New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 46 runs in the first T20 match.
In the first T20 match, New Zealand replied by 227 runs to win Pakistan.
In the first T20 match against New Zealand, Pakistan tossed and decided to bowl first.
Captain Shaheen Afridi won the toss and proved himself to be the first bowler in the first over of the match, getting Konoway out for a wicket on the second ball.After the first wicket fell, Finn Allen and Kane Williamson formed a partnership. Meanwhile, Finn Allen batted fast while Kane Williamson adopted a traditional style and tried to push the innings forward from the other end.
The two batsmen built a partnership to take the score to 50 runs after which Abbas Afridi caught Finn Allen for 34 runs in 4.5 overs.
Later, Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell also formed a partnership and took the total score of the team to 128 runs in 11.2 overs, after which Kane Williamson was caught for 57 runs in Abbasi Afridi’s over.New Zealand’s fourth wicket fell in 14.5 overs when Glenn Phillips was dismissed by Abbas Afridi for 19 runs.Daryl Mitchell later scored his sixth half-century of his T20 International career against Pakistan. Mitchell was dismissed for 61 runs by Shaheen Afridi.
New Zealand’s sixth wicket fell for 211 runs in the 19th over, Adam Mullen was dismissed by Shaheen Afridi for 10 runs.
Later Haris Rauf took the seventh wicket for Pakistan on 212 runs in 19.2 overs, bowling Ash Sodhi on the very first ball.
New Zealand’s eighth wicket fell for 220 in the last over, Mark Chapman was dismissed for 26 by Haris Rauf.On behalf of New Zealand, Matt Henry and Tim Southee remained not out for 6 runs and the whole team scored 226 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted overs.
Start of target pursuit Saeem Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan opened the innings for Pakistan.
Saeem Ayub started the innings in his traditional manner and played an innings of 27 runs off 8 balls but he was unlucky and was run out at the other end in 2.2 overs.
