NZ vs PAK Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Champions Trophy 2025

1st ODI • National Stadium • Karachi

New Zealand

320/5 (50)

Pakistan

260 (47.2)

NZ won by 60 runs

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Date & Time

19 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

1st ODI,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Richard Kettleborough (England), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bowl

Pitch Report

: The pitch is on the drier side. But it is a good wicket to bat on. We think you have to score around 300 batting first. There are some dry patches, but there is also some grass on it. In terms of weather, it is beautiful. There is a cool breeze blowing across, which means it is comfortable for the players. The biggest hit is down the ground. The straight boundary is 79m. So, as a bowler, you have to defend the square boundaries.

1st Innings

263Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

92.64Avg SR

2nd Innings

222Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

86.16Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PAK

5- 5

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Pakistan

New Zealand

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

W O Rourke

M Henry

Expert Team 2

S Afridi

F Zaman

Venue Details

National Stadium, Karachi

1st Innings

263Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

92.64Avg SR

2nd Innings

222Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

86.16Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

59%Bat First Bowl First41%

Team Batting First

48%Wins Losses52%

Recent Matches on venue

Final • Feb 14 • Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

NZ 243/5 (45.2)

PAK 242/10 (49.3)

NZ won by 5 wickets

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3rd ODI • Feb 12 • Pakistan ODI Tri-Series

PAK 355/4 (49)

SA 352/5 (50)

PAK won by 6 wickets

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5th ODI • May 7 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 252/10 (46.1)

NZ 299/10 (49.3)

NZ won by 47 runs

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4th ODI • May 5 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 334/6 (50)

NZ 232/10 (43.4)

PAK won by 102 runs

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3rd ODI • May 3 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 287/6 (50)

NZ 261/10 (49.1)

PAK won by 26 runs

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3rd ODI • Jan 13 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 280/9 (50)

NZ 281/8 (48.1)

NZ won by 2 wickets

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2nd ODI • Jan 11 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 182/10 (43)

NZ 261/10 (49.5)

NZ won by 79 runs

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1st ODI • Jan 9 • New Zealand tour of Pakistan

PAK 258/4 (48.1)

NZ 255/9 (50)

PAK won by 6 wickets

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3rd ODI • Oct 2 • Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan

PAK 299/5 (48.2)

SL 297/9 (50)

PAK won by 5 wkts (10b rem)

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2nd ODI • Sep 30 • Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan

PAK 305/7 (50)

SL 238/10 (46.5)

PAK won by 67 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Pakistan

New Zealand

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PAK

5- 5

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

238

Average Score

224

355/4

Highest Score

330/6

60/6

Lowest Score

98/10

Player of the Match Tom Latham

118(104)

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PAK

Info

New Zealand

320/5 (50)

Batters

Will Young

107

113

94.69

c (sub F Ashraf) b N Shah

Devon Conway

58.82

b A Ahmed

Kane Williamson

50.00

c M Rizwan b N Shah

Daryl Mitchell

41.67

c S Afridi b H Rauf

Tom Latham

118

104

113.46

Not out

Glenn Phillips

156.41

c F Zaman b H Rauf

Michael Bracewell

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 6.4)

320/5

Did not Bat

Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke

Bowlers

EXT

6.80

6.30

4.70

8.30

5.71

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

b A Ahmed

1-39

7.3

Kane Williamson

c M Rizwan b N Shah

2-40

8.1

Daryl Mitchell

c S Afridi b H Rauf

3-73

16.2

Will Young

c (sub F Ashraf) b N Shah

4-191

37.2

Glenn Phillips

c F Zaman b H Rauf

5-316

49.4

Pakistan

260/10 (47.2)

Batters

Saud Shakeel

31.58

c M Henry b WO Rourke

Babar Azam

71.11

c K Williamson b M Santner

Mohammad Rizwan

(C)

21.43

c G Phillips b WO Rourke

Fakhar Zaman

58.54

b MG Bracewell

Agha Salman

150.00

c MG Bracewell b N Smith

Tayyab Tahir

20.00

c K Williamson b M Santner

Khushdil Shah

140.82

c MG Bracewell b WO Rourke

Shaheen Afridi

107.69

c T Latham b M Henry

Naseem Shah *

86.67

b M Henry

Haris Rauf

190.00

c D Mitchell b M Santner

Abrar Ahmed

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(47.2 Ov, RR: 5.49)

260/10

Bowlers

EXT

Matt Henry

7.2

3.41

5.22

3.80

7.00

6.60

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Saud Shakeel

c M Henry b WO Rourke

1-8

3.4

Mohammad Rizwan

c G Phillips b WO Rourke

2-22

9.6

Fakhar Zaman

b MG Bracewell

3-69

20.5

Agha Salman

c MG Bracewell b N Smith

4-127

30.4

Tayyab Tahir

c K Williamson b M Santner

5-128

31.3

Babar Azam

c K Williamson b M Santner

6-153

33.6

Shaheen Afridi

c T Latham b M Henry

7-200

40.6

Khushdil Shah

c MG Bracewell b WO Rourke

8-229

43.4

Haris Rauf

c D Mitchell b M Santner

9-260

46.6

Naseem Shah

b M Henry

10-260

47.2

Match Info

Date & Time

19 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

National Stadium, Karachi

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

1st ODI,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Richard Kettleborough (England), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bowl

0 0 0 1 0 6

Over 45

Runs: 7

1lb 0 1 1 6 0

Over 46

Runs: 9

0 2 6 1 6 W

Over 47

Runs: 15

0 W

Over 48

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Tom Latham

118(104)

Lucky Winner gsreehari6012

Commentary

That will be all from our side as we call it a night for our live coverage! For now, it's Soumarya Dutta taking your leave on behalf of my co-commentator Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. Good night and see you soon!

Right, that brings us to the close of the first game of the ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 and we had a cracking contest in Karachi. The hosts were not up to the mark and couldn't put their best foot forward while New Zealand have managed to make a strong start. It has only made things tougher for Pakistan as their second game against India will be a win-at-all-costs contest. For now, the action will shift to Dubai in this group as India take on Bangladesh.

Indian legend, Ravichandran Ashwin took a cheeky dig at Babar Azam's knock against New Zealand. Take a look at what happened through our detailed report, right here.

"Best depiction of the tortoise and Rabbit story" - R Ashwin trolls Babar Azam's sluggish knock in PAK vs NZ 2025 Champions Trophy clash

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand Captain) - " We went on really well with the bat. Young and Latham were excellent. Phillips towards the end gave us some great impetus. 280 seemed to be about par on this surface but the partnerships always help. After the score we got on the board, our two seamers were unbelievable in the powerplay. We squeezed the runs and we were able to chip in with the wickets throughout.

We kind of expect Glenn Phillips to pull off those stunners. Was important for us to get rid of Rizwan and Fakhar. It helped us to keep them under check in the middle overs. The Tri-Series gave us exposure and we are familiar with the conditions now. The slightly shorter length works here and the spinners need to bowl slower and that helps their cause. It was a tough wicket to start on and we had to do the hard yards. We build up on the dots and then it yielded the results for us in the end. "

Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan Captain)- " New Zealand got a big score on the board and we didn't expect them to get to that big a score. We picked up early wickets but they played smartly post that which helped them to get there. Will Young and Latham were good for them. The conditions weren't easy early on and we thought that even 250 could have been a good score. Our execution wasn't the best with the ball early on.

Not sure about the extent of Fakhar's injury and we're waiting for the report. We lost the momentum twice, first in the slog overs of the first innings and then we lost the momentum again in the middle overs. Every match is important for us. There is extra pressure for us as we're defending champions but we are looking to do our best. "

Tom Latham is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: Yeah any time you play on the surface you get familiar with it. It was a bit different to the surfaces we played in the tri series. Young played a great knock and the way Phillips finished it off. We ended up scoring a well above score. Me and Young managed to go through the gears. You can make hay at the back end. Phillips has done it for the last couple of games already. It wasn't ideal, that just nature of batting at the back end. Thankfully I could contribute. Probably we didn't see that too much through the tri series. It turned and bounced a bit more than both teams expected.

Pakistan 260 all out in 47.2 overs

Khushdil Shah 69(49) | Will O'Rourke 3/47
Babar Azam 64(91) | Mitchell Santner 3/66

Matt Henry came back into the attack and cleaned up Naseem Shah to end the innings for Pakistan. The hosts have slumped to a humiliating loss to the Kiwis in the tournament opener in their own backyard. Their effort with the bat left a lot to be answered as they failed to get going from the word go and were reeling under the pressure of the required rate throughout the innings. Khushdil Shah and the tail managed to hit some late blows towards the end and helped them get to a respectable total barring which the defeat margin could have been even higher.

New Zealand had a dream start to the powerplay as the two seamers, O'Rourke and Henry kept things really tidy. Saud Shakeel was the first one to perish as Matt Henry held on to a great catch at the third man boundary. Babar Azam picked up a couple of boundaries but the run rate wasn't getting any better. Rizwan got stuck at one end and it allowed the pressure to creep up. O'Rourke leveraged it as he got the Pakistan skipper courtesy a magnificent catch from Phillips.

Fakhar Zaman came out despite the injury that he sustained earlier on in the day but he was struggling to get going. He did put together a partnership with Babar of almost 50 runs but the required run rate kept creeping up as he chewed up the dots. He was dismissed by Michael Bracewell in the 21st over for 24 as Pakistan slipped further down into trouble.

Agha Salman showed his class as he struck a flurry of fours and a maximum in his innings and looked to accelerate for Pakistan. However it didn't last long as Nathan Smith broke the partnership. The New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner came back into the attack and claimed the wickets of Tayyab Tahir and Babar Azam. With around 13 overs left in the innings, Pakistan were all but out of the contest.

Khushdil Shah put on a fightback with Shaheen Afridi as the pair managed to score at a brisk rate. They almost build a 50 run partnership before Shaheen was dismissed with the score on 200. Shah continued to pepper the shorter boundaries and he brought up an outstanding 50. Unfortunately for Pakistan, he was always up against a tough ask. He eventually fell for 69 as O'Rourke came back into the attack and picked up his third wicket.

Will O'Rourke and Matt Henry were brilliant upfront as they troubled the batters in the powerplay. O'Rourke picked up three to his credit and Matt Henry wrapped up the innings with a couple of wickets. Mitchell Santner picked up three wickets and was great with his captaincy. Michael Bracewell was extremely economical and picked up a wicket as did Nathan Smith.

NEW ZEALAND HAVE WON THE FIRST GAME OF THE ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 BY 60 RUNS! They batted brilliantly early on and then bowled magnificently to defend this Total. Pakistan were always left to play catch up as the pressure of the required run rate got to them.

47.2 Matt Henry to Naseem Shah, WICKET! New Zealand win by 60 runs. This has been a demolition job by the Kiwis. On a good-length around the middle stump channel, Naseem shuffles across off and goes for the ramp shot, gets beaten and the middle stump has been rattled. A thoroughly professional performance from New Zealand.

Naseem Shah b Matt Henry 13 (15b, 0x4, 1x6)

47.1 Matt Henry to Naseem Shah, Naseem goes for the lap and then changes his shot to a low full toss a shade outside off, gets beaten.

Abrar Ahmed, RHB, is the final batter for Pakistan.

Matt Henry [7.0-1-25-1] comes back into the attack.

Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf were swinging for the fences here and they managed to connect a few. Rauf finally ran out of luck as he holed out in the deep on the final ball of that over. Mitchell Santner ends his spell with three wickets from his 10 overs.

overs

260 /9 score

runs

Haris Rauf *

19 (10)

Naseem Shah

13 (13)

Mitchell Santner

3 /66

46.6 Mitchell Santner to Haris Rauf, WICKET! The fun is over for the day as far as Haris Rauf is concerned. Santner again throwing it up in the air inviting Haris to play the big shot, he obliges, comes down the track but couldn't quite get to the pitch of the ball, goes through with the shot but more of a cue ender and the long on felder takes it comfortably.

Haris Rauf c Daryl Mitchell b Mitchell Santner 19(10b, 0x4, 3x6)

46.5 Mitchell Santner to Haris Rauf, SIX! Flighted in the slot a shade outside off, Haris waits for it and swings through the line, sends it over the long on boundary. The tail enders are having some fun out there.

46.4 Mitchell Santner to Naseem Shah, slower and shorter a tad outside off, slaps it away towards the sweeper cover fielder for a single.

Irfan : " Rizwan failed badly to read the wicket. The New Zealand spinners got a lot more turn and were really effective in the middle overs which decided the course of the game. "

46.3 Mitchell Santner to Naseem Shah, SIX! That has been smashed across the line for yet another maximum. Flighted in the toss around the leg stump, Naseem waits for the ball to arrive and sends it over the square leg boundary.

46.2 Mitchell Santner to Naseem Shah, flighted on a fuller-length a shade outside off, Naseem tries to go inside out, gets a thick outside edge which just about clears the cover-point fielder and takes a couple.