The 3rd T20I Match of the New Zealand tour of Pakistan, 2024 was played yesterday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. In which New Zealand wins over Pakistan by 7 wickets.
TOSS- New Zealand won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first.
Pakistan Innings- Pakistan batted first and started the inning very well, Saim Ayub and Babar Azam came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 55 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 55 runs in 6.2 over, Saim Ayub was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 32 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaries in just 22 balls, next batsman Mohammad Rizwan came to bat and handled the inning with Babar Azam, the second wicket was dismissed for 84 runs in first ball of the 11th over, Babar Azam was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 37 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 29 balls, next batsman Usman Khan came to bat and he was good strike rotate for a while with Mohmannd Rizwan, the third wicket was dismissed for 104 runs in 12.5 over, Usman Khan was dismissed just for 5 runs in 7 balls, followed by Irfan Khan came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 62 runs with Shadab Khan, the fourth wicket was dismissed for 166 runs in 18.3 over, Shadab Khan was dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 41 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 20 balls, next batsman Iftikhar Ahmed came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 4 balls with Irfan Khan, and Irfan Khan played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 30 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 20 balls. In this way, Pakistan scored 178 runs for losing just 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 179 runs for New Zealand.
New Zealand bowlers- Ish Sodhi took 2 wickets just for 25 runs in his spell, Jacob Duffy 1 wicket for 39 runs in his spell, Michael Bracewell 1 wicket for 40 runs in his spell, William ORourke was wicketless for 33 runs in his spell, and Zakary Foulkes also wicketless for 39 runs in his spell.
New Zealand inning- New Zealand chasing 139 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 3 wickets in the second ball of the 19th overs and won the match by 7 wickets. New Zealand also started the inning very well, Tim Robinson and Tim Seifert came to start the inning and gave a good start with a partnership of 42 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 42 runs in 4.5 over, Tim Seifert was dismissed after scoring 21 runs in 16 balls, next batsman Dean Foxcroft came to bat, after a few moments the second wicket also dismissed for 53 runs in 5.5 over, Tim Robinson was dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in just 19 balls, next batsman Mark Chapman came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant powerful century partnership of 117 runs with Dean Foxcroft, the third wicket was dismissed for 170 runs in first ball of the 18th over, Dean Foxcroft was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 31 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 29 balls, followed by James Neesham came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 5 balls with Mark Chapman, and Mark Chapman played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and a victory inning of 87 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 42 balls. In this way, New Zealand chased the target very easily for the loss of just 3 wickets in 18.2 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Pakistani bowlers- Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets for 27 runs in 3 overs, Naseem Shah 1 wicket for 44 runs in 3 overs, apart from this all are wicketless, Abrar Ahmed wicketless for 31 runs in his spell, Shadab Khan wicketless for 24 runs in 3 overs, Shaheen Afridi wicketless for 37 runs in 3.2 overs, and Iftikhar Ahmed also wicketless for 16 runs in 2 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- New Zealand batsman Mark Chapman was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and a victory inning of 87 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 42 balls.
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