Pakistan won their first one-day series while November 2008 when they bang New Zealand by 41 runs in
The fifth game of their six-match series at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday.
The success, courtesy of Ahmed Shehzad's 115 and a refined bowling presentation gave Pakistan an
Incontrovertible 3-1 lead in the series, with only the finishing match to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
Pakistan made a ailing 268 for nine, but New Zealand exhausted a golden opportunity to level the series
With only Martin Guptill (65) and stand-in captain Ross Taylor (69) redistribution any scores of material in
Their 227 all out in 46.5 overs.
The hosts had looked well put to push for victory when Taylor was batting with James Franklin in the 42nd
Over, but when Taylor, who had survive a positive leg before appeal by Shahid Afridi, was given out in the
Similar over their run chase gone.
New Zealand has now lost 14 of their last 15 finished one-day internationals.
Pakistan's innings had been anchored by Shehzad's first one-day international century, which he brought
Up with a shove to square leg after he wander crossways his stumps to well exterior off to give himself
Some room.
His century came off 101 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, and the 19-year-old looked to add to the
Scoring rate even additional once he reached the landmark but was caught in the deep by Franklin off
Scott Styris in the 38th over.
The guests had looked well set to push on to 300-plus on a high-quality pitch with short boundaries and
while several batsmen got starts, New Zealand's bowlers diverse their pace and distance end to end to
limit the scoring in the final a small number of overs."
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