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Wellington: New Zealand cruised to a nine wickets victory after Tim Southee's 5-33 had helped the hosts skittle out Pakistan for 124.
A comprehensive victory for the Kiwis their first ODI win after 11 games. The bowlers started the demolition and skittled out Pakistan for just 124.
Tim Southee bowled a superb spell to pick up a five wicket haul. The Pakistan batsmen, apart from Misbah looked totally out of sorts against a disciplined attack and surrendered meekly.
The NZ batsmen made short work of the run chase and completed the win with more than 32 overs in hand. Jesse Ryder looked in terrific touch and blasted an entertaining 55 of just 34 balls. Guptill and Taylor also chipped in with runs to take NZ over the line.
Tim Southee is the Man of the Match for his career best figures of 5/33.
Earlier, New Zealand quick Tim Southee claimed a five wicket bag as Pakistan fell for 124 after electing to bat first.
In three demanding spells, the 22-year-old Southee ripped out the Pakistan top order, came back to clean out the middle and then took danger man Misbah-ul-Haq to wrap up the innings in 37.3 overs.
Misbah's 50 was the only innings of substance from Pakistan after they won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first in bright sunshine.
With the two sides starting their final tune-up for the World Cup, New Zealand had plenty to cheer about with their performance in the field as they look to arrest a run of 11 one-day losses.
In addition to Southee's first five-wicket ODI haul, Hamish Bennett and Jacob Oram both took two wickets with successive balls, while wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum finished with five catches behind the stumps.
After giving up the gloves for the recent Test series, won by Pakistan 1-0, McCullum looked slightly rusty when he dropped a chance off Mohammad Hafeez in the first over.
But he made no mistake soon after when Hafeez edged an outswinger from Southee and was gone without scoring.
It was the start of a penetrating spell by Southee where he took Kamran Akmal (caught Jesse Ryder for eight) and Asad Shafiq (lbw for four) to finish his first spell of six overs with three for 16 and leave Pakistan 32/3.
Younis Khan and Musbah-ul-Haq, who provided the backbone of each Pakistan innings in the Tests, set about repairing the situation but had added only 28 for the fourth wicket when Hamish Bennett struck.
Playing in only his third ODI, and his first at home, Bennett had Younis caught behind for 24 and then dismissed Umar Akmal with his next delivery, caught at second slip by Ross Taylor.
Shahid Afridi avoided the hat-trick, under no pressure from a loose delivery, and received a life two overs later when he tapped Daniel Vettori in the air and Jacob Oram dropped a simple chance at long on.
Pakistan reached the half-way mark at 76 for five when Southee came back for his second spell and immediately teamed up with McCullum to have Afridi caught behind for 15 when he edged a rising delivery.
Oram made amends for his dropped catch when he removed dangerman Abdul Razzaq for six and Abdur Rehman first ball, both caught by McCullum with the last two balls of the 30th over.
He was taken out of the attack to avoid bowling to Misbah before coming back an over later where new batsman Sohail Tanvir avoided the hat-trick.
Bennett returned to remove Tanvir, caught by Ryder, to finish with three for 26 before Southee bowled Misbah to end the innings and lead the team off the field with figures of five for 33 from 9.3 overs.
Vettori said "I think the main issue was the swing, Southee did a great job. No one reads the wicket really well, glad we bowled first. The big thing for Tim is his consistency, he has done it game after game, especially in this series. Ryder and Guptill are good buddies, glad the new combination worked out."
Pakistan' skipper Afridi said "The pitch was good for batting, I don't think it was a bad decision to bat first. The ball was swinging and seaming, we couldn't do much. Misbah played very well, we missed a partnership in the middle and hopefully we'll get our acts together in the next game."
Brief scores
Pakistan 124 (Misbah-ul-Haq 50, Southee 5-35, Bennett 3-26, Oram 2-33)
New Zealand 125 for 1 (Ryder 55, Guptill 40*)
Result New Zealand won by nine wickets
MOM Tim Southee (New Zealand)
