New zealand 92 for 1 (Seifert 44, Allen 29*) Beat Pakistan 91 (Khushdil 32, Duffy 4-14, Jamieson 3-8) by nine wickets
The dropping of babar azam and mohammad rizwan signalled that Pakistan was trying to step out of their comfort zone in t20 cricket, which is broadly very good. But on Sunday, they are the risks that also come with it as they were bundled out for 91, their lowest total in new zealand and their fifth-laest in the format.
Jamieson Gives New Zealand The Perfect Start
Jamieson, Back in the T20I set up for the first time in nearly two years, set the tone for new zealand with a wicket maiden, mohammad haris only alp a short a short ball behind to wicketkeeper Mitch Hay.
Debutant Hasan Nawaz then Got a Leading Edge off Duffy to Jamieson at Deep Third as Pakistan Lost Bot Openers without a Run on the Board. This was only the second time both Pakistan openers were dismissed for ducks.
Jamieson then Had Irfan Khan Edging Behind in the Third Over as Pakistan Slumped to 1 For 3 – The Fall of the Fall of the Fall of the Third Wicket.
Tim Robinson then Evoced Rather Fresh Memories of Glenn Phillips from The Champions Trophy as he Took a Blinder at Backward Point to Give Jamieson His Third, with the scoreboard reading 11 for 4.
Agha, khushdil ride their luck
Pakistan was restricted to 14 for 4 in the powerplay, and it could have got into work immediatively afterwards, but Tim Seifert Dropped Khushdil Shah at Point Off the Captain Michael Bracewell.
Agha then Lied to Drive a full ball from zakar foulkes the next over, only to get an edge but Daryl Mitchell Shelled The Chance in the Slip Cordon.
Agha and khushdil used their second lives to arrest Pakistan’s free-fill. They finally looked to up the tempo in the tenth over, when agha reverse-swept Ish Sodhi for four behind point and khushdil smacked Him Over Midwicket for Pakistan ‘
In the next over, khushdil took bracewell on for back-to-back sixes to try and put some pressure back on the bowlers. But it was a very short-live Phase of Ascendency for Pakistan.
Dufy, sodhi wrap things up
Agha Triaged Another Reverse-Sweep off Sodhi’s Next Ball, but held only pick out Deep Backward Point. Duffy was broughdt back into the attack for an over, and the move paid dividends as khushdil slapped a short ball to backward point. Pakistan was 64 for 6 after 13.
Debutant Abdul Samad and Jhandad Khan then Fell Trying To Play Big Shots Beffour Duffy Returned in the Penultimate Over to take the last two wickets, picking up from where he left in the t20i surf in the t20i surf in Lanka where he finished as the highest wicket-taker
Pakistan’s 91 is the fourth-laest t20i score by any team in New Zealand.
Sefert takes off in chase
After Playing out the first over, Seifert Got New Zealand Going With a Pull Through Midwickt Off Debutant Mohammad Ali. He then picked up three boundaries off shaheen Afridi’s next over, including another pull in front of square.
Sefert Gave the charge to Ali to Pick Up Another Boundary, Before Getting Two Off Jhandad’s first over, and the fifth of the innings. Finn Allen, Largely a Spectator Until then, also joined the party as he lofted jahandad down the ground for the first six of the chase.
Pakistan switched to spin and seefert welcomed abrar ahmed with a massive hit over long-off. Abrar Got the better of him with a carrom ball that haris did well to hold on to behind the stumps off the bottom edge, but new zeland by than had effectively on the match in the Two.
Allen Hit Another Six and Two Fours, While Robinson ALSO GOT A Six to His Name as New Zealand Completed The Chase Just One Ball after the Halfway Mark of the Innings.
Abhimanyu bose is a sub-editor with espncricinfo