Rain has forced the deciding one-day cricket international (ODI) between the Blackcaps and Pakistan to be abandoned in Dubai, leaving the three-match series tied at 1-1.
After New Zealand won the first match by 47 runs, Pakistan came back firing with a crushing six-wicket win to set up a thrilling finale.
Sadly, that never eventuated, as the rain began during New Zealand's chase and eventually the match was abandoned.
This is the second time in 34 years that a white-ball game - T20 or ODI - has been washed out in the United Arab Emirates.
Maybe it was for the best, as the Blackcaps were 35/1 when the rain set in during the seventh over, chasing a mammoth 280 for victory - without captain Kane Williamson, due to a groin injury.
The drawn series is an improvement from the 3-0 whitewash in the T20 series, but a tough result in New Zealand’s favoured format.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat, and they made a solid start with a 64-run opening stand, before Lockie Ferguson removed Mohammad Hafeez for 19.
Fakhar Zaman was the next dismissed for 65 by Colin de Grandhomme, which started a 108-run partnership between Babar Azam (92) and Haris Sohail (60).
The pair helped Pakistan reach 206, before Sohail was caught in the 41st over.
Pakistan then set themselves up to potentially reach 300, but four wickets in the final two overs prevented that from happening, as the hosts finished 279/8.
Ferguson took three of those wickets in the final over to help pick up his first career five-wicket haul and finish with career-best figures of 5/45.
De Grandhomme was also effective with 1/34 from eight overs, but Trent Boult struggled with the ball to finish 1/80 - his second-most expensive figures in ODIs.
The Blackcaps chase got off to a bad start, when Colin Munro was bowled in the first over by player of the series Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Fellow opener George Worker and Henry Nicholls then guided the Blackcaps to 35/1 in the seventh over, when the rain started pouring and both teams returned to the pavilion.
Eventually, umpires called play at 7am (NZ time).
Both teams turn their attention to the test series, which starts on Friday night (NZ time).
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