Wellington (January 19, 2018): New Zealand on Friday won the toss and elected to bat, eyeing clean sweep against Pakistan in the fifth and final ODI at Basin Reserve in Wellington.
After the five wicket win against Pakistan in 4th ODI at Hamilton, the Black Caps eyeing whitewash over the tourists to seal an 11th straight win across all formats.
New Zealand won the toss and will bat first. Players line up for the 5th #NZvPAK ODI. For Live Updates: https://t.co/Of43VNUEfD pic.twitter.com/WfiyjFe8uP
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) January 18, 2018
Pakistan have made three changes in the fifth ODI as Umar Amin, Amir Yamin and M Nawaz have been included to replace Shoaib Malik, M. Amir and Hasan Ali.
The Black Caps are in the hunt for a 5-0 series win over Pakistan.
Pakistan XI: Umar Amin, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Faheem Ashraf, Aamer Yamin, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Rumman Raees
New Zealand XI: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson
It is pertinent to mention here that New Zealand won the first ODI by 61 under the duckworth-lewis method and went on to win the second game by eight wickets under the D/L method. They wrapped up the series by winning the 3rd ODI by a whopping 183 runs and won the fourth match of the series by five wickets
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