Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has taken aim at the net run rate tiebreaker rule after his side missed out on a Cricket World Cup semifinal spot to the Black Caps.

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 94 runs for a fourth straight win but still missed out on the knockout stage.

They finished on the same points as fourth-placed New Zealand – who they comfortably beat by six wickets in their round-robin clash.

But Arthur, not surprisingly, feels it would have been fairer to split two tied sides on the who-beat-who basis, suggesting the rules could do with an overhaul.