Pakistan wins the 5th and the last match of the series and saves from white wash in the 5 matches series:
Pakistan wins their last match of the series on very unorthodox way and saves from white wash in the 5 matches series. The match was below the expectations as no team scores a big total on the board. While batting first, away team scores only 134 runs and the winner of last 4 games even can’t reach to 3-digit mark and all out on 92. It was low scoring match usually can’t happen in t20s. Only Fakhar Zaman had played an aggressive innings. All the batters played very defensively on the spin track.
Summary:
Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bat first.
1st Inning:
Pakistan: 134/8 in 20 overs, M Rizwan 38(38), Fakhar Zaman 33(16)
Tim Southee 2/19 Esh Sodhi 2/22
2nd Inning:
New Zealand: 92/10 in 17.2overs, Glenn Phillips 26(22), Finn Allen 22(19)
Iftikhar Ahmad 3/24 M Nawaz 2/18.
Pakistan beats New Zealand by 43 runs.
Player of the match Iftikhar Ahmad.
Player of the series Finn Allen.
Highlights:
1st innings:
The decision of winning the toss and elected to bat first for the very first time in the entire series went as the entire was bowled out on just 134. New opener replaced with young Saim Ayub was also flopped as he gone on duck. Babar struggles all the inning and can’t find any timing with the bat and gone on 13 of 24. Rizwan also struggles a bit in the start and plays a steady innings. Fakhar plays with full anger and scores some sixes. Abbas Afridi score a crucial innings at the end and led his team to score a fighting total.
2nd innings:
Kiwis also can’t do anything with the bat to chase a simple total 2nd innings. Their opener batter departs in the early overs. In form batter Finn Allen who awarded the man of the series also gone after hitting 4 boundaries. Only Glenn Philipps plays an anchor innings but can’t get any support from the other end. Actually, the track was very spiny and Pakistan gives bowling to their main spinner as well as part timers. Spinners take full control of the game and bowled out New Zealand team on just 92.
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