We expected good performance from Pakistan but Pakistan batsmen batted badly. Today I thought Pakistan might win but today Pakistan's batting line is very bad. So far Pakistan have collected 98 runs in 26 overs losing 7 wickets. Everyone had faith in Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, but they too failed today. Pakistan's top order batsmen Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, these 4 together scored only 10 runs which was not expected. Pakistan are going to be all out soon, needing 195 runs to win which Pakistan will not be able to chase down. New Zealand will easily win the series.
What a knock by the New Zealand team, they are winning back-to-back games against Pakistan, first beating them in the T20I matches and now in the One-day games, Can't get much better than this.
Today we have Mitchell Hay, who was named the player of the game, he scored 99 in 78 balls. And also took the four catches. Just missed his century by one run only. However, it is also commendable that he scored 99 while batting at the seventh position. If today he had scored a century, it would be his first century in one-day cricket, but he missed it.
It is 100% certain that New Zealand will whitewash Pakistan in the ODI series because New Zealand managed to score less than 300 runs in today's match and Pakistan could not chase that score of 293 runs. New Zealand has already won the series but there is still a third match left which New Zealand will definitely win. Pakistan has not been able to compete with New Zealand so far and has lost every match very badly. However, Mitchell Hay (99) remains unbeaten on 99 runs, meaning he has missed out on his first career century if he could have added just 1 more run.