Captain Sarfraz Ahmed praises Pakistan bowling despite series whitewash

Wellington, Jan 19 (CRICKETNMORE): Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Friday heaped praise on his bowlers despite his team's 0-5 whitewash in the One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand. New Zealand completed the series sweep with a 15-run victory in

Other lower order batsmen Aamer Yamin (32 not out) Fahim Ashraf (23) and Mohammad Nawaz (23) also batted well.

Ahmed, however, felt that the top order batsmen did not perform according to their potential which proved to be the biggest stumbling block for Pakistan during the series.

"New Zealand are a very good team, they played well throughout the series. The main thing was batting, that's why we lost the series," he said.