Hamilton: Pakistan on Wednesday is in deep trouble as they try to pursue a 293-race target during the second ODD against New Zealand with the permission of Black Caps’ Mitchell Hay’s remarkable undefeated 99, the hosts led 292-8 at Seddon Park.

Beginning at their hunting, the green shirts started to a shaking start after opening Abdullah Shafique (1) left early followed by Star Batter Babar Azam, who was also sent back to Pavilion after scoring only one race.

The evil of the national side further aggravated after opening Imam-Ul-Haq (3) also lost his wicket to Jacob Duffy. As all three fighters are caught in the slides, the scoring currently stands at 114-8 after Skipper Mohammad Rizwan (5) and Salman Ali Agha (9) couldn’t contribute much to the scoring.

Tayyab Tahir and Mohammad Wasim Jr also left, respectively, after scoring 13 and a race, while Akif Javed was sent back to the pavilion after scoring eight races.

The national page will win today’s match to smooth out the three-match series, currently led by the hosts 1-0.

Asked to beat first, Kiwis’ opening pair of debutant Rhys Mariu and Nick Kelly started a solid start and put together a 50-race stand.

However, the partnership was broken in the sixth when Kelly was dismissed by Pakistan’s right arm Pacer Haris Rauf for 31 out of 23 deliveries, leaving New Zealand at 54-1.

In the 10th. Over, New Zealand lost their second opener, Mariu, for 18, when Wasim Jr hit and left the team under pressure at 71-2.

Daryl Mitchell, who joined the crisis, added 18 races of 18 balls before falling to Sufiyan Muqeem and left New Zealand at 100-3.

Wickets continued to fall, and in the next, Henry Nicholls was dismissed in 22 LBW, leaving the black caps that fought 102-4 after 16.5 overs.

Skipper Michael Bracewell and Muhammad Abbas then tried to stabilize laps with a 30-race partnership for the fifth wicket. However, Wasim JR struck again and rejected Abbas in 17, reducing the hosts to 132-5 in 26.3 overs.

Mitchell Hay and ABBAS (41 out of 66 balls) formed a crucial 77-driven partnership for the sixth wicket, which facilitated some pressure and helped New Zealand to a more competitive position. However, Sufiyan Muqeem ended the partnership by rejecting Abbas and left New Zealand at 209-6 in 39.5 overs.

Despite the loss of wickets, Hay continued to play with tranquility, which brought his half-century to the 50-over format. Pakistan’s Faheem Ashraf delivered the seventh breakthrough and rejected Nathan Smith for eight and left New Zealand at 236-7 in 45.1 Overs.

The black caps lost their eighth wicket as Ben Sears was driven out of Pakistan’s skipper Mohammad Rizwan for a duck, leaving New Zealand at 270-8 in 49 overs.

In the final over, which was charged with Wasim Jr and hit two fours and two sixes to help his page reach 292 for the purpose of demanding the series by creating a sound total.

Pakistan’s bowlers managed to take wickets, but also admitted 32 extras, including 20 width and 12 Benbyes.

Mohammad Wasim Jr and Sufiyan Muqeem claimed two wickets each, while Faheem Ashraf, Akif Javed and Haris Rauf took a wicket piece.

Playing Xis:

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-Ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (W/C), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem, Akif Javed.

New Zealand: Nick Kelly, Rhys Mariu, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell (C), Muhammad Abbas, Mitchell Hay (W), Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, William O’Rourke.