Pakistan vs New Zealand Highlights today. Thursday 25-4-2024. New Zealand tour of Pakistan 2024 4th T20I, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
First twenty/20 washed out. Second t20I won by home team Pakistan by seven wickets remaining. Third T20I won by the visitor team New Zealand again by seven wickets remaining. So now for both team’s it is important to win both next matches to win the series. MS Chapman from the NZ team is the top runs scorer of the series so far with 106 runs. Mohammad Rizwan 67 and Babar Azam 51. Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets, IS Sodhi 3 and Mohammad Amir took two wickets in an innings.
So the win of the five t20i series has completely gone for the home team Pakistan. Now they will play their last match for the series draw. The spokes persons of the Pakistan cricket team has told that the team selection committee is trying different combinations and they want to rotate the players. So that experiment have cost the five t20i series to the Pakistan, maybe in future they get any benefit of this experience.
The opener of the NZ team Robinson smashed two maximums and four boundaries in his 51 runs innings, he gave a strong start to his team. Blundell † 28 runs innings off just 15 balls gave them an edge of staying ahead of their opponents. Foxcroft contributed 34 runs, Bracewell (c) 27. Pakistani bowlers gave 14 extra runs in 20 overs. Abbas Afridi dismissed three NZ batters today. Amir, Zaman, Usama and Iftikhar took one wicket each.
In reply the home team tried his best by reaching at one hundred and seventy four with eight wickets down in twenty overs. Saim scored 20, Usman 16, Iftikhar 23 and Imad 22. It was the only Fakhar Zaman who smoked three 6s and four boundaries in his 61 runs innings. O’Rourke took three wickets, Sears took two, Bracewell and Neesham took one wicket each.
Toss: Pakistan, elected to field first.
Pakistan team: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Usman Khan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Zaman Khan.
New Zealand team: TA Blundell (wk), TB Robinson, D Foxcroft, MS Chapman, JDS Neesham, Michael Bracewell (c), JA Clarkson, Ish Sodhi, JA Duffy, BV Sears, W O’Rourke.
Head to Head In T20I’s: 42
Pakistan Won: 22
New Zealand Won: 18
Pakistan T20I Rankings: 5th
New Zealand T20I Rankings: 4th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
Pakistan LLWWL
New Zealand LLLLW
Match Timings: 02:30 PM GMT | 07:30 PM Local
Umpires – Faisal Afridi, Rashid Riaz
TV Umpire – Asif Yaqoob
Match Referee – Andy Pycroft
Reserve Umpire – Ahsan Raza
Match number – T20I no. 2582
New Zealand Innings
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Pakistan Innings
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