39.6: Ben Sears to Sufiyan Muqeem, OUT! CAUGHT! Game, set and match! Ben Sears finishes with a five-fer and New Zealand win the game by 43 runs to clean sweep the ODI series 3-0! Sears smartly takes pace off this time and follows the batter making room, on a length, Sufiyan Muqeem is cramped up a bit and whips it off the upper half of the bat in an attempt to get it over the infield on the off side, but ends up hitting it straight to mid off. Muhammad Abbas moves to his left and takes a fine catch.
39.5: Ben Sears to Sufiyan Muqeem, Short of a length, on off, Sufiyan Muqeem looks to hoick across but misses.
39.4: Ben Sears to Sufiyan Muqeem, Short again, on leg, Sufiyan Muqeem looks to pull and gets a top edge that falls short of the keeper.
39.3: Ben Sears to Akif Javed, In the air, but falls safe. Seems like Tim Seifert lost it in the night sky. Back of a length, on middle, Akif Javed pulls it off the outer half of the bat to the left of deep square leg. Tim makes all the ground but the ball just drops down to his left. The batters take one.
39.2: Ben Sears to Akif Javed, Good length, angling in, on leg, Akif Javed has a wild swing but misses. The ball zips past the leg stump.
39.1: Ben Sears to Sufiyan Muqeem, Slower bouncer, on middle and leg, Sufiyan Muqeem pulls it to fine leg for a single.
38.6: Jacob Duffy to Sufiyan Muqeem, Fuller than a length, on middle, Sufiyan Muqeem makes room and drags it across to mid-wicket for one.
38.5: Jacob Duffy to Sufiyan Muqeem, Goes short and on off, Sufiyan Muqeem looks to ramp but misses.
38.4: Jacob Duffy to Tayyab Tahir, OUT! TAKEN! That should be the game for New Zealand! The break in play brings New Zealand the last big fish in Tayyab Tahir. Jacob Duffy bangs the surface short of a length and outside off, Tayyab Tahir gets on top of his toes and slices it straight to deep point. Tim Seifert takes a few steps to his left and gobbles up a simple catch around his chest height.
38.3: Jacob Duffy to Tayyab Tahir, Full, on off, Tayyab Tahir drills his drive but stright to cover.
38.2: Jacob Duffy to Tayyab Tahir, FOUR! Top shot. Tayyab Tahir is keeping the game alive for Pakistan! Short of a good length and well outside off, Tayyab Tahir has to reach for it, and he does. Cuts it over point for a boundary.
38.1: Jacob Duffy to Tayyab Tahir, Keeps it well outside off, on a good length, Tayyab Tahir tries to reach for it but misses on making any connection.
37.6: Ben Sears to Tayyab Tahir, Outside off, on a length, Tahir cuts it to point for a single.
37.5: Ben Sears to Akif Javed, On the pads, on a length, Akif Javed tries to work it fine but misses. The ball clips his pads and rolls behind to the leg side and the batters take a leg bye.
37.4: Ben Sears to Akif Javed, No Hat trick but what a lovely ball! On a hard length, on middle and nipping back in sharply to beat the inside edge and wrap Akif high on the waist.
37.3: Ben Sears to Mohammad Wasim, OUT! CAUGHT! Bang, Bang! One brings two in a flash, and Ben Sears is on a Hat Trick! Hits the surface hard, on a back of a length, on middle and off and gets the ball to shoot up at good pace. Mohammad Wasim is taken aback and sticks his bat in front to make a block. The ball takes the splice and lobs straight to Will O'Rourke at short third, who takes a simple catch.
37.2: Ben Sears to Naseem Shah, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A fine use of a review from New Zealand! On a length, down leg, Naseem Shah looks to flick it but misses. The ball goes off his gloves to the left of the keeper, and Mitchell Hay moves to that side and takes a good catch low to his left. The keeper is up in celebration for a caught behind, but the umpire hasn't moved. New Zealand have decided to review it. The UltraEdge shows a spike as the ball passes the glove, and the third umpire also checks if the keeper has collected it cleanly, and he has.
37.2: Ben Sears to Naseem Shah, WIDE! Short of a length again, angling into the batter, down leg, Naseem Shah hops inside the line and looks to help it on its way but misses.
37.1: Ben Sears to Tayyab Tahir, Short of a length, over middle, Tahir angles it to short third for a single.
41.6: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, OUT! Akif Javed finishes with a four-fer! He takes pace off again, short of length and outside off. Michael Bracewell tries to cut but gets a top edge behind short third. Naseem Shah runs backwards, keeps his eyes under the swirling ball and takes a fantastic catch diving forward. New Zealand ends up with 264/8!
41.5: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, A slower bouncer, outside off, Michael Bracewell swings at it but fails to connect.
41.4: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, SIX! BOOM! Salt to the wounds! Akif Javed bangs this short and on middle, sits up nicely for the batter. Michael Bracewell stands tall and smacks it over the wide long on fence for half a dozen runs.
41.3: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, DROPPED! This could be costly for Pakistan! Fuller one and on middle, Michael Bracewell looks to slog it away to the leg side but gets a top edge. Tayyab Tahir at extra covers tries to settle under it and reverse cup but spills it out.
41.2: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, SIX! FIFTY FOR BRACEWELL! He gets to it with a bang as well! A captain's knock and he has been superb in this series. Back of a length and on middle. Michael Bracewell picks up the length early and whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
41.1: Akif Javed to Ben Sears, Put down! A tough chance, though! Short of a length and on off, Ben Sears slaps it down the pitch. Akif Javed fails to react quickly as the ball hits his left hand and deflects towards covers. A single is taken.
40.6: Faheem Ashraf to Ben Sears, Short again and on middle, Ben Sears pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.
40.5: Faheem Ashraf to Michael Bracewell, A low full toss, outside off, Michael Bracewell drills it to sweeper covers for a single. 250 up for New Zealand!
40.4: Faheem Ashraf to Michael Bracewell, Back of a length and on off, Michael Bracewell looks to pull but gets a top edge over the bowler's head. The batters get two again as the fielder from long off is a bit late to get to the ball.
40.3: Faheem Ashraf to Ben Sears, Sloppy! Short of a length and outside off, Ben Sears punches it towards covers. Akif Javed tries to slide and stop it with his foot but lets it through and allows three runs. Also, Michael Bracewell is back on strike.
40.2: Faheem Ashraf to Mitchell Hay, OUT! TAKEN! Faheem Ashraf strikes! He bangs this one hard into the pitch, slower as well. Mitchell Hay backs away and tries to swat it away but fails to get on top of the bounce. It flies off the top edge straight down to the throat of Babar Azam at long on, who makes no mistake. New Zealand are 244/7!
40.1: Faheem Ashraf to Mitchell Hay, Pakistan have been penalised for not completing the overs in time, and now they will have to call an extra fielder back in the circle for the last two overs. Good effort in the deep! Short of a length and on middle, Mitchell Hay pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket. Salman Agha runs to his right and dives to push it back inside just in time. Two runs taken.
39.6: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, Short of a length and outside off, takes off, Michael Bracewell tries to cut but gets a top edge over short third for a brace.
39.6: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, NO BALL AND FOUR! What happened there? Akif Javed loses his grip and bowls a full toss over the head of the batter and down the leg side. Michael Bracewell lets it go and Mohammad Rizwan also fails to stop it from going to the fine leg fence for a boundary. Free Hit up next...
39.5: Akif Javed to Mitchell Hay, Fuller and on off, Mitchell Hay drills it hard down the pitch where it hits Javed's left foot and rolls to long off. They cross.
39.4: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, Pitched up and outside off again, Michael Bracewell throws the kitchen sink at it, gets a top edge that just goes over point. Two runs taken.
39.3: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, Slower one, full and outside off, Michael Bracewell slices it wide of long off for a brace.
39.2: Akif Javed to Michael Bracewell, Akif Javed bowls a perfect yorker, on middle, angling in, Michael Bracewell just about manages to dig it out.
39.1: Akif Javed to Mitchell Hay, Pace off, back of a length and on middle, Mitchell Hay pats it towards mid-wicket for a single.
