Pakistan’s captain Shaheen shah Afridi finally managed to give his team the first victory; Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the last Twenty20 match.
After losing four consecutive matches, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the fifth Twenty20 match.
The fifth and final Twenty20 International match of the series between Pakistan and New Zealand was played in Hagley Oval, Christchurch, where Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first.
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Pakistan’s opener, Haseebullah Khan, was dismissed for no runs, while wicketkeeper Rizwan scored 38 runs on 38 balls, and Fakhar Zaman is second with 33 runs on 16 balls. Sahibzada Farhan scored 19 runs on 14 hits.Babar Azam, who scored half-centuries in previous matches, failed in this match and could only score 13 off 24 balls. Pakistan made a score of 134 for the loss of eight wickets in the set, just as Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, and Ish Sodhi clicked a pair of wickets for New Zealand.
In pursuit of 135 runs, New Zealand’s full-team star was out for just 92 runs in two, and New Zealand’s side Glenn Phillips achieved the highest score, scoring 26 on 22 balls, and Finn Allen came in second with a score of 22 on 19 balls. For Pakistan, Iftikhar Ahmed scalped three wickets, while Mohammad Nawaz and Shaheen Afridi scalped two wickets each. while Usama Mir and Zaman Khan took one wicket each.
With four victories, New Zealand leads the series. They take the lead after their victory. This was Pakistan’s only victory in New Zealand.
Before the major game, Pakistan made three changes to their starting lineup after the fourth Twenty20 match of the season. After two games, Usama Mir and Abbas Afridi, leg-spinners, were called up. Haseebullah Khan replaced Saim Ayub at the batting station; both men were in their twenties. Following Mitchel’s departure, Sodhi and Ravindra took over as leaders. In place of Adam Milne was Ravindra.
Pakistan’s player Iftikhar Ahmed was awarded Man of the Match, while New Zealand’s player Phil Allen was awarded Man of the Series.
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