LAHORE: Captain Babar Azam’s 34th half-century, followed by Shaheen Afridi’s four-fer powered Pakistan to a narrow nine-run victory against New Zealand in the fifth T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
NZ 169 (19.3 Overs
NZ 167/8 (19 Overs)
Abbas Afridi to bowl the penultimate over
NZ 157/8 (18 Overs)
Amir comes onto the bowl
NZ 146/8 (17 Overs)
16.1: The ball thunders into the front pad of Sodhi and the umpire doesn’t hesitate to raise the dreaded finger. The batter tried to work it away off his pads and didn’t account for the seam movement, looks plumb.
Shaheen Afridi continues
NZ 137/7 (16 Overs)
Shadab Khan returns
NZ 127/7 (15 Overs)
14.3: Shaheen demolishes Foulkes with a pinpoint accurate yorker from round the wicket and it’s right in the blockhole.
14.2: Backs away into the leg side and Neesham tries to crunch it up and over point, Shadab takes a sprawling catch above his head.
Shaheen Afridi returns to the attack
NZ 121/5 (14 Overs)
Mir to bowl his last
NZ 108/5 (13 Overs)
12.1: Imad bowls length delivery that spins back markedly into the middle and McConchie didn’t pick him, no bat involved. The balls rap the back pad, pitching outside off, umpire’s call on impact and hitting wickets.
Imad Wasim replaces Mir
NZ 103/4 (12 Overs)
11.3: Shadab drops it a little short on the middle, Bracewell tries to lift it up and over midwicket but can only drag it to Babar Azam at short midwicket
Shadab Khan comes into the attack
NZ 97/3 (11 Overs)
10.6: Chapman goes too far away across his stumps for an ambitious sweep shot and Usama Mir zips it quicker on off-stump, he fails to connect and the ball rips through the stumps.
Usama Mir continues
NZ 92/2 (10 Overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed replaces Ayub
NZ 81/2 (9 Overs)
8.1: Slightly shorter and drifting in at middle and leg, Seifert yanks his front foot away to slog that into the stands but loses his control and ends up dragging it back onto the stumps.
Usama Mir continues
NZ 81/1 (8 Overs)
Saim Ayub comes onto the bowl
NZ 66/1 (7 Overs)
Usama Mir to bowl
NZ 63/1 (6 Overs)
Amir continues
NZ 49/1 (5 Overs)
Abbas Afridi replaces Shaheen Afridi
NZ 35/1 (4 Overs)
Mohammad Amir comes into the attack
NZ 20/1 (3 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi continues
NZ 14/1 (2 Overs)
Saim Ayub to bowl the second over
NZ 9/1 (1 Over)
0.5: Shaheen hits the hard length and gets it to slant away just a wee bit and enough to get it through the gate, pings the top of off as Blundell goes for a wild swing over midwicket.
Tim Seifert and Tom Blundell come out to bat for New Zealand. Shaheen Afridi to bowl the first over for Pakistan.
PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)
LAHORE: Babar Azam’s 34th half-century, followed by Fakhar Zaman’s anchoring knock took Pakistan’s total to 178 against New Zealand in the fifth T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
PAK 178/5 (20 Overs)
Foulkes to bowl the last over
PAK 171/4 (19 Overs)
18.3: Iftikhar stayed deep in the crease and tonked the full toss through the line but he didn’t get much elevation and was caught easily.
James Neesham to bowl the penultimate over
PAK 158/3 (18 Overs)
Sears to bowl his last
PAK 139/3 (17 Overs)
William O’Rourke to bowl his last
PAK 130/3 (16 Overs)
Foulkes returns
PAK 123/3 (15 Overs)
14.6: Snuffs out a terrific yorker and under the bat, smashing the middle stump, special delivery to get Babar out.
Ben Sears replaces Sodhi
PAK 116/2 (14 Overs)
William O’Rourke returns to the attack
PAK 109/2 (13 Overs)
Ish Sodhi continues
PAK 98/2 (12 Overs)
Bracewell returns
PAK 90/2 (11 Overs)
Ish Sodhi continues
PAK 86/2 (10 Overs)
Ben Sears returns to the attack
PAK 81/2 (9 Overs)
8.5: Usman prances down the track to manufacture his own length and spoons it to Michael Bracewell at extra cover.
Ish Sodhi continues
PAK 75/1 (8 Overs)
Michael Bracewell continues
PAK 60/1 (7 Overs)
Ish Sodhi comes into the attack
PAK 51/1 (6 Overs)
Michael Bracewell comes on to bowl
PAK 46/1 (5 Overs)
William O’Rourke returns
PAK 38/1 (4 Overs)
Ben Sears replaces William O’Rourke
PAK 23/1 (3 Overs)
Zak Foulkes continues
PAK 10/1 (2 Overs)
1.3: Round the wicket, fuller on off, Saim looks to go up and over mid-off, but he can only manage to mistime to wide mid-off where Michael Bracewell takes a brilliant diving catch.
William O’Rourke to bowl the second over
PAK 8/0 (1 Over)
Babar Azam and Saim Ayub come out to bat for Pakistan. Zak Foulkes to bowl the first over for New Zealand.
PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)
LAHORE: New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in the fifth T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
PLAYING XIs
New Zealand
Michael Bracewell (c), Tom Blundell, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Zak Foulkes, Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi.
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Pakistan
Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Usman Khan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 43, Pakistan 22, New Zealand 19, NR 2