Kane Williamson, Southee tame Pakistan in rain-affected first ODI

Wellington, Jan 6 (Cricketnmore) New Zealand rode on skipper Kane Williamson's 10th ODI century and a fiery spell rom pace spearhead Tim Southee (3/22) to thrash Pakistan by 61 runs by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the opener of the five-match

Pakistan were reduced to 13/3, and then 37/4; from that point, it was always unlikely that they would threaten.

Young opener Fakhar Zaman fought, and was unbeaten on an 86-ball 82, having taken his side to 166/6 in 30.1 overs when the umpires finally called off play due to rain.

Brief Scores: New Zealand 315/7 (Kane Williamson 115, Colin Munro 58, Henry Nicholls 50; Hassan Ali 3/61) beat Pakistan 166/6 (Fakhar Zaman 82, Shadab Khan 28; Tim Southee 3/22, Trent Boult 2/35) by 61 runs by DLS.

Source - Agency