"We didn't utilise the swing, and they bowled very well": Rizwan

After the defeat in the T20 series against New Zealand 41 Pakistan has also lost the onedayers after losing the second ODI by 84 runs in Hamilton on Wednesday The Kiwis will now head to Mount Maunganui for the final ODI on Saturday aiming for a clean sweepMohammad Rizwan acknowledged his shoulder injury stating its part of the game He admitted to Pakistans poor performance citing their inability to capitalize on the swing and New Zealands disciplined bowling He praised Faheem and Naseem for their fightOn his shoulder It is sore but part of the game On match We didnt do well we didnt utilize the swing and they bowled very well Later on Faheem and Naseem fought well for us These are challenging conditions for us but we cant make excuses Mohammad Rizwan said in the postmatch presentationAlso ReadIPL 2025 RCB vs GT Livingstones 50 helps Bengaluru cruise to 169 runsRizwan recognized the challenging conditions but emphasized the need for improvement He stated they couldnt make excuses and acknowledged Mitch Hays impressive batting performance He attributed their recent losses to missed key moments and highlighted their poor performance in the first 10 overs He expressed uncertainty about the Tauranga pitch and stated they would assess the conditions before the next matchWe are professional cricketers and we need to do something different The bowlers of New Zealand were very disciplined they bowled the hard lengths In the last couple of months we lost the key moments Today we didnt do well with the ball and bat in the first 10 overs Credit to Mitch Hay as well the way he batted was amazing We dont know much about the pitch in Tauranga we will go there and assess the conditions he addedBen Sears was the star performer of their second innings who put on an impressive display taking a fivewicket haul in only his third ODI After failing to take any wickets in his initial two matches Sears stood out as the leading bowler guiding New Zealand to victory with figures of 559Mitchell Hay delivered an outstanding performance helping New Zealand achieve a challenging total of 2928 He finished not out on 99 from 78 deliveries striking seven fours and seven sixes His contributions secured him the Player of the Match awardPakistan only managed to get 208 runs before getting bowled out in the 42nd over Faheem Ashraf 73 80 and Naseem Shah 51 44 were the top scorers for Pakistan in the second inningsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever