Pakistan vs New Zealand: New Zealand won the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 by defeating Pakistan by 60 runs.
Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan, after winning the toss, decided to bowl first. New Zealand started with Will Young and Devon Conway, and both batters scored 39 runs together, but in the 8th over, Conway got dismissed as New Zealand lost its first wicket; soon, Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell got out. New Zealand was 73/3 in 16 overs, and then came Tom Latham, who partnered with Will Young to take the innings forward. Both batters scored their centuries where and take their team to a huge total. Glenn Phillips scored a fantastic fifty in the remaining overs to take the score beyond 300 runs. At the end of 50 overs, New Zealand put 320 runs on the board.
Chasing the target of 321 runs, Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam came to the crease. New Zealand’s bowlers were quick to strike and dismissed Saud Shakeel in the 4th over of the innings. Skipper Mohammad Rizwan was next dismissed as Glenn Phillips caught a blinder at a point, followed by Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan were 69/3 in 21 overs. Baba Azam and Salman Agha had a partnership for brief, but Agha got out after scoring 42 runs. Babar Azam scored his fifty but couldn’t go beyond 64 runs. Khushdil Shah fought hard and scored 69 runs for his team, but that wasn’t enough as New Zealand bowled out Pakistan for 260 runs in 47.2 overs to win the game by 60 runs.
Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1st, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Batting Scorecard
| Batting(New Zealand) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Young | c sub (Faheem Ashraf) b Naseem Shah | 107 | 113 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Devon Conway | b Abrar Ahmed | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kane Williamson | c †Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daryl Mitchell | c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Haris Rauf | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Latham | not out | 118 | 104 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Glenn Phillips | c Fakhar Zaman b Haris Rauf | 61 | 39 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Michael Bracewell | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 9) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 6.40) | 320/5 | |||||||
| Batting(Pakistan) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saud Shakeel | c Henry b O’Rourke | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Babar Azam | c Williamson b Santner | 64 | 90 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Mohammad Rizwan (c) | c Phillips b O’Rourke | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fakhar Zaman | b Bracewell | 24 | 41 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Salman Agha | c Bracewell b Smith | 42 | 28 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Tayyab Tahir | c Williamson b Santner | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Khushdil Shah | c Bracewell b O’Rourke | 69 | 49 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | c †Latham b Henry | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Naseem Shah | b Henry | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Haris Rauf | c Mitchell b Santner | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Abrar Ahmed | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 4) | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 47.2 Ov (RR: 5.49) | 260 | |||||||
Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1st, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Bowling Scorecard
| Bowling(Pakistan) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 10 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 |
| Naseem Shah | 10 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 1 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 |
| Haris Rauf | 10 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| Khushdil Shah | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| Salman Agha | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Bowling(New Zealand) | O | M | R | W | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Henry | 7.2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Will O’Rourke | 9 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 1 |
| Michael Bracewell | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 0 |
| Glenn Phillips | 9 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 |
| Mitchell Santner | 10 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 3 |
| Nathan Smith | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1st, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Award Winners| Stats
Player Of The Match(Pakistan vs New Zealand): Tom Latham(New Zealand), 118 runs off 104 balls
Best Bowling Figures(Pakistan vs New Zealand): Will O’Rourke(New Zealand), 3/47 of 9 Overs
Best Batting Figures(Pakistan vs New Zealand): Tom Latham(New Zealand), 118 runs off 104 balls
Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1st, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Captains’ Corner
“I thought Pakistan bowled well, even through the middle stage, but the well Young and Latham rotated the strike and got the odd boundary really set us up. We were thinking 260-280, but it shows what you can do if you have a platform and wickets in hand. After the score we got, the first 10 overs with the ball were outstanding, the way our new-ball guys were able to smash a length. We built the run-rate pressure and were able to chip wickets throughout. We kind of expect that from Glenn [the catch], and getting Rizwan like that was outstanding.
Mitchell Santner(New Zealand’s captain) said post-match
“I think they made a very good target, we didn’t expect they would get 320. We thought around 260 when we took early wickets. The Will Young-Latham partnership was crucial. We tried, but they played very smartly and that’s why they got to that total. The pitch was not easy to bat early on, but Will Young and Latham’s innings were crucial. Our execution in the end overs was not good, and that’s why they made that score. [On Fakhar’s injury] Let’s see what the result from the [scan] is.
Mohammad Rizwan(Pakistan’s captain) said post-match
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