PAK vs NZ highlights, Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand beats Pakistan by 60 runs

PAK vs NZ highlights, Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand beats Pakistan by 60 runs

Henry. OUT! Naseem tries to ramp, misses the ball which crashes into the stumps. All over. New Zealand wins by 60 runs.

Santner. Now Naseem Shah joins the party and launches the ball over midwicket region for SIX. Another maximum this time by Rauf. Full ball and Rauf slogs it flat towards long on. OUT! Rauf once again goes in the same region and is caught in the deep. So an entertaining knock comes to end. 

O’Rourke. SIX! Another maximum for Rauf! Short ball smacked over square leg. 

Santner. Rauf comes down the track, launches the ball just over long on for a six. 

O’Rourke. Short ball and very nicely pulled by Khushdil towards fine leg for four! OUT! Khushdil is gone. Tries to slog the ball length ball over long on but is caught in the deep. He goes after scoring 69 off 49 balls. 

Haris Rauf in at 10. 

Henry. Khushdil begins the over with a four towards midwicket. Follows it up with another boundary, this time over mid off. 12 runs in that over. 

O’ Rourke is back. Fifty for Khushdil with a boundary! Pulled it towards square leg, misjudgement by fielder there. Another four. This time slapped towards midwicket. 13 runs in that over. 

Henry is back. OUT! Shaheen is gone. Short ball and Shaheen goes for a wild slog, gets an outside edge straight to keeper. Pakistan is seven down. 

Phillips. SIX! In the slot and Khushdil Shah slog sweeps over midwicket. Three singles more in that over. 

Bracewell bowling his final over. Just four runs in that over – two doubles. 

Phillips for his eigth over. Shaheen begins the over with a huge six over the bowler’s head. He came down the track and launched the ball past the sight screen. 

FOUR! Khushdil sweeps fiercely against Bracewell, he ends up getting a leading edge but it flies over short fine leg. FOUR! Sweeps again and this time gets it off the middle of the blade.

FOUR! Khushdil Shah uses the crease to pull this back-of-a-length ball from Santner. He then ends the over with a reverse sweep through third man and point.

WICKET! Babar Azam picks a boundary over midwicket but the very next ball he top edges a slog sweep to short mid wicket.

Babar Azam c Williamson b Santner 64(90)

Smith again. SIX! Babar picks this over mid wicket. Two runs for Khushdil Shah with a punch through point. FOUR! Khushdil now cuts hard and picks the fence, again through covers. Two runs now through mid wicket for the left-hander. 16 runs from the over. 

WICKET! Tayyab goes for a pull against Santner but picks the midwicket fielder. Two runs and a wicket from the over.

Nathan Smith comes on to bowl now. WICKET! The change in bowling works. He hits the deck hard and gets a top edge off Salman’s attempted pull. A simple catch for Bracewell at short mid wicket.

Salman Agha c Bracewell b Smith 42(28)

Tayyab Tahir in at No. 6.

Santner again. Salman late cuts him to pick two runs through the third man region. Five runs from the over. Salman tries to go big again in this over but misses as Santner extracts purchase off the surface.

Phillips again. SIX! Salman steps out to the off-spinner and lofts this over the cover boundary. A much needed change of gears from Pakistan here. FOUR now! Salman charges down and swipes this across the line over midwicket. He late cuts the fifth delivery and a misfield from Young at short third man allows him three runs. A single for Babar to deep square leg.

FOUR! Santner offers width and Salman cuts this past the point region. FOUR again. Salman attempts a slog sweep but opens the bat face at the last second to hit this through the vacant slip region. Another over with 10 runs.

Salman picks back-to-back boundaries off Phillips. He first goes inside out over covers before ramp-sweeping on the very next delivery. 10 runs in the over.

Santner continues to keep a tap on the run rate, gives just one run from the over. 

Three singles in the previous over from Phillips.

Salman gives the charge to Santner, gets his heave over mid wicket for two runs. FOUR! Salman did not have much idea about this one. He tries to run it to the on side but the turn takes the ball square, runs between the keeper and the slip. The umpire gives this as runs but the replays do not show any bat on that one.

Babar steps out against Bracewell, the slog comes off the toe end and runs through to deep midwicket, two runs.

Salman Ali Agha is the new batter at crease.

A single from Mitchell Santner’s first over.

Bracewell again. Babar runs down the first delivery to fine leg for two runs. A single to third man.

WICKET! Bowled him! Another attempted slog sweep but this goes underneath his bat.

Fakhar Zaman b Bracewell 24(41)

Babar tries to pick a quick single after flicking Phillips through square leg. O’Rourke does well to cover this and take a hit at the non-striker’s end. Babar just about gets in. PUT DOWN! Fakhar miscues an on-sided heave, Conway makes ground from deep mid wicket to get under it and catch this, but as he lands and hits the ground the ball pops out of his hands.

FOUR! Fakhar tried this in the previous over from Bracewell but executes the slog sweep to perfection this time around. Gets to the pitch and heaves this over mid wicket. Five runs from the over.

Five singles in this over from Glenn Phillips. Both batters just using the turn to picks the gaps in the field inside the circle.

Bracewell continues with a maiden over. Fakhar tries a slog sweep against the off-spinner in the over but is beaten

Phillips. Short ball and Babar places it behind square leg for four! Fakhar knows he has to find ways to score runs since he can’t dig deep due to his fitness. 

Bracewell. Zaman sweeps again and gets another four. He’s chipping in with quick important runs to change the gears for Pakistan. Another sweep, another four to end the over. 

Glenn Phillips into the attack. Fakhar comes down the track and slaps the ball straight past the bowler for four. Fakhar is getting medical attention again. Back again. Takes a quick single but definitely looking in discomfort. 

Bracewell. Fakhar slog sweeps towards square leg and the fielder in the deep does it well to keep it down to two. Just two runs off the over. 

O’ Rourke for his sixth. Length ball and Babar late cuts for four! Another boundary! Length ball, Babar lofts towards extra cover, the fielder in the deep dives in front but isn’t able to stop the ball.

Fakhar Zaman is the new man in. 

Michael Bracewell into the attack. Zaman comes down the track to slog, gets a leading edge but the ball falls safe off the fielders. Zaman isn’t in his full fitness, unable to run. 

O’ Rourke for his fifth. Movement is still there for him. Babar isn’t able to time the ball that well. OUT! Rizwan is gone. What a terrific catch that by Glenn Phillips at point. Rizwan had smacked it to the left of Phillips and he leaped in the air to grab that. 

Henry to Rizwan, works the first delivery away to mid on for a single. Another lbw appeal, this time Babar is saved by the seam into him. An under edge from Babar is rolling to third man but the keeper gets a hand to it and keeps it down to just one.

O’Rourke to Rizwan, shouts for an lbw! An inswinger which nearly yorks the batter out. But there was a little too much movement on that and would have gone down leg. Rizwan drives the next to mid off and completes a run. FOUR! A rare wide delivery from New Zealand, Babar frees his arms and cuts this away past point. O’Rourke beats the outside edge on the final delivery.

Henry follows up with a maiden over. He sticks to the stumps, not allowing any room to Babar Azam in the over.

O’Rourke again. Rizwan gets a single to fine leg on the second delivery. An edge for Babar but this was played with soft hands, and hence this rolls to third man for a single.

Henry to Babar, FOUR! Overpitched and Babar glides it through covers.

WICKET! Saud holes out at third man. He slashes at this wide delivery from O’Rourke, gets a thick outside edge. In walks skipper Mohammad Rizwan.

Saud drives Henry through covers, he beats the cover fielder but Mitchell Santner cuts it off before the boundary and keeps it down to two runs.

Will O’Rourke from the other end. He starts with a wide. An overall disciplined over from him, an edge to third man on the last delivery gets Saud a single.

A single for Saud in this over from Henry. He clips the fourth delivery through mid wicket.

Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam walk out to open the innings. Matt Henry to bowl the first over.

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Rauf. Low full toss and Phillips smacks the ball towards long off for four! Down the leg wide, Rizwan isn’t able to grab it and the batters run two runs as well. A quick double off the third ball. OUT! Phillips attempts the reverse ramp and gets caught at short third. He goes for 61 off 39 balls. 

Michael Bracewell. Single off a leg bye. Latham will face the last ball. Latham picks the ball behind square leg, slight misfield, and the batters run three off the last ball. 

Pakistan will need 321 runs to win this match. 

Shaheen. Phillips takes a single and completes his fifty off 34 balls! A very good shot by Latham. Yorker, Latham makes room on the leg side, opens the blade and hits the ball past short third for four. Slower delivery, full toss and Phillips hits it straight for four. 12 runs off it. 

Rauf. SIX! Another maximum for Latham as he flicks the ball towards square leg. Latham is getting medical treatment after a top edge hit him on the helmet. A good three-minute break for the batter. So 11 more runs from that over. 

Shaheen to Latham. A thick outside edge that flies over short third for four! Latham is on 99. Century for Latham! And it comes in just 95 balls. SIX! Phillips hits a flat six over midwicket. Cracking shot. Back-to-back sixes! This time picked over square leg. 18 runs off the over. 

Naseem. Latham plays a ramp over short fine leg fielder for four! New Zealand add nine runs more to its score. 

Rauf is back. Four! On the pads and Phillips hits the ball wide of long on. Tucks the ball on the leg side and gets a double. Full and Phillips launches the ball over long on for a maximum. Two 16-run overs back-to-back! 

Abrar. Latham takes out one of his most productive shots – sweep. He slog sweeps Abrar for a SIX over square leg and follows it up with a four in the same region. Rizwan is not happy with his bowler. Another four! Sweep attempted, Latham gets an inside edge for four. 

Khushdil. Full on the pads, Phillips slogs it towards deep midwicket. Good fielding in the keeps it to just two. SIX! Phillips on this occasion gets enough strength to clear the long off fence. 

Abrar. Pakistan isn’t allowing any freebies for the batters to free their arms. A terrific over by Abrar, just three singles off it. 

Khushdil Shah. Phillips and Latham work around the ground and take out five more runs in this over. 

Naseem. SIX! Latham picked it off his pads and over midwicket. A terrific shot that. Nine runs came in that over. New Zealand has gone past the 200-run mark. 320-plus score on the cards?

Shaheen. New Zealand still hasn’t changed the gears. Two wides make it five runs off that over. 

Naseem is back. Young smacks a four past cover for four off the first ball. OUT! Young is gone. Length ball, Young slogs it towards square leg but gets caught in the deep. A good catch! 

Glenn Phillips at the crease now. Six runs and a wicket in that over. 

Shaheen Afridi is back and Latham welcomes him with a cover drive for four! A good comeback by Afridi as he doesn’t concede any runs off the next five balls. 

Rauf again. Latham stuck on 49 right now. Fifty for Latham with a triple towards mid on. A solid knock to lay the platform for Kiwis. 

Abrar to Young, a sweep to deep square, and that is the hundred for him. Gets it off just 107 balls. Latham’s single on the next delivery takes the stand between these two batters to 100.

Rauf to Latham. The second delivery angles down leg, Rauf is sure Latham has gloved it. The umpire signals wide and Pakistan takes a DRS. The UltraEdge shows no spike and the decision stands. Half a chance, Latham pulls but the short mid wicket fielder gets a hand to it, cannot hold onto it though. Another bouncer for Latham, just about manages to not get the edge in the air. FOUR! Pulls it away behind square. Two runs off the final delivery.

Young sweeps Abrar, it comes off his glove and loops over the keeper’s head, allowing him to run three. Five runs from the over.

Rauf back to bowl the next. FOUR! Rauf fires the final delivery into the stumps, it keeps a fraction low but Young is able to get his bat down in time, ends up late-cutting it to the fence. Eight runs from the over.

Abrar back into the attack. Now Young attempts a sweep but fails to connect. Three singles in the over.

Latham gets FOUR! He deploys the sweep again against Khushdil and the turn into him just aids that shot. FOUR more! Yet another sweep from the left-hander. Nine runs from the over.

Naseem to bowl. FOUR! Young gets to the pitch and scoops this over mid off. He moves to 86 with that. A single to backward point on the next delivery. There is a direct hit in the over as Young tries a quick single to mid on, but the Kiwi batter is inside his crease. Latham clips past the mid on fielder for two. 10 runs from the over.

Khushdil for his fourth over. Five singles from the over.

Naseem back into the attack. The fourth delivery takes Latham’s outside edge and runs to third man, one run. FOUR! Young uses the pace on the final delivery, guides it to the gap between fine leg and deep square.

Young looks to pull this back of a length delivery from Salman, miscues it, goes to mid on on a bounce and gets him a single. Latham uses the gap between long off and deep cover, pushes his drive to the region and completes two. Six runs from the over in total.

Young facing Shaheen, guides this delivery outside off to third man for one run. Latham pulls from wide outside off to deep mid wicket for one run. A single off the final delivery for Young.

Salman Agha to continue. FOUR! Latham picks the length early and sweeps this to the deep backward square fence.

Shaheen again. FOUR! On the pads and Young clips it away between mid on and mid wicket. Three singles through the over make it seven runs from it.

Off-spin of Salman Ali Agha now. Just four singles from it.

Just one run from Shaheen Afridi’s over as he marks an economical start to his second spell.

Khushdil to Latham, clips to deep mid wicket for one. FOUR! Young uses the paddle sweep and beats the backward square leg fielder. Young cuts the fourth to deep cover for one. Latham pushes to mid on for a single.

Rauf to continue. FOUR! After two length deliveries, Rauf just pulls it back a hint and Young pummels it through mid wicket in style. A couple off the final delivery wide of deep cover.

Just three singles in Khushdil’s second over, two for Young and one for Latham.

Rauf to Mitchell, OUT! This delivery rises onto Mitchell, hurries him into a pull. The result is that Mitchell gets this pull off his sticker, fluffs it to Shaheen Afridi at mid on.

Daryl Mitchell c Shaheen b Rauf 10(24)

Tom Latham at the crease now. He clips off his pads for two runs to get off the mark. He then taps the fifth delivery through covers for a single. Young gets a single to deep square and gets to his fifty, off just 56 balls.

Khushdil Shah into the attack. Young hits to deep cover with a punch, gets one. Mitchell leans into this length delivery, the fourth of the over, drives to deep cover for a single. Just two off the over.

Rauf bowls outside off, beats Young for pace. Young defends the second delivery. He clips the third to deep square for a single. Mitchell lets this delivery angle into him before nudging it towards fine leg, one run. A single off the final delivery for Young.

Mitchell drives Abrar’s first delivery with the turn to long off, one run. Young picks a run through mid wicket. Mitchell drives the third to deep cover for another single. Young pushes the final delivery to long off, making it four runs off the over.

SIX! Haris Rauf bangs his first delivery short, Young latches onto it and pulls. Though it comes off a leading edge, it has enough to land way past the fence. Two singles and a wide in the over.

Abrar to continue. FOUR! Inside edge, through the pads and to the fine leg fence. Young was looking to work this leg break through the on side but ends up edging it. A single off the final delivery to make it five from the over.

A tight over from Naseem. Just the final delivery angles into Mitchell’s pads which he tucks away to deep square leg for a single.

A good over by Abrar. He doesn’t let New Zealand take advantage of the PowerPlay’s last over. Three runs off it. 

Naseem. OUT! Big fish, Williamson is gone. Fourth stump ball, held its line, and Williamson gets a faint edge straight to keeper. Pakistani players are excited. 

Daryl Mitchell at the crease. He’s off the mark with a single. Another terrific delivery by Naseem, nips away from Young, who went poking. Four! Full on the pads and Young flicks towards square leg. 

Abrar again. OUT! Carrom ball and Conway’s off stump is rattled. Good length delivery, Conway stayed back to play but it beats him. 

Kane Williamson at the crease. He’s off the mark with a single off the first ball. 

Naseem. Young smacks a slower delivery past the cover region for four! A half-hearted appeal for LBW against Conway by Naseem but no one is interested. The batters take a single. New Zealand going well so far. 

Spin very early into the game. Abrar Ahmed. He’s bowling quicker ones for now. Three runs off his first over including a wide. 

Shaheen. Not much lateral movement out there. Width outside off and Young slashes the ball past point for four! So, a good start for New Zealand.

Naseem. Four for Young! Down the leg and Young flicks the ball behind square leg. Follows it up with a double in the same region. Young looking in much better control now. Seven runs from the over. 

Shaheen. Young gets a thick outside edge on this occasion and the ball runs past the extra cover and point. The outfield is very fast, and he gets three runs. Short ball, Conway guides the ball towards fine leg for four! Young steals a quick single, would’ve been close had it been a direct hit. 

Naseem Shah. Outswinger squares up Young. Good start for him. He’s bowling quick and Young hasn’t timed the ball well so far. A thick inside edge and gets a single. Four! Conway gets a thick inside edge as well but got enough power to send it towards square leg boundary. 

Shaheen Shah Afridi with the new ball. Will Young to face. He defends the first ball with a straight bat. Too wide, Young drives towards cover. Fakhar Zaman puts in a dive to save a boundary. But looks like he has injured himself. He’s sitting outside the boundary. Not looking good. Meanwhile, Devon Conway faces Shaheen, cuts it towards point but it’s a dot. An appeal for LBW against Conway. Umpire says not out, it was going down the leg. Three runs from the over. 

The surface is very dry with a lot of cracks. Looks like a good wicket, we have seen mixed results here in terms of run chases. An ideal target has to be around that 300 mark. Spinners will be in the game with the cracks and dry patches in the good length area, reckon Bazid Khan and Matthew Hayden. 

Pakistan – Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

New Zealand – Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William ORourke

Pakistan wins the toss and opts to bowl. 

Here’s everything you need to know about Champions Trophy 2025

Matches played: 118 

Pakistan: 61 

New Zealand: 53 

Tied: 1 

No Result: 3 

Last Result: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (2025) 

Last 5 Results: NZ-3 | PAK-2

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