Hosts scored 221 runs in allotted 20 overs; Pakistan team defeated by 115 runs, Pakistan could score only 105 runs
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AUKLAND: Hosts New Zealand humiliated Pakistan in the last T20 by defeating the green shirts by 115 runs.
Openers Mohammad Haris (2) and Hassan Nawaz (1) failed to give the national side a positive start and their dismissals were further compounded by skipper Salman Ali Agha (1) and Shadab Khan’s (1) wicket.
Kushdil Shah and Abbas Afridi also managed to add only six and 1 run, respectively.
With the score at 60-8, Abdul Samad (10*) and Haris Rauf (0*) are on the crease.
Earlier, dominating performance by Pakistani bowlers took Kiwis under pressure in the first innings but hosts bounced back with some power hitting.
Michael Bracewell and Daryl Mitchell stich a 50-run partnership in strong resistance before the latter was sent back to the pavilion in collaboration by Haris Rauf and Irfan Khan. This registered a three wicket haul for paceman Rauf.
The Black Caps scored 220 at the expense of six wickets.
The Men in Green won the toss and put the hosts to bat first. Captain Salman Agha’s decision was no surprise, given that the chasing team has comfortably won each of the first three games of the series.
New Zealand made two changes from the team that lost the third match in Auckland on Friday by nine wickets, leaving Pakistan trailing 2-1.
Both are to their seam attack, with Zak Foulkes and Will O´Rourke replacing Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears.
Pakistan are unchanged from the team that won at Eden Park, highlighted by opener Hasan Nawaz’s maiden century of 105 not out off 45 balls.
In the previous game, the opener with his magnificent ton helped his side effortlessly chase a daunting 205-run target in just 16 overs to keep Pakistan alive in the series. Muhammad Haris and Agha also gave a solid helping hand and now the batters have to replicate their last performance in today’s match.
Playing XI
Pakistan: Mohammad Haris (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Ali Agha (C), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, KhushdilL Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zak Foulkes, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Will O’Rourke.
