New Zealand blank Pakistan 5-0 in ODI series

Wellington, Jan 19 (CRICKETNMORE) - New Zealand whitewashed Pakistan in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) cricket series after registering a 15-run win in the final match at the Basin Reserve here on Friday. After winning the toss and batting first,

"We back our team. And there are some positive things. The lower order played very well, Fahim, Aamer Yamin, Nawaz. One very positive sign is our youngsters batting very well."

Brief scores: New Zealand: 271/7 in 50 overs (Martin Guptill 100, Ross Taylor 59; Rumman Raees 3/67, Faheem Ashraf 2/49) vs Pakistan: 256 all out in 49 overs (Haris Sohail 63, Shadab Khan 54; Matt Henry 4/53, Mitchell Santner 3/40).