Pakistan vs New Zealand Highlights today. Saturday 27-4-2024. New Zealand tour of Pakistan 2024 5th T20I, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Bracewell decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Pakistan batted first and scored one hundred and seventy eight runs in 20 overs with five wickets down. Saim faced five balls scored just one and out. Babar showed his batting class today with scoring 69 runs off 44 balls. Usman contributed 31 runs off 24 balls, Fakhar added 43 runs off 33 balls he faced. Shadab smashed a maximum and a boundary in his five balls innings with 15 runs. Zakary, William, Sodhi and Neesham all of them took one wicket each.
In reply, the visitor team New Zealand tried their best to secure the five t20i series, But the home team showed their bowling power which they are famous of from the beginning of their international cricket. Seifert gave a brilliant start to his team with 52 runs off 33 balls. Bracewell contributed 23 runs, Chapman 12, Neesham 16, Clarkson 38 not out. Shaheen dismissed four NZ batters in his full quota of overs with giving 30 runs. Mohammad Amir was too costly today he gave 41 runs off 20 balls. Usama took two wickets, Shadab and Imad took one wicket each.
Toss: NZ, elected to field first.
Pakistan team: Babar (c), Saim, Usman (wk), Fakhar, Iftikhar, Shadab, Imad, Shaheen, Usama, Abbas, Amir.
New Zealand team: Bracewell (c), Blundell, Chapman, Clarkson, Foulkes, McConchie, Neesham, Will, Sears, Seifert (wk), Sodhi.
Head to Head In T20I’s: 43
Pakistan Won: 22
New Zealand Won: 19
Pakistan T20I Rankings: 5th
New Zealand T20I Rankings: 4th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
Pakistan LWWLL
New Zealand LLLWW
Match Timings: 02:30 PM GMT | 07:30 PM Local
Umpires – Faisal Afridi, Rashid Riaz
TV Umpire – Aleem Dar
Match Referee – Andy Pycroft
Reserve Umpire – Asif Yaqoob
Match number – T20I no. 2583
Pakistan Innings
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New Zealand Innings
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