The Black Caps have won the fifth and final One Day International against the Pakistan cricketers by 15 runs in Wellington, sealing a five-nil series win.
The Black caps celebrate taking the wicket of Chris Gayle. Photo: Photosport
Set 272 to win, Pakistan came the closest they have all series to winning a match but came up just short, finishing on 256.
Paceman Matt Henry was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers, taking four wickets, including the final one of the match, while Mitchell Santner claimed three, Lockie Ferguson two and Colin de Grandhomme one.
Pakistan's top order once again failed to fire against New Zealand's bowlers, Haris Sohail was the only player in the visitor's top five to reach 50, finishing on 63.
The visitor's tail order once again proved difficult to finish off, with half of their runs coming from their final five batsmen.
Shadab Khan made a helpful 54 off 77 balls, while Aamer Yamin made 32 and Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Nawaz reached 23 each.
New Zealand's innings was anchored by opener Martin Guptill who made his 13th ODI century while Ross Taylor reached 50.
"It was obviously a tough work knock," Guptill said.
"Not one of my most fluent ones, but sometimes you just have to go out and do the hard yards and do a bit of hard graft to eek out the runs and I managed to do that today."
Colin de Grandhomme finished not out on 29 while Tim Southee added 14 runs at the end of the innings.
Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner managed four runs between them before all lost their wicket.
Paceman Rumman Raees was the best of Pakistan's bowlers, taking three wickets for 67 runs off his 10 overs while Faheem Ashraf took two for 49.
The Black Caps have now won eight ODI matches in a row at home after also whitewashing the West Indies earlier this summer.
-RNZ
