NZ VS PAK - 3rd ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2018

Trent Boult once again showed how good a bowler he is when he gets that new ball moving. Just sensational stuff. That was ugly from Pakistan though. The series is now gone, and they'll have to do something extraordinary if they are to win even a single game. We'll see if they can do that in Hamilton. Join us then. That's all for now. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Hariprasad and our scorer Reddy. Goodbye!

Williamson, winning captain: Fantastic performance all-round. It was a tough surface to get in on and gain momentum. Good surface but was difficult to score. Trent was outstanding. Both new ball bowlers. They just didn't bowl bad balls. Don't think the pitch changed too much. If you bowled on a length, it was difficult to score. Halfway break we knew, still 250 on the board, we knew it was going to be tough. Taylor and Martin were outstanding coming in, able to generate a strike rate on a tough surface. They were better at working the ball around, lot better than I was. Focus is to win each game. Guys were smart today. Have to be smart again in Hamilton.

Sarfraz Ahmed, losing captain: Very disappointing. Our bowlers bowled well. But our batting flopped again. We will sit together again before Hamilton and try to sort it out. Our problems have come against the new ball. Will look not to give too many wickets away in first 10 overs.

Boult, Man of the Match: Nice to get a couple early on. Pretty windy out there. The wind was right behind me. I let it go as aggressively as I could. Big game for us, wanted to get the series done. We knew we had to fight hard with 250 on the board.

It wasn't an easy pitch to score on with the ball stopping very regularly. However, Pakistan would have done well to take a cue from Williamson's knock earlier where the NZ skipper battled hard to get into rhythm. That didn't happen. That said, Boult was phenomenal.

17:09 Local Time, 04:09 GMT, 09:39 IST: 258 was always going to be difficult for Pakistan on this pitch. But little did anyone know that the visitors would scramble to avoid being bowled out for the lowest ODI score. Sarfraz hung in there, Amir produced a few edges and then Raees played a few shots to save them the blushes. The chase was off almost in the first 10 overs when Trent Boult ripped them apart with a stunning new ball spell, getting the ball to move at pace. From that point, it was about avoiding some unwanted records.

Boult to Raees, out Bowled!! Got him, that's it! A superb yorker bowled with pace and laced with swing. Too good. It curves away late and shatters middle and leg stump. Boult finishes with five. New Zealand seal the series. Raees b Boult 16(14) [4s-3]

Boult to Raees, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Boult to Raees, FOUR, clears the front leg and whacks it over mid-on. Pakistan have now passed the lowest ODI score in NZ as well

Southee to Raees, 1 run, low full toss at the stumps, punched back superbly down the ground and long-on has to dive across to cut it off. They've just taken the single in all this while

Southee to Sarfraz, 1 run, back of a length outside off, steered down to third man

Southee to Sarfraz, wide, wild short ball down leg. Too high and too wide

Southee to Raees, 1 run, full toss angling towards the pads, gets an inside edge to fine leg

Southee to Raees, FOUR, he's got a big piece of that. Short ball, Raees swings and swings hard and he blasts this pull away through mid-wicket

Southee to Raees, no run, leg-cutter, slides in towards leg from a back of length, Raees makes some room and punches it to point

Southee to Raees, no run, short of length on middle, Raees pokes it to point

Boult to Sarfraz, 2 runs, beautifully flicked away behind square leg but the ball stalls on this dampened outfield. Southee keeps them to two

Boult to Sarfraz, wide, the bouncer is too high, called a wide

Boult to Sarfraz, no run, overpitched at the stumps, Sarfraz keeps it out

Boult to Raees, 1 run, full on off, slower ball, Raees pushes it away into the covers