Less than a week after squaring up against each other in a tri-series, Pakistan and New Zealand will kick off the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.
Though the Kiwis trounced the host twice within a week, it will be the high-stakes clash on Wednesday they would want to win to get their Champions Trophy campaign to a winning start.
For Pakistan, life under new captain Mohammad Rizwan has begun with ODI series wins in Australia and South Africa. Rizwan would want the side to carry that momentum and begin its title defence in style.
PAK vs NZ HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN ODIs
Matches played: 118
Pakistan: 61
New Zealand: 53
Tied: 1
No Result: 3
Last Result: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (2025)
Last 5 Results: NZ-3 | PAK-2
PAK vs NZ HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN CHAMPIONS TROPHY
Matches played: 3
Pakistan: 0
New Zealand: 3
Last Result: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (Johannesburg, 2009)
PAK vs NZ – HIGHEST AND LOWEST SCORES IN ODIs
NZ (highest score) vs PAK: 401/6 (50) – PAK won by 21 runs (DLS) (2023)
NZ (lowest score) vs PAK: 64 (35.5) – NZ lost by 10 wickets (1986)
PAK (highest score) vs NZ: 364/7 (50) – PAK won by 147 runs (2014)
PAK (lowest score) vs NZ: 74 (27.2) – PAK lost by 183 runs (2018)
NZ (highest individual score) vs PAK: Ross Taylor – 131* (124)
NZ (best bowling) vs PAK: Trent Boult – 5/17 (7.2)
PAK (highest individual score) vs NZ: Fakhar Zaman – 180* (144)
PAK (best bowling) vs NZ: Shoaib Akhtar – 6/16 (9)
MOST RUNS IN PAK vs NZ ODIs
Player Innings Runs Average Strike Rate Highest Score Kane Williamson (NZ) 24 1290 56.08 83.44 123 Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) 42 1283 34.67 74.16 137* Saeed Anwar (PAK) 32 1260 45.00 77.82 113*
MOST WICKETS IN PAK vs NZ ODIs
Player Innings Wickets Average Economy BBI Waqar Younis (PAK) 37 79 15.84 4.19 6/30 Wasim Akram (PAK) 36 64 18.54 3.80 5/19 Danny Morrison (NZ) 24 39 21.00 4.44 5/46
