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    "excerpt": "Wellington, Jan 19 (CRICKETNMORE):  Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Friday heaped praise on his bowlers despite his team's 0-5 whitewash in the One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand. New Zealand completed the series sweep with a 15-run victory in",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Wellington, Jan 19 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Friday heaped praise on his bowlers despite his team&#39;s 0-5 whitewash in the One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand completed the series sweep with a 15-run victory in the fifth and final match at the Basin Reserve here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We back our team. And there are some positive things. The lower order played very well today, Fahim, Aamer Yamin, Nawaz,&quot; Ahmed was quoted as saying by the International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) official website after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The bowling unit were very good. Sometimes we had opportunities but we didn&#39;t grab them,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ahmed also praised the lower-order batsmen for their spirited performance in the fifth match.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shadab Khan came in number seven to score 54 runs off 77 deliveries and put on a 105-run stand along with Haris Sohail who top scored with 63.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Other lower order batsmen Aamer Yamin (32 not out) Fahim Ashraf (23) and Mohammad Nawaz (23) also batted well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ahmed, however, felt that the top order batsmen did not perform according to their potential which proved to be the biggest stumbling block for Pakistan during the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;New Zealand are a very good team, they played well throughout the series. The main thing was batting, that&#39;s why we lost the series,&quot; he said.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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