New Zealand wicketkeeper Mitchell Hay was left unbeaten on 99 during his side's second ODI against Pakistan.
After a 73-run win in the first ODI in Napier, New Zealand were once again sent in to bat in Hamilton. Debutant Rhys Mariu opened the innings alongside Nick Kelly, playing just his second international match.
Kelly put Pakistan to the sword early on, before being dismissed for 31 off 23 to leave his side 54-1. The visitors wrested back some control in the middle overs as they managed to dismiss Mariu, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls and Michael Bracewell cheaply to reduce the hosts from 71-1 to 132-5.
Muhammad Abbas and wicketkeeper Mitchell Hay then fought back, putting on 77 for the sixth wicket before the former departed for 41. With only the tail for company, Hay then stepped on the accelerator.
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On 36 off 47 when Abbas got out, Hay made his way to a half-century off 61 balls, and then scored 46 off his next 17 deliveries, including four sixes and two fours in the last three overs of the innings. He was eventually unbeaten on 99, having lifted New Zealand to 292-8.
In the process, Hay became just the 16th player to score an unbeaten 99 in a men's ODI. He is the first player from New Zealand to do so since Bruce Edgar in February 1981, and just the third wicketkeeper overall after Andy Flower (1999) and Swapnil Patil (2014).
Full list of players to score 99* in men's ODIs
| Player | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date |
| Bruce Edgar | New Zealand | India | Auckland | 14 February 1981 |
| Dean Jones | Australia | Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 28 January 1985 |
| Richie Richardson | West Indies | Pakistan | Sharjah | 15 November 1985 |
| Andy Flower^ | Zimbabwe | Australia | Harare | 24 October 1999 |
| Alistair Campbell | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | Bulawayo | 1 October 2000 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies | India | Ahmedabad | 15 November 2002 |
| Brad Hodge | Australia | New Zealand | Melbourne | 4 February 2007 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan | India | Gwalior | 15 November 2007 |
| Michael Clarke | Australia | England | The Oval | 30 June 2010 |
| Virender Sehwag | India | Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 16 August 2010 |
| Malcolm Waller | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | Bulawayo | 25 October 2011 |
| Calum MacLeod | Scotland | Canada | Ayr | 11 July 2012 |
| Swapnil Patil^ | United Arab Emirates | Scotland | Lincoln | 1 February 2014 |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | Papua New Guinea | Harare | 8 March 2018 |
| Evin Lewis | West Indies | Ireland | Bridgetown | 7 January 2020 |
| Mitchell Hay^ | New Zealand | Pakistan | Hamilton | 2 April 2025 |
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