PAK vs NZ T20I: New Zealand edge Pakistan to stay alive in T20I series

LAHORE: Iftikhar Ahmed’s quickfire 60 failed to trump Tom Latham’s half-century as New Zealand edged Pakistan by four runs in the third PAK vs NZ T20I and stayed alive in the five-match series, led by Pakistan 2-1.

PAK 159 (20 Overs)

Neesham to bowl the final over

PAK 149/8 (19 Overs)

Henry to bowl the 19th

PAK 141/7 (18 Overs)

Milne replaces Neesham

PAK 118/7 (17 Overs)

Henry comes back, replaces Milne

PAK 108/7 (16 Overs)

Neesham replaces Ravindra

PAK 92/7 (15 Overs)

Milne comes back

PAK 88/6 (14 Overs)

Ravindra replaces Sodhi

PAK 73/6 (13 Overs)

Neesham comes back

PAK 65/6 (12 Overs)

11.5: Flipper out of the front of the hand again from Sodhi, Shaheen moves across and looks to club it away into the on-side. It sneaks under his bat and thuds into his back leg.

Sodhi continues

PAK 61/5 (11 Overs)

10.2: Tossed up on off, Imad advances down the track and smashes this in the hands of James Neesham at long off.

Ravindra continues

PAK 54/4 (10 Overs)

Sodhi replaces Neesham

PAK 50/4 (9 Overs)

8.3: Fakhar heaves wildly across the line and fails to connect as the ball dips and sneaks through his bat and pad. Latham does exceptionally well to gather this cleanly and affect the stumping.

Ravindra replaces Sodhi

PAK 43/3 (8 Overs)

7.1: Gentle-paced delivery from Neesham, Saim jumps down the track to get to the pitch but he’s not quite there, prods at it and gets a thin edge through to the keeper.

James Neesham comes on

PAK 39/2 (7 Overs)

Latham introduces spin as Ish Sodhi comes into the attack

PAK 35/2 (6 Overs)

Lister replaces Henry

PAK 29/2 (5 Overs)

Milne replaces Lister

PAK 19/2 (4 Overs)

3.4: Fakhar works it gently into the off-side and sets off for a single. Bowes is very quick to lunge forward from backward point and he nails down a perfect hit, Rizwan is miles out.

Henry replaces Milne

PAK 13/1 (3 Overs)

Ben Lister comes on

PAK 6/1 (2 Overs)

1.5: Full and wide outside off from Milne, Babar throws his bat, it takes the outside edge and flies down to third-man. Ravindra runs in from the boundary and takes a superb diving catch.

Adam Milne bowls from the other end

PAK 5/0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to open for Pakistan. Matt Henry to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)

LAHORE: New Zealand skipper Tom Latham struck a magnificent half-century and powered his side to a decent total of 163/5 against Pakistan in the third PAK vs NZ T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium.

NZ 163/5 (20 Overs)

Shaheen to bowl the final over

NZ 154/5 (19 Overs)

18.4: Follows up his off-cutter with a ferocious bouncer. Neesham is very late on his pull shot and skies it into the leg-side. Fakhar Zaman runs in from deep midwicket to take a simple catch.

Haris to bowl the 19th

NZ 144/4 (18 Overs)

Naseem replaces Shaheen

NZ 130/4 (17 Overs)

Haris replaces Naseem

NZ 123/3 (16 Overs)

15.4: Slower delivery outside off, Mitchell stands tall and looks to tonk it down the ground, gets deceived by the lack of pace and it skies it all the way down Fakhar Zaman’s throat at cow corner.

Shaheen comes back

NZ 112/2 (15 Overs)

Naseem comes back

NZ 107/2 (14 Overs)

Haris comes back

NZ 102/2 (13 Overs)

Shadab comes to bowl his last

NZ 86/2 (12 Overs)

Imad continues

NZ 71/2 (11 Overs)

Shadab comes again

NZ 64/2 (10 Overs)

More spin as Imad Wasim comes on

NZ 57/2 (9 Overs)

8.3: Leg-break, well outside the channel, Young tries to drag it into the leg-side but ends up skying it off the bottom half of his bat. Fakhar Zaman gobbles it up at long-on.

Shadab continues

NZ 56/1 (8 Overs)

Faheem comes back

NZ 45/1 (7 Overs)

Spin challenge for New Zealand as Shadab Khan comes on

NZ 35/1 (6 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

NZ 26/1 (5 Overs)

Naseem replaces Shaheen

NZ 21/1 (4 Overs)

Will Young comes out to bat for New Zealand. Faheem Ashraf to bowl his first

NZ 20/1 (3 Overs)

2.6: Shaheen bowls fuller on the stumps, Bowes tries to swipe it across the line and completely misses it as it sneaks through and disturbs the timberwork behind.

Shaheen continues

NZ 17/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

NZ 11/0 (1 Over)

Tom Latham and Chad Bowes come out to open for New Zealand. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)

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PAK VS NZ T20I: New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the third T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c & wk), Chad Bowes, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham. Rachin Ravindra, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Ben Lister.

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 31, Pakistan 20, New Zealand 11