After two close contests, the One-Day series finished 2-1 in New Zealand’s favor.
M Mudassar Iqbal/Webdesk-Pakistan women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand in the 3rd Women’s One-Day International (W-ODI) match to finish the tour with three wins out of six matches.
Pakistan won the final ODI through a Super Over after the batters had tied the match while chasing 252.
Pakistan’s spinners, Nashra Sandhu and Ghulam Fatima, took two wickets each while Umm-e-Hani had a solitary wicket.
Pakistan’s chase was powered by ex-captain Bismah Maroof’s 68 runs off 86 balls, as well as cameos from Aliya Riaz (44) and Fatima Sana (36).
This is Pakistan’s first W-ODI win against the White Ferns, as the Nida Dar-less team went on to achieve record feats throughout the tour.
Pakistan became the second team, after England, to win a W-T20I series against New Zealand in Kiwi-land, 2-1, and now they have won a One-Day game as well.
The third One-Day match went to a Super Over, where Pakistan scored 11 runs from the six balls. Aliya Riaz hit a boundary and ran well between the wickets to build this double-digit score.
The runs were defended by spinner Sadia Iqbal, as she took two wickets in to win the match for her country.
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The second One-Day match was a nail-biter as well. New Zealand chased down the target of 221 with just 1 wicket, as the hero that night was middle-order batter, Maddy Green. Pakistan’s makeshift captain, Fatima Sana, scored 90 runs at a strike rate of 86.53 in that match, while Ghulam Fatima grabbed 4 wickets.
After two close contests, the One-Day series finished 2-1 in New Zealand’s favor.
Pakistan’s next assignment is in May 2024, when they will head to the United Kingdom for a three-match W-T20I and W-ODI series.
