Twitter Reactions: Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner power New Zealand to commanding win over Pakistan

The Kiwis clobbered 123 runs in their last 10 overs to end up with an above-par score.

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Twitter Reactions: Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner power New Zealand to commanding win over Pakistan
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Twitter Reactions: Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner power New Zealand to commanding win over Pakistan (Source: @BLACKCAPS)

New Zealand got off to a positive start in the Tri-Nation Series after registering a 78-run victory against Pakistan in the first match of the series. Opting to bat first, the tourists put 330 on the board. Pakistan could only manage 252 in front of a high-turnout Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

A ball after inducing a nick off Will Young's bat, Shaheen Shah Afridi struck on the fourth delivery of the match with his first dismissal of the day. Rachin Ravindra looked good in the middle. However, his dismissal in the eighth over found the Kiwis at 42/2 after the first 10 overs.

The next 10-over phase saw the BlackCaps not losing a single wicket, with Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell steadily building a vital partnership in the middle. Williamson got to his half-century off 82 deliveries, his slowest in his ODI career. A couple of strikes in the 26th and 27th overs pegged New Zealand back.

Glenn Phillips joined Mitchell in the middle. The two of them were going quite well in each other's company before Mitchell departed for 81. Phillips was on 26 off 39 deliveries at the start of the 42nd over. The dynamic middle-order batter raced his way to his maiden ton in the format, reaching there in only 72 balls. It was a truly electrifying display of hard-hitting as the Black Caps posted 330 on the board after 50 overs.

In response, Pakistan started off quite positively. Fakhar Zaman took a little time to settle before getting going. He took 15 runs off Will O’Rourke's third over. Another maximum followed in O’Rourke's subsequent over. It was a near-flawless powerplay until Babar Azam was dismissed on the final delivery of the 10th over.

Kamran Ghulam seemed to have gotten consumed by the pressure multiplying due to the mounting number of dot deliveries, as Mitchell Santner was off the mark as far as wicket-taking was concerned. Not long after, the Kiwi skipper got the bettter of his opposite number, Mohammad Rizwan. With Zaman departing in the next over, it was always going to be a steep road ahead for Pakistan.

With Haris Rauf absent due to an injury he sustained while bowling, the match concluded after the ninth Pakistan wicket fell. Abrar Ahmed ended up not-out with 23 to his name. It was a thumping victory for New Zealand. Other than Santner, Matt Henry ended up with a three-wicket haul too.

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