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Mohammad Wasim

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Henry Nicholls

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Henry Shipley

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Ish Sodhi

Matt Henry

Benjamin Vincent Sears

Bevon-John Jacobs

Cole Edward McConchie

Dane Cleaver

Daryl Joseph Mitchell

Devon Philip Conway

Finnley Hugh Allen

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Henry Michael Nicholls

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Jacob Andrew Duffy

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Jayden Richard Lennox

Joshua Andrew Clarkson

Katene Dalton Clarke

Kristian David Charles Clarke

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Mark Sinclair Chapman

Matthew James Henry

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Mitchell James Hay

Mitchell Josef Santner

Nathan Gregory Smith

Nicholas Frederick Kelly

Rachin Ravindra

Timothy Blake Robinson

Tim Louis Seifert

Thomas Ackland Blundell

Thomas William Maxwell Latham

William Alexander Young

Zakary Glen Foulkes

Syed Muhammad Abdul Samad

Abrar Ahmed

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Faisal Akram

Muhammad Ghazi Ghori

Haris Rauf

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat

Mohammad Rizwan

Naseem Abbas Shah

Saad Masood

Sahibzada Farhan

Saim Ayub

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shamyl Hussain

Usman Khan

Usman Tariq

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<p>Tom Latham-led New Zealand have not been able to register a single win in the five-ODI series.

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<p>On the back of a complete team performance, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 26 runs in the third ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi on May 3 (Wednesday) and took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.</p>

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PAK vs NZ: Complete team performance helps Pakistan take an unassailable 3-0 lead over New Zealand

<p>Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan played the perfect supporting role for opener Fakhar Zaman as the hosts pulled off their highest ODI run chase on April 29.

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'I am not happy batting at number five': Mohammad Rizwan wants to bat up the order in ODIs but doesn’t believe in complaining

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