Fringe players step up in New Zealand’s depleted ranks
Consolation win in ODI series knocks host Pakistan off their world number one ranking
08 May 2023 - 15:40
byIAN RANSOM
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Melbourne — A whirlwind white-ball tour of Pakistan with little at stake proved an unexpected blessing for a depleted New Zealand squad as fringe players stepped up in the absence of the team’s Indian Premier League A-listers.
The Tom Latham-captained Black Caps captured a 47-run consolation win in the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) in Karachi on Sunday to avoid a series whitewash and knock Pakistan off their world number one ranking in the format.
The 4-1 result was a fair reflection of the gulf between the full-strength hosts and a New Zealand squad lacking the services of Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and other top players.
Yet Black Caps staff will be encouraged by the resolve of a group, which held Babar Azam’s side to a 2-2 draw in the T20 series and landed a few blows in the ODI component ahead of the World Cup in India in October and November.
Rookie paceman Henry Shipley said that while the team did not put together a complete performance, it “was nice ... to get over the line and leave with a smile on our face.
“It’s been a pretty tough place to come over here and bowl seam. We learnt a lot in the process.”
Shipley, who made his T20 international debut last month, is among a few Kiwi players to leave Pakistan with an elevated standing after taking a miserly 3/34 in the final ODI to be named player of the match.
Mark Chapman did his hopes of breaking into New Zealand’s World Cup squad no harm by smashing 290 runs in a record for a five-match series in the T20 format.
Chapman’s fellow all-rounder Cole McConchie shone in a losing cause with an unbeaten half-century on his ODI debut in the third match of the series in Karachi.
Opener Will Young also finished on a high, leaving his poor T20 form behind to bookend the ODI series with half-centuries in Rawalpindi and Karachi against a world-class attack.
“It’s great to come over here and compete,” said Shipley. “We come away with a lot of knowledge and skills which will be useful in the future, hopefully.”
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Fringe players step up in New Zealand’s depleted ranks
Consolation win in ODI series knocks host Pakistan off their world number one ranking
Melbourne — A whirlwind white-ball tour of Pakistan with little at stake proved an unexpected blessing for a depleted New Zealand squad as fringe players stepped up in the absence of the team’s Indian Premier League A-listers.
The Tom Latham-captained Black Caps captured a 47-run consolation win in the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) in Karachi on Sunday to avoid a series whitewash and knock Pakistan off their world number one ranking in the format.
The 4-1 result was a fair reflection of the gulf between the full-strength hosts and a New Zealand squad lacking the services of Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and other top players.
Yet Black Caps staff will be encouraged by the resolve of a group, which held Babar Azam’s side to a 2-2 draw in the T20 series and landed a few blows in the ODI component ahead of the World Cup in India in October and November.
Rookie paceman Henry Shipley said that while the team did not put together a complete performance, it “was nice ... to get over the line and leave with a smile on our face.
“It’s been a pretty tough place to come over here and bowl seam. We learnt a lot in the process.”
Shipley, who made his T20 international debut last month, is among a few Kiwi players to leave Pakistan with an elevated standing after taking a miserly 3/34 in the final ODI to be named player of the match.
Mark Chapman did his hopes of breaking into New Zealand’s World Cup squad no harm by smashing 290 runs in a record for a five-match series in the T20 format.
Chapman’s fellow all-rounder Cole McConchie shone in a losing cause with an unbeaten half-century on his ODI debut in the third match of the series in Karachi.
Opener Will Young also finished on a high, leaving his poor T20 form behind to bookend the ODI series with half-centuries in Rawalpindi and Karachi against a world-class attack.
“It’s great to come over here and compete,” said Shipley. “We come away with a lot of knowledge and skills which will be useful in the future, hopefully.”
Reuters
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