City 42: Pakistan beat New Zealand by 9 runs in the last match of the series with New Zealand to level the five-match T20 series. The first match of the series was abandoned due to rain, the second match was won by Pakistan and the third and fourth were won by the visiting team. Today’s match went to Pakistan after a tough fight.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 178 runs and in response the visitors were bowled out for 169 runs in 19.2 overs at a rate of over runs.
Tim Seifert was the top scorer with 52 runs off 33 balls and Tom Blundell scored 4 runs. Michael Bracewell scored 23 runs and Mark Chapman 12 runs. Cole McConshey scored 1 and James Neesham 16 runs. Zachary Foulkis was out for a wicket and Ish Sodhi was out for 4 runs. Josh Clarkson was dismissed for 38 runs. Ben Sears scored 7 runs.
Pakistani bowling
Shaheen Afridi took 4 wickets by giving 30 runs in 4 overs. Usáma Mir took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim got one wicket each.
Pakistan batting
In the last match of the 5-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan scored 178 runs in 20 overs while batting first. Pakistan got 5 overs and the run rate was 8.9. Captain Babar Azam scored 69 runs off 44 balls to create a world record for most T20 doubles.
The final match of the T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand is being played today at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Babar Azam hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Opener Saeem Ayub was dismissed for 1 round. Usman Khan scored 31 runs, Faizan 43 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed out with 6 runs, Shadab Khan 15, Imad Wasim not out with 4 runs.
Bowling in New Zealand
New Zealanders Ben Sears, Ash Sodhi and James Neesham took one wicket each. Will O’Rourke and Zachary Wilkes also got a wicket.
Throw
In the last T20 match, New Zealand captain Bracewell won the toss and invited the hosts Pakistan to bat first.
The visiting captain said after the toss that he hoped the score would be similar to the previous match, Bracewell said 3 changes had been made to the New Zealand team.
Babar Azam said he will score 180 to 190 runs. It should be noted that in the 5-match series between Pakistan and New Zealand, New Zealand has a lead of 2.1 with one match tied due to rain.
