New Zealand and Pakistan will face each other in the fourth T20I today (April 25) at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The five-match series is currently locked at 1-1 after the opening game ended in no result due to rain in Rawalpindi. The caravan now moves to Lahore for the last two matches.
Pakistan cricket continues to hog the limelight and this time, it is due to the squad that has been announced for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand. The five-match series is set to be played from April 18 to 27 with New Zealand team arriving on April 14.
ICC's latest T20I rankings saw some massive changes with two series - New Zealand vs Pakistan and India vs Afghanistan - concluding together in the last week as the best performers in both of them were rewarded with big gains, especially for the two centurions Finn Allen and Rohit Sharma.
Pakistan lost to New Zealand in the fourth T20I of the five-match series and now have gone down in the series 0-4. After failing to chase in the first three matches, they got to bat first this time but they managed to post a below-par total of 158 runs and eventually lost.
New Zealand have already won the series with wins in first three matches. Pakistan have been extremely poor so far despite winning toss in all matches of the series so far. They have not been able to match the hosts in all three departments but specifically, the bowling attack has disappointed.
New Zealand opener Finn Allen ripped off Pakistan's bowling attack in the third T20I played at the University Oval in Dunedin. He scored a record-breaking 137 runs off just 62 balls with five fours and a mammoth 16 sixes to help New Zealand seal the series with two matches to go.
Pakistan might have lost the five-match series against New Zealand in the first three games itself. But Babar Azam's return to form has been the biggest positive for the visitors. He scored fifties in all matches and has levelled Kohli's world record in the shortest format. Here are more details...
Finn Allen was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) following his record-breaking knock of 137 off 62 balls. Allen struck a total of five boundaries and 16 sixes during his whirlwind innings.
Finn Allen took just 48 balls to complete his century and became the third-fastest Kiwi batter to score a T20I century. Glenn Phillips (46 balls) and Colin Munro (47 balls) are the fastest and the second-fastest respectively.
Pakistan are 0-2 down in the five-match series and have a last chance to stay alive. Their bowling attack has conceded 226 and 193 runs in two matches so far but apart from Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman (in 2nd game), none of the batters have clicked on this tour yet.
New Zealand took a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series against Pakistan with a 21-run win in the second match in Hamilton. 195 was always going to be a tough chase but Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman gave the Kiwis a tough fight before falling short.
The second T20I of the five-match series is set to take place at the Seddon Park in Hamilton. Hosts New Zealand won the series opener by 46 runs as they successfully defended a mammoth total of 226 runs after being invited to bat first.
Pakistan might have lost the first T20I of the five-match series to New Zealand but their former captain Babar Azam played superbly at number three, his new batting position in T20Is. He smashed 57 runs off 35 balls at a strike-rate of more than 160 amist talk around his slow batting.
New Zealand sealed the first T20I against Pakistan with a 46-run win in Auckland on Friday, January 12. The win was set up by the batters as they posted a 226-run total on the board as Pakistan's indisciplined bowling and fielding effort was put under the pump by Daryl Mitchell and Co.
Shaheen Afridi got a wicket in his very first over as Pakistan captain in the first T20I against New Zealand but then was taken for 24 runs in an over by the Kiwi opener Finn Allen. New Zealand posted a huge score of 226 runs on the board in the series opener in Auckland.
NZ vs PAK: Pakistan have won two back-to-back wins over New Zealand in the ongoing T20I series. They have registered their first-ever T20I series win over New Zealand women.
Pakistan's fortunes in the ongoing World Cup are hanging by a thread as they will need to win both their remaining game and hope for other results to go their way. They are scheduled to face New Zealand on Saturday (November 4) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Paceman Kyle Jamieson continued an extraordinary start to his test career, taking 6-48 as New Zealand beat Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs in the second test.
The 30-year-old Kiwi skipper took 364 balls to score a 238-run innings before falling to Faheem Ashraf as hosts' sixth wicket.
On Day Two of the Test match, Williamson batted in his classic fashion to ease to his 24th Test century.
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