CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Pakistan was in trouble from the start, with the new opening pair of Mohammad Haris and Hasan Nawaz stepping in for the veterans Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, both dismissed without scoring in the first eight balls of the match.
A fully fit Kyle Jamieson took 3-8 and Jacob Duffy 4-14 as Pakistan stumbled to 14-4 at the end of the six over powerplay. Jamieson and Duffy produced pace, bounce, and swing on a brownish pitch at Hagley Oval, and the Pakistan batters had no early response.
“It was really nice to be back on home soil,” said Jamieson, who bowled 18 dot balls. “We had some pretty favorable conditions, which I’m sure me and (Duffy) would take most places around the country.
“It was nice to have those and just try to cash in as much as we could.”
Salman and Khushdil Shah gave the Pakistan innings some impetus when they took 14 runs from the 10th over bowled by Ish Sodhi and 15 from the 11th bowled by Michael Bracewell to lift Pakistan from 28-4 after nine overs to 57-5 after 11. The Pakistan batters looked more at home against the spinners
But Duffy returned to dismiss Khushdil for 32, and the rest followed quickly, with only three batters reaching three figures.
Seifert put New Zealand on course to a comfortable win, taking 12 runs from the third over and 14 runs off the fifth as New Zealand reached 43-1 in the power play. Allen, unusually subdued, scored only nine runs in the first six overs.
New Zealand was 90-1 after 10 overs, needing only 2 runs to win when the umpires unaccountably called for drinks.
The second match is on Tuesday in Dunedin, New Zealand.