Statistical Highlights – New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd ODI
New Zealand has once again showed their class by beating Pakistan 2-0 in a three-match ODI series. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan lost their out of form openers when the score was 20 but with the help of Hafeez and Babar Azam’s 134 runs partnership and Malik and Sarfraz’s contributions, Pakistan managed to get a total of 290.
When Amir started well for Pakistan by taking a wicket of Brendon McCullum, looked like Pakistan will win but another record partnership between Guptill and Williamson and few rain interruptions ensured New Zealand’s win and late cameos from Corey Anderson and Luke Ronchi helped New Zealand to win the match and series which is dominated by New Zealand..
Stats from the 3rd ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan:
159 – Number of Runs added by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson in today’s match for 2nd wicket which is now New Zealand’s highest ever partnership for 2nd wicket. Previous best was between Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum of 157 runs which came against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2011.
20 – Number of Times Brendon McCullum has been out on duck which is second most times among New Zealand players after Daniel Vettori who had been out for duck 22 times in his career which is most times any New Zealand player had been out on duck.
38 – Number of Times Martin Guptill has scored fifty plus scores in an innings of a match which is third most times among New Zealand players. Players ahead of him are Nathan Astle (57), Stephen Fleming (57, Ross Taylor (47) and Martin Crowe (38 – with Martin Guptill). In today’s match Guptill scored 82 runs from 81 balls by hitting eight fours and three sixes.
26 – Number of Times Kane Williamson has scored fifty plus runs while batting at number-3 for New Zealand which is most times among New Zealand players who have batted at no.3 for New Zealand during their careers. Today, Kane Williamson has scored 84 runs from 86 balls by hitting nine fours and three sixes.
33 – Number of Innings taken by Corey Anderson to reach to 50 sixes which is fastest (in terms of innings) by any batsman in ODIs. Previously, Andre Russell held this record and he hit his 50 sixes in 42 innings.
6 – Number of fifties made by Martin Guptill against Pakistan in ODIs which is second most by any New Zealand player after M Crowe (7). Martin Guptill has scored his six fifties in 17 innings against Pakistan.
67.66 – Average at which Kane Williamson has scored his 609 runs against Pakistan in ODIs which is highest by any other New Zealand player who has scored more than 100 runs against Pakistan in ODIs. Kane Williamson has scored 609 runs from 10 innings against Pakistan.
8 – Number of Bilateral ODI series New Zealand has won against Pakistan till this day. New Zealand won this series by 2-0.
4 – Number of Catches taken by Martin Guptil in this match which is most by any New Zealand fielder in an ODI match against Pakistan.
2003/04 – Last time Pakistan won a bilateral ODI series against New Zealand. After that 5 ODI series played between Pakistan and New Zealand and New Zealand have won all the series.
24 – Number of ODI matches won by New Zealand since 1 January, 2015 which is most by any other team. New Zealand has played 36 ODI matches since 1 January, 2015 and won 24 ODI matches.
Here are some of the top record holders in a particular category in the 3-match ODI series between New Zealand and Pakistan.
Most Runs – Babar Azam (145 runs)
Most Wickets – Trent Boult (6 wickets)
Most Fours – Babar Azam (16 fours)
Most Sixes – Mohammad Hafeez (6 sixes)
Most Catches – Martin Guptil (4 catches)
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