Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman in action during the first ODI between Black Caps and Pakistan. Photo / Photosport
The rain which struck Wellington during Pakistan's unsuccessful chase for 316 left a question mark over the second match in Nelson on Tuesday.
Can New Zealand dismiss Fakhar Zaman?
The hosts won by 61 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method yesterday at the Basin Reserve, but the visitors never returned to
the field to chase the revised target of 227.
Fakhar looks a quality opener. Seeing him carving the ball around the ground in his 82 not out from 86 balls left a quiver of doubt New Zealand would have won if the match had gone the distance.
The odds were in the Black Caps' favour. They had the advantage throughout, whether through the opening stand of 83 between Colin Munro and Martin Guptill, the acceleration from Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls at the death, or the new ball partnership between Tim Southee and Trent Boult which left the tourists 37 for four in the ninth over.
