Southee becomes first player to take 150 t20 International wickets as NZ beat Pak in opening match of the series in Auckland:
New Zealand beat Pakistan in the 1st t20 by 46 runs. Pakistan fought very well they were in the game in such moments of the game but NZ manage to take the game away from visitors.
Summary:
1st Inning
New Zealand: 226/8 in 20 overs Daryl Mitchell 61(27) Kane Wiliamson 57(42)
Shaheen Afridi 46/3 in 4 overs Abbas Afridi 34/3 in 4 overs.
2nd inning
Pakistan 180/10 in 18th over Baber Azam 57(35) Saim Ayub 27(8)
Tim Southee 25/4 in 4 overs Ben Sars 42/2 in 4 overs
New Zealand won by 46 runs.
Highlights:
New Zealand start with the attacking plan and played aggressive cricket. Their plan works as the take Pakistani bowlers and fielders under pressure. Pakistan drop early catches and given the license to batters to charge on them. Daryl Mitchell 61 and William son 57 allows them to set big total of 226 on the board with the lose 8 wickets.
Saim Ayub opens the Pakistan inning very well he hits 27 on just 8 balls unfortunately he got run out. Baber hold one end but no other batter set on the pitch. Baber played a crispy 31st fifty of his carrier. Back to back fall of wickets gets Pakistan under pressure for the long chase. Tim Southee bowled really well. He takes 4 wickets and become the only bowler to take 150 t20 wickets. New Zealand held their nerves to emerge on top. That’s allow him to defeat Pakistan by 46 runs.
Achievement’s:
Babar Azam registered 3500 runs mile stone with the help of 31th fifty and 3 hundreds. He scored his 31th fifty on today’s match. He scores 57 runs with 2 sixes and 6 fours.
Tim Southi took his 150th wicket for his country. He took 3 wickets in this match and becomes the first New Zealanders to achieve this mile stone and assist his team to wins this match.
Umer Gull Speaks:
In the post-match presser, Umer Gull talk about defeat. He said, we couldn’t well with the ball and field which cost us the more. Further, he said that I m very confident about Babar Azam performance, He is our main player. Ball comes to his bat very well which gives him confidence and a good sign for Pakistani team for next the remaining series.
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