Glenn Phillips cracked a maiden century and Mitchell Santner grabbed three wickets to assist Recent Zealand overpower Pakistan by 78 runs within the opening match of a tri-nations series in Lahore on Saturday. Phillips hit 106 not out from 74 balls, with seven sixes and 6 boundaries to assist the tourists post a formidable 330-6 in 50 overs before Santner’s 3-41 helped dismiss Pakistan for 252 in 47.5 overs. South Africa are the third team within the series, a warm-up event for the Champions Trophy from February 19 to March 9 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
Phillips also added the prized wicket of Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman who top-scored with a 69-ball 84 including 4 sixes and 7 boundaries.
Fakhar and Babar Azam, promoted to open the innings, had given Pakistan a solid start of 52 before Michael Bracewell broke through with the wicket of Azam who made just ten.
Santner then exploited the slow Gaddafi Stadium pitch, dismissing Kamran Ghulam (18), skipper Mohammad Rizwan (three) and Khushdil Shah (15) to place Pakistan on the back foot.
Salman Agha (40) and Tayyab Tahir (30) added 53 for the fifth wicket but that wasn’t enough in a tricky chase.
Pacer Matt Henry took 3-53 and Bracewell 2-41.
Earlier, Phillips built on the great work by Daryl Mitchell (81) and Kane Williamson (58) after Recent Zealand selected to bat.
Phillips added a quickfire 54 off just 47 balls with Bracewell for the sixth wicket. Bracewell scored 31 from 23 balls, with three sixes.
Recent Zealand plundered 123 runs within the last 10 overs, including 84 from the ultimate five.
Phillips smashed a boundary and two sixes off pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi to succeed in his hundred off 72 balls, taking 25 within the fiftieth over.
Shaheen ended up with expensive figures of 3-88 from his 10 overs, although he gave Pakistan an early breakthrough by removing opener Will Young for 4 with the fourth ball of the match.
Spinner Abrar Ahmed had opener Rachin Ravindra caught and bowled for 25 but Williamson and Mitchell then added 95 off 112 balls to rebuild the innings.
Williamson hit seven boundaries in his forty sixth half century, his first one-day international since November 2023, before edging Shaheen to wicketkeeper Rizwan.
Mitchell appeared well set for 100 but miscued a shot off Abrar within the thirty eighth over to be caught after hitting 4 sixes and two boundaries.
Pakistan was hit hard when pace bowler Haris Rauf walked off within the thirty seventh over after suffering a side strain, having bowled 6.2 overs that included the wicket of Tom Latham for nought.
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