new zealand vs pakistan
On the first tour of Australia, Pakistan team had to face a clean sweep in the three-match Test series. Now the team has lost the T20 series against New Zealand by losing the first three matches despite having 2 matches left in the ongoing 5-match T20 series. In the third T20 match played on the ground of Dunedin, New Zealand team scored 224 runs in 20 overs on the basis of Finn Allen’s brilliant inning of 137 runs. After this, Pakistan team, which came to chase the target, managed to score only 179 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. By winning this match, the Kiwi team has also achieved an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
Babar Azam could not lead the team to victory despite scoring a half-century
Pakistan team, which came to chase the target of 225 runs, had a bad start in this match also. The first blow to the team came on the score of 23 in the form of Saim Ayub who returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. From here, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam together did not allow the team to suffer any further setbacks in the first 6 overs and took the score to 52 runs. After Pakistan got the second blow in the form of Mohammad Rizwan on the score of 62, the team continued to lose wickets from one end.
By the score of 121, half of the Pakistan team had returned to the pavilion. Babar Azam also returned to the pavilion after completing his half-century after playing an inning of 58 runs in 37 balls. After this, the entire team could score only 179 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. While bowling for the New Zealand team, Tim Southee took 2 wickets while Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi took 1 wicket each.
Finn Allen from New Zealand gave sleepless nights to Pakistani bowlers
If we talk about the innings of the Kiwi team in this match, the magic of the bat of the opening batsman Finn Allen was seen, who managed to score an inning of 137 runs in just 62 balls. Apart from Allen, the second highest score for the Kiwi team was made by wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert whose innings of 31 runs was seen with his bat. The fourth match of this series between the two teams will now be played on January 19 at Christchurch ground.
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