Azhar Ali terms third New Zealand ODI defeat a 'bad luck'
We didn't finish off the way we wanted but we had enough runs on the board to win, says Azhar Ali.
AUCKLAND (Dunya News) – One-day international team captain Azhar Ali on Sunday termed third ODI defeat a ‘bad luck’.
“We played very good cricket,” Pakistan captain Azhar Ali said.
He said that we didn t finish off the way we wanted but we had enough runs on the board to win.
He stated that in the second half we kept coming hard as well but in the end it wasn t good enough to get over the line.
Azhar may consider himself a part-time bowler but showed all the guile of a career leg-spinner when he outwitted Williamson charging down the wicket by getting the ball through to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed.
Earlier, a record partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand victory with two balls to spare in a tense third one-dayer against Pakistan in Auckland.
The three-wicket win in the rain-abridged match also wrapped up the series for New Zealand 2-0.
Initially set a target of 291 to win, New Zealand made a disastrous start with Brendon McCullum out for a first-ball duck.
