this series. Now it will be interesting to see which team will prevail over whom during the match.

In the second ODI played between Pakistan and New Zealand, New Zealand defeated the host Pakistani team by 79 runs to level the series 1-1. In this second ODI, The left-handed kiwis' opener Devon Conway was the hero on the pitch of Karachi, who scored a brilliant century.

In the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. For New Zealand, opener Devon Conway scored the second century of his ODI career. He scored 101 runs in 92 balls while Kane Williamson scored 85 runs in 100 balls, on which the Kiwis scored 261 runs before being bundled out in 49.5 overs. For Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz took a maximum of 4 wickets.

In response, the Pakistani team had a very bad start and two wickets had fallen for 9 runs. But captain Babar Azam kept his team's hopes alive by playing an inning of 79 runs. But none of the other batters in the middle order lasted long and the entire team was bundled out for 182 runs in 43 overs. Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee took 2-2 wickets for New Zealand. While Ferguson, Santner, Bracewell and Phillips took 1-1 wickets.

Pakistan's start was also very bad. Fakhar Zaman became the victim of Tim Southee and was dismissed without scoring a run. Imam-ul-Haq could only score only 6 runs. After falling two wickets for 9 runs, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan made a partnership of 55 runs. Rizwan got bowled after scoring 28 runs off 50 balls. Babar held one end but New Zealand kept wickets from the other end.

Babar Azam completed his half-century and was stumped for 79 runs as the 9th wicket. In his innings of 114 balls, he hit 8 fours and a six. With the wicket of Haris Rauf, the team's innings were reduced to 182 runs. New Zealand won the match by 79 runs. Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee got 2-2 wickets.

For the third and final ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand, there are no new injury updates from either team as of now. Both sides have faced each other 109 times in ODIs where the Hosts have won 56 matches, and New Zealand have won 49 matches and one match ended in a tie between them. Whereas 3 matches ended with no match result.

Match Details

Match: PAK vs NZ, 3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 2023

Date: Friday, January 13th, 2023

Time: 03:00 PM (Jan 13)

Venue: National Stadium, Karachi

Pitch Report

The National stadium Karachi pitch will be the same used pitch for this third ODI as well, we have seen so far in this series the average score at this venue is 260-265 between both sides in this series. The Karachi pitch has long been regarded as one of the best batting surfaces on Pakistani surfaces. The pitch got worse for batting in the second match of the series. Chasing wasn’t easy in the first game and it got tougher in the second match as well which also favours the bowling team on most occasions on this surface. The pitch is quite flat and provides little to no aid to bowlers, whether seamers or spinners.

The weather forecast for Friday, January 13, for this encounter, calls for a sunny evening to be followed by pleasant weather with a maximum of 22°C and a low of 11°C with 18% humidity and a wind speed of Light, 14 Km/hr on the match day. There is no chance of rain throughout the entire day or in the hours before the game.

PAK vs NZ Squads:

PAK: Babar Azam (captain), Shan Masood (vice-captain), Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir, Usama Mir, Salman Ali Agha

NZ: Kane Williamson (captain), Tom Latham, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Henry Shipley

Probable Playing XI:

PAK: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Usama Mir

NZ: Devon Conway, Finn Allen (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Mithcell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (c), Lockie Ferguson

Match Prediction

After winning the second ODI of the series, the Visitors levelled at 1-1, and the decided ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand is expected to be a close contest on Friday, 13 January. However, The Kiwis will start as slight favourites given the winning momentum on their back in the 3rd ODI. But we say Pakistan will be the favourite to win this match as well keeping the home advantage in mind.

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