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Pakistan on Friday won the toss and elected to bat first against New Zealand in the final of the tri-nation ODI series at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi.
In the opening match of the series on February 8, the visiting New Zealand easily defeated Pakistan and later in the second match, it defeated South Africa.
On Wednesday, Pakistan defeated South Africa to qualify for the final.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c/wk), Tayyab Tahir, Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, William ORourke
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Pakistan and New Zealand have played a total of 117 ODI matches. Of these, the green shirts won 61, while the Blackcaps emerged victorious 52 times. Three matches ended in No Result with one match tied.
· Matches played: 117
· Pakistan won: 61
· New Zealand won: 52
· No Result: 3
· Tied: 1
