Former Test cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi is looking forward to an interesting match tonight between Pakistan and New Zealand.
In the ongoing second ODI, New Zealand set Pakistan to chase 337 runs in 50 overs.
Taking to Twitter, Afridi asked his followers whether Pakistan will be able to chase this total.
"Will this score be chased? ? What do you all think? It’ll be an interesting game of cricket tonight," he wrote.
After being sent into bat first in the second ODI of five-match series, New Zealand lost their opener Will Young in the sixth over. Haris Rauf, who ended up taking four wickets in his 10 overs, started the proceedings by removing Young (19) in the sixth over.
Daryl Mitchell, who scored the second consecutive century, helped New Zealand score 336-5 in 50 overs.
Mitchell and Chad Bowes built the innings after losing Young earlier. The two batters were too good against Pakistani bowlers who went for plenty of runs initially. They scored 86 off 80 together to put New Zealand in a position to score something over 300.
It was again Haris who provided a breakthrough to Pakistan as they left out their key bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi for this match. Rauf bowled a slower one to get rid of Bowes who scored run-a-ball 51.
Later on, Mitchell got the support of captain Tom Latham who in the end missed his century by just two runs. Latham and Mitchell partnered strongly for 183 runs and ensured a big total in the first innings. Latham was given out on a review when nobody else believed it except Haris.
Mitchell, who was dropped on 96 by Naseem Shah, gave his wicket to the same man in 46th over. He smoked 129 runs laced with eight boundaries and three maximums.