pakistan vs new zealand
Pakistan team is currently on tour of New Zealand. Where the Kiwi team has completely maintained its dominance in the T20 series. In the five-match series, New Zealand has won the first four matches and is leading 4-0. The fifth match of the series will be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday morning. In this match, Pakistan team will enter with the intention of avoiding a clean sweep. Whereas host New Zealand is looking to whitewash Pakistan by winning the last match of the series.
The Shaheen Afridi-led team had to face defeat by seven wickets in the fourth game at the same venue on Friday. Where Daryl Mitchell played an unbeaten 72 runs and Glenn Phillips played an unbeaten 70 runs to help the Kiwi team chase the target of 159 runs without any trouble. Pakistan has not won a single international match in the last 78 days and ever since Babar Azam left the responsibility of captaincy in all formats, the performance of the team has also been significantly affected. New Zealand has rested Daryl Mitchell for the last match and young Rachin Ravindra has come into the team. In such a situation, let us know how the pitch will be in this match.
Pitch report of Hagley Oval, Christchurch
The Christchurch pitch is very good for batting but it also provides ample bounce to the bowlers. But once the batsmen settle down, they can score big. The venue has hosted 12 T20 Internationals so far, with 208 being the highest score recorded at the venue, while 174 is the highest score chased here. Also, the team winning the toss can consider batting first in this match. But New Zealand easily achieved the target of 159 runs in the fourth T20 match here due to the influence of fast bowlers from both sides.
Figures from Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Matches played – 12
- Matches won while batting first – 5
- Matches won while batting second – 7
- Average score of first innings – 164
- Average score of second innings- 136
- Highest total score – 208/5 by New Zealand vs Bangladesh
- Highest score chased – 177/3 by Pakistan vs Bangladesh
squads of both teams
New Zealand team: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Will Young, Ben Sears, Rachin Ravindra
Pakistan team: Saeem Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi (captain), Mohammad Wasim Jr., Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir, Aamer Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Hasibullah Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Abrar Ahmed
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