NZ VS PAK - 5th ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2018

New Zealand's summer so far. Against Windies: 2-0 in Tests, 3-0 in ODIs and 2-0 in T20Is. Now, a 5-0 win against the Pakistanis in the 50-over format. They'll be keen to keep the winning habit going. Sarfraz, as expected, blamed the batsmen for the loss. Can change in formats change their fortunes? We'll be back for the shortest format. Do join us there. Until then, I am Abhinand Raghavendran, bidding goodbye on behalf of Vineet Anantharaman, Varun Dikshit and Mukesh.

Williamson: They fought really hard today. It was a tough game and they operated really well on this surface. Credit to our boys for the way they stuck it throughout the series. There's a lot of cricket and they adapted to the conditions. Think they (pitches) have been slightly tough, on the slower side and credit to the way Pakistan bowled. Credit to the way the guys adapted. It required disciplined bowling. It's good (when asked about his captaincy), little bit frustrating today (laughs). The guys are great. There's a good cricket culture. Good to have success. We have a lot of one-day cricket coming, We have to be on our toes again. Matt Henry was outstanding with the new ball today. It's great to have so many fast bowlers raring to go. Looking forward to it (T20Is). Slight change in teams and environments - that's always good too.

Sarfraz: I think it was really tough. Credit to NZ, they played really well throughout the series. Batting didn't click throughout the series; that's where we lost the series. Bowling unit was really good. Sometimes, we had opportunities, but we didn't grab it. We back out team. Lower order played really well. Our youngsters are batting really well - that's a positive sign.

Martin Guptill, Man of the Match and Man of the Series: The new ball was skidding on. Munro got a good start. It was tough to rotate strike. The shoulder is alright. We've played some really good cricket. Love it, we have a good partnership going there. Hopefully, it continues for a long time. Came in with reasonable form. I just try to be in solid positions to hit from. There hasn't been those big 300 scores. The partnerships have got us through to match-winning totals. They made it extremely tough for us to score in the middle-overs in each game. Credit to them for the way they bowled. Absolutely (when asked if he's expecting flatter decks).

18:53 Local Time, 05:53 GMT, 11:23 IST: New Zealand blank Pakistan 5-0! A whitewash. Well, credit to Pakistan's lower order for making a match out of this. At 57/5, it looked like this match was heading towards an embarrassing defeat for the visitors. That's when Shadab Khan stitched a 105-run stand with Haris Sohail. Both batsmen registered their respective fifties, but fell to Santner within a span of 13 balls. Aamer Yamin along with Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Nawaz took the game deep with a couple of lusty blows along with a few inside edges. But the task was too tough and the Kiwis held their nerve when it mattered. Earlier in the day, despite a century and half-ton from Guptill and Taylor respectively, the fast bowlers squeezed the run flow towards the end to restrict NZ to par score. The top order batsmen (barring Sohail) need to be blamed for this loss. Hang around for presentations.

Matt Henry to Raees, out Caught by Lockie Ferguson!! New Zealand win by 15 runs. A slower bouncer around the off-stump line, Raees pulls and gets it off the top-edge. Goes to the right of long-on and Ferguson gobbles it up with ease. Raees c Lockie Ferguson b Matt Henry 5(6) [4s-1]

Matt Henry to Raees, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Matt Henry to Raees, no run, bouncer and the ball gets big on him. Hits the shoulder and lobs to the keeper. The crowd like it, but everyone on the field knew that there was no bat there

Matt Henry to Aamer Yamin, 1 run, a miscued pull shot from Yamin, the bottom hand comes off the handle as well. A single to deep mid-wicket

Matt Henry to Aamer Yamin, 2 runs, Yamin keeps the strike. Puts in the dive for that. Late-cuts a shortish ball outside off behind point for a couple

Matt Henry to Aamer Yamin, no run, slower ball and Yamin doesn't pick it. Too early into the pull shot

Matt Henry to Aamer Yamin, FOUR, can inside edges win this game for Pakistan? A very full ball and Yamin tries to slog it over mid-wicket. The fat inside edge misses the stumps and the keeper can't do much about it

Matt Henry [9.0-1-46-3] is back into the attack

23 needed! 12 balls remain!

Southee to Raees, no run, another inside edge, but can't place it as well as he did off the previous ball. Onto the boot and it's a dot

Southee to Raees, FOUR, it doesn't matter how they come. You just got to feel for the bowler. Another one right in the blockhole, Raees takes his front leg out of the equation and swings his bat. Gets an excellent inside edge that evades the leg-stump and runs away into the fine leg fence

Southee to Aamer Yamin, 1 run, in-searing yorker on middle, Yamin squeezes it off the inside part of the bat to mid-wicket

Southee to Aamer Yamin, leg byes, 2 runs, that should have been put away. A full toss down the leg-side and Yamin fails to put bat on ball. The ball goes to fine leg off the pad. Just two

Southee to Aamer Yamin, FOUR, goes straight and makes good contact. Full ball at the stumps, Yamin backs away a long way and thumps it over the the non-striker's end. 30 needed, now!

Southee to Aamer Yamin, no run, perfect yorker on the stumps, squeezed back to the bowler