New Zealand hammers Pakistan by 43 runs to take the ODI series 3-0.

Pakistan’s breakable batting was apparent afresh as a Ben Sears-inspired New Zealand won the third and final one-day all-embracing by 43 runs Saturday to ambit the alternation 3-0.

The tourists were absolved for 221 off 40 overs in acknowledgment to New Zealand’s 264-8, in a bout beneath to 42 overs afterwards a delayed alpha at Mount Maunganui.

It followed the arrangement of the aboriginal two games, with the hosts acceptable the opener in Napier by 73 runs, followed by an 84-run achievement in Hamilton.

New Zealand additionally bedeviled the above-mentioned T20 series, acceptable 4-1.

Pakistan struggled throughout the bout to acclimatize to the abiding animation and movement of New Zealand’s bond advance and their batsmen were afresh accusable of adventurous shots at Bay Oval.

Aggressive clip bowler Sears claimed 5-34 to chase his five-wicket bag in Hamilton, with four of his victims falling to short-pitched deliveries.

Player of the alternation Sears became the aboriginal New Zealander to affirmation bristles wickets in alternating ODIs and said he artlessly accepted a adventitious to comedy in the 50-over series, accepting ahead been advised a T20 specialist.

“It was a air-conditioned brace of days, I’m appealing beholden to get the befalling adjoin a absolutely acceptable aggregation and it was air-conditioned to get some wickets,” said Sears, who adopted the aforementioned acknowledged access in both games.

“Same plan, it was aloof aggravating to authority it through the average and aloof accumulate that burden going. It was aloof air-conditioned to be allotment of that performance.”

Fellow seamer Jacob Duffy, who was a scattering in both series, took 2-40, including the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan for 37 in the 33rd over to finer end the tourists’ hopes of victory.

Babar Azam top-scored with 50 off 58 assurance while opener Abdullah Shafique arena out a apathetic 33 off 56.

• Pakistan outplayed afresh –

Pakistan’s innings began abominably back opener Imam-ul-Haq was affected to retire aching for one, accepting been addled on the jaw by a fielder’s bandy back attempting a quick single.

Rizwan conceded his aggregation had been outplayed.

“It’s a black series. I will accord acclaim to New Zealand, they played absolutely able-bodied in all departments of the game,” he said.

“They are like accurate professionals in all departments. And we charge to advance and that’s it, we charge to comedy bigger adjoin the new ball.”

Earlier, Rhys Mariu denticulate a beginning half-century afterwards New Zealand were asked to bat first, with the alpha of the bout delayed for two hours because of a wet outfield.

Opener Mariu, arena aloof his additional all-embracing match, denticulate a composed 58 off 61 balls, featuring six fours and two sixes.

A cardinal of New Zealand middle-order batsmen fabricated starts but didn’t columnist on for big array until captain Michael Bracewell produced a blatant 59 at the death.

Bracewell addled six sixes in his 40-ball beating afore actuality bent off the aftermost brawl of the innings bowled by Akif Javed.

Seamer Javed took 4-62 off his eight overs although Naseem Shah was arguably the best of the Pakistan bowlers, demography 2-54 and bowling with acceptable clip and movement.