That winds up our coverage for this game. Do join us for the final match of the series, NZ will be itching to finish on a high. On behalf of the team, this is Nitin Sundar signing off. So long and thanks for all the anagrams and Doppelgangers. Cheers!
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Shehzad is the Man of the Match: "Very confident now that I have a 100 before the World Cup, and thrilled to have a century before getting a fifty
Afridi: " We have won after a long time, and it is good coming before the World Cup. What a talent Shehzad is! I thought 300+ was on, but the wicket was slow in the middle with the old ball. Hafeez is the best allrounder in my team, he's done very well in recent times... All the fast bowlers did well. The first run out by Misbah was really good."
Taylor: "Ajmal Shehzad showed us how it is done by getting three figures. Martin and myself got going, but should have made it count ..."
The Pakistan team is in a huddle in the middle. "Pakistan Zindabad! [Long live Pakistan]" yells rent the air. This looks like a team with a good vibe. They have calm accumulators in the middle order, fierce hitters lower down, and in this series, they have discovered a young talented opener and another one who is finally living up to his talent. Add to that the incredible depth in the bowling attack. Can we please have the World Cup captain named now, please!
New Zealand, oh New Zealand. The troubles never cease, do they. Everything seems to be in disarray.
HK Bennett b Wahab Riaz 3 (7m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has said his side may have found it hard to motivate themselves for the sixth ODI against New Zealand having already won the series
Stand-in captain Ross Taylor expressed satisfaction at having won the final ODI in Auckland, to end 3-2 after Pakistan wrapped the series up in Hamilton
Jesse Ryder put behind his recent running woes and twitter travails to rattle a 82-ball hundred, and set up a consolation win for New Zealand
Jacob Oram, the New Zealand allrounder, has termed his side's performance in the fifth ODI against Pakistan at Hamilton as "dumb cricket", and said captain Daniel Vettori gave the team an appropriately harsh talk after the match
Ross Taylor, the New Zealand batsman, has said the failure of New Zealand's batsmen to convert starts is what has hurt them in their ODI series loss to Pakistan
