Pakistan vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy 2025: Will Young, Tom Latham tons sink PAK to 60-run loss - Action in Images
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- New Zealand scored 320/5 batting first with Tom Latham scoring an unbeaten 118 off 104 balls and Will Young making 107 off 113.
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Centuries by Will Young and Tom Latham, coupled with New Zealand now allowing the Pakistan batters any kind of momentum in the first 25 overs of their chase, helped the Kiwis beat the hosts by 60 runs to get off to a dominant start to the 2025 Champions Trophy. New Zealand scored 320/5 in 50 overs and Pakistan were all out for 260 runs. (AFP)
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It was a see-saw first 10 overs, with New Zealand getting off to a quick start only to be rocked later as they lost three wickets in the first 17 overs. Naseem Shah got the all-important wicket of the in-form Kane Williamson, restricting the former New Zealand captain to a score of one. (AFP)
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Tom Latham and Will Young first steadied the ship for New Zealand before dominating. The pair put up a partnership of 118 runs in 126 balls. (AP)
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The pain didn't end for Pakistan then. If anything it only increased with Glenn Phillips and Latham ramping up the scoring rate. The pair added a whopping 125 runs in just 74 balls for the fifth wicket. (REUTERS)
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Will Young was originally not in the squad and only played because of Rachin Ravindra being injured. He scored 107 off 113 balls in what was his first ODI century outside New Zealand. (AFP)
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Tom Latham had scored a half-century in New Zealand's ODI and now bettered that with his seventh ODI century. He finished unbeaten on 118 off 104 balls, hitting 10 fours and three sixes. (REUTERS)
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Pakistan's makeshift opener Saud Shakeel fell in the fourth over and captain Mohammad Rizwan was forced to come in with Fakhar still not being eligible to walk out. Rizwan fell after scoring three runs in 14 balls and the injured Fakhar ended up having a tortured stay in the middle. He couldn't run and ended up scoring 24 off 41 balls. (AFP)
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Pakistan's top order was stifled for runs and they also didn't show any intent to try and hit the New Zealand spinners off their lines. Babar Azam was emblematic of this. He played a whopping 90 balls and scored just 64 runs. (AP)
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Khushdil Shah did what the top order batters didn't and scored at a quick rate. He smashed 69 in 49 balls. (REUTERS)
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