NZ vs PAK: Kiwi cricketer Ben Sears created history in match against Pakistan

The third and final game in the three-match ODI contest between Pakistan and New Zealand was on Saturday played in Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval. The game between these teams was marred by rain. Under such circumstances, this game between these teams was played in 42-42 overs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to let New Zealand bat. First to bat, the Kiwi side amassed 264 runs in 42 overs with 8 wickets.

In return, the Pakistan team was dismissed on 221 runs in 40 overs. With this, New Zealand won this match and clean-swept the Pakistan team 3-0 in the 3-match ODI series. Previously, New Zealand won the first ODI match against Pakistan by 73 runs and the second ODI against Pakistan by 84 runs.

New Zealand's Ben Sears took 5 wickets for 34 runs in 9 overs in this match. With this, he became the first New Zealand bowler to take a 5-wicket haul in two consecutive ODI matches. In the second ODI against Pakistan, he took 5 wickets for 59 runs in 9.2 overs. Before this, no Kiwi bowler had achieved the feat of taking a five-wicket haul in two consecutive ODI matches. In the third match of the ODI series, he dismissed Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique, Salman Agha, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim, and Sufiyan Muqeem. Ben Sears was the most successful bowler for New Zealand taking a total of 10 wickets in the ODI series. He was selected as the Player of the Series for this.

Pakistan's tour of New Zealand was very disappointing. The Pakistan cricket team looked a failure in every department in front of the host team. The New Zealand team had won the five-match T20 International series 4-1 before the ODI series. During the entire tour, Pakistan had won the third T20 International match against the Kiwi team by 9 wickets.