Pakistan secured a notable T20I achievement in New Zealand by defeating the house workforce by 42 runs within the fifth T20I, stopping a whitewash within the collection.
Regardless of dealing with a difficult state of affairs after profitable the toss and posting a modest complete of 134-8, Pakistan efficiently defended their rating as New Zealand was bowled out for 92 runs in 17.2 overs. This marked the bottom T20I complete efficiently defended by any workforce in New Zealand.
At one level, New Zealand was at a promising 53-2, however a big collapse inside 20 overs led to their downfall. Off-spinner Iftikhar Ahmed emerged because the standout bowler for Pakistan, claiming figures of 3-24 in 4 overs, whereas Captain Shaheen Afridi and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz contributed with two wickets every. Glenn Phillips top-scored for the house aspect with 26 runs in 22 balls.
Of their batting innings, Pakistan confronted a difficult begin, managing solely 134-Eight with a constant lack of wickets, making it troublesome to get better towards New Zealand’s disciplined bowling. Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, and Ish Sodhi every took two wickets, placing New Zealand in a robust place to safe a 5-Zero collection sweep.
Tim Southee, the main wicket-taker in T20 cricket, set the tone for New Zealand with a maiden over that dismissed debutant Haseebullah Khan. Southee returned within the 13th over to take away the aggressive Fakhar Zaman, who had scored 33 off 16 balls. Regardless of Mohammad Rizwan’s top-score of 38 off 38 balls, Pakistan struggled, and key batter Babar Azam had a difficult innings, scoring solely 13 off 24 balls.
The victory within the ultimate T20I allowed Pakistan to keep away from a whole whitewash, however New Zealand finally gained the collection 4-1, securing convincing victories within the first 4 matches.
