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The 1st Match of the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 was played today between Pakistan vs New Zealand at National Stadium, Karachi. In which New Zealand defeated Pakistan by a big margin by 60 runs.
TOSS- Pakistan won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first.
New Zealand inning- New Zealand batted first after losing the toss, started the inning very well, Will Young and Devon Conway came to start the inning and gave good start, the first wicket was dismissed for 39 runs in 7.3 overs, Devon Conway was dismissed just for 10 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Kane Williamson came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 2 balls as second wicket in first ball of the 9th over, the team score was 40 runs, next batsman Daryl Mitchell came to bat and played well for a while with Will Young, the third wicket was dismissed for 73 runs in 16.2 over, Daryl Mitchell was dismissed just for 10 runs in 24 balls, followed by Tom Latham came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 118 runs with Will Young, the fourth wicket was dismissed for 191 runs in 37.2 over, Will Young was dismissed after playing a very brilliant century inning of 107 runs with the help of 1 six and 12 boundaries in just 113 balls, next batsman Glenn Phillips came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant inning with Tom Latham, the fifth wicket was dismissed for 316 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Glenn Phillips was dismissed after playing a brilliant quick half-century inning of 61 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 39 balls, followed by Michael Bracewell came to bat and he was remains unbeaten without scoring in 1 ball with Tom Latham, and Tom Latham played a very briiliant unbeaten century inning of 118 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 104 balls. In this way, New Zealand scored 320 runs for losing just 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a target of 321 runs for Pakistan.
Pakistani bowlers- Naseem Shah took 2 wickets for 63 runs in his spell, Haris Rauf 2 wickets for 83 runs in his spell, Abrar Ahmed 1 wicket for 47 runs in his spell, Shaheen Afridi was wicketless for 68 runs in his spell. Khushdil Shah wicketless for 40 runs in 7 overs, and Salman Agha also wicketless for 15 runs in 3 overs.
Pakistan inning- Pakistan chasing 321 runs in the second inning entire team was dismissed just for 260 runs in second ball of the 48th over. Pakistan started the inning very poorly and has a slow start, Khushdil Shah played a very brilliant half-century inning of 69 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 49 balls, Babar Azam played a brilliant half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in 90 balls, Salman Agha played a quick inning of 43 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 28 balls, Fakhar Zaman scored 24 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 41 balls, apart from this no batsman could played well, Saud Shakeel dismissed just for 6 runs in 19 balls, Mohammad Rizwan 3 runs in 14 balls, Tayyab Tahir 1 run in 5 balls, Shaheen Afridi 14 runs in 13 balls, Naseem Shah 13 runs in 15 balls, Haris Rauf 19 runs in 10 balls, and Abrar Ahmed was remains unbeaten without playing a ball. In this way, the entire team was dismissed just for 260 runs in 47.3 overs and lost the match by 60 runs.
New Zealand bowler - Mitchell Santner took 3 wickets for 66 runs in his spell, William ORourke 3 wicklets for 47 runs in 9 overs, Matt Henry 2 wickets for 25 runs in 7.2 overs, Michael Bracewell 1 wicket in his spell, Nathan Smith 1 wicket for 20 runs in 2 overs, and Glenn Phillips was wicketless for 63 runs in 9 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- New Zealand's batsman Tom Latham was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant powerful unbeaten century inning of 118 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 104 balls.
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