New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 46 runs in the first T20 match played in Auckland on Friday.
New Zealand scored 226 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs and gave Pakistan a target of 227 runs, but the entire Pakistan team was bowled out for just 180 runs in 18 overs.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam scored 57 runs, Saim Ayub scored 27 runs and Mohammad Rizwan scored 25 runs.
Earlier, Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first.
In Shaheen’s very first over, New Zealand’s attacking batsman David Conway was caught by Aamir Jamal for no runs.
After him, the Kiwi captain Kane Williamson entered the field, then the second opening batsman Finn Allen started hitting the Pakistani bowlers for sixes.
Captain Kane Williamson also continued to add rhythm to rhythm. During the batting of both of them, the trouble of the Pakistani bowlers was different, but the Pakistani fielders also did not let any chance to prolong the innings of the two batsmen.
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Several players, including Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed, flatly refused to take some easy and some difficult catches, thanks to which the New Zealand batsmen continued to play aggressively and score quickly.
Despite all this, Abbas Afridi, who played the first match for Pakistan, bowled well and took three important wickets for 34 runs.
While Shaheen Afridi proved to be a bit expensive bowler by taking three wickets for 46 runs. Haris Rauf took two wickets in the last over to prevent New Zealand from reaching 230.
Aamir Jamal proved to be the most expensive bowler by conceding 55 runs without taking a wicket in four overs. Finn Alan Klein was bowled at his ball and the umpire declared it a no-ball due to which he could not get an important wicket.
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2024-08-20 09:19:30
