New Zealand beat Pakistan to even the one-day international series thanks to a tonne from Devon Conway

In the second one-day international that took place on Wednesday in Karachi, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by a score of 79 runs thanks in large part to a brilliant hundred that was scored by opening batsman Devon Conway.

Before a collapse that saw New Zealand lose nine wickets for 78 runs and restricted them to 261 all out in 49.5 overs, the left-hander hit 101 and the captain, Kane Williamson, made 85. The total score for New Zealand after the collapse was 261.

Even though Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam scored a valiant 79 runs, the home team was bowled out for 182 runs, leaving the score in the three-game series equal at 1-1. Pakistan lost their wickets at regular intervals.

“Even though we had a strong relationship, maybe 300 wasn’t practical, but we got to a par total in the end,” said Williamson. “Even though we had a wonderful partnership, maybe 300 wasn’t realistic.”

“We were aware that it would be a difficult pursuit. We were aware that we needed to go away from the surface a little bit, and the two seamen established the tone for us.”

The first match was won by Pakistan by a score of six wickets, and the third and final match is scheduled to take place on Friday in Karachi. By the fourth over, Pakistan had already lost both of their opening batsmen, Fakhar Zaman (nought) and Imam-ul-Haq (six).

Although Azam and Mohammad Rizwan (28), who were batting together for the third wicket, added 55 runs to the total, it was not enough.

Agha Salman scored 25 runs until he was run out in a mix-up with Azam, and none of Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, or Mohammad Wasim remained in the game for a significant amount of time.

Azam’s innings consisted of 114 deliveries and ended with him being stumped by spinner Ish Sodhi in the 43rd over. During his knock, Azam hit eight fours and one six.

Azam remarked that the team’s performance with the bat was satisfactory. “However, once the spinners were engaged, the ship began to revolve very quickly. They deserve the credit.”

Tim Southee scored 2–53 runs for New Zealand, while Sodhi finished with 2–38. After the tourists won the toss and elected to bat first, the left-arm spinner Nawaz took four wickets to help stall New Zealand’s scoring while they were batting.

New Zealand went from being in a solid position at 183-1 to 206-6, losing five wickets for a total of 23 runs in the space of 40 deliveries, which led to Nawaz finishing with a score of 4-38.

Conway and Williamson put up an impressive second-wicket stand of 181 runs for New Zealand until the stand was broken by the fast bowler Naseem Shah (3-58), who bowled Conway with the final ball of the 30th over. This gave New Zealand a boost and helped them win the game.

During his second one-day international hundred, Conway faced 92 balls and struck 13 fours, plus one six. Then, Nawaz claimed three wickets, sending Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham back in the game for a low score in the same over before removing Williamson clean in the over that followed.

In his 100-ball knock, Williamson hit ten fours and was out when he was dropped by Wasim on ball 53 and ball 54. Mitchell Santner, who batted last for New Zealand and scored 37 runs, was one of only three hitters to reach double figures for his team.