New Zealand defeat Pakistan in a last over-thriller

LAHORE: Tim Robinson scored a half-century followed by William O’Rourke’s brilliant bowling performance led New Zealand to edge Pakistan by four runs in the fourth T20I here at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.

PAK 174/8 (20 Overs)

19.2: Rams the yorker in the blockhole and he goes for a full-blooded swing towards the leg side, the ball sneaks through and shatters the stumps.

James Neesham to bowl the last over

PAK 161/7 (19 Overs)

18.1: Over the wicket, harmless full-toss outside off slapped straight to mid-off, Abbas didn’t respond to the call and got run out.

Duffy to bowl the penultimate over

PAK 151/6 (18 Overs)

17.4: Searing a yorker on the legs, Fakhar chipped in the air and straight into the hands of Foxcroft who catches it brilliantly.

Ben Sears returns to the attack

PAK 140/5 (17 Overs)

16.3: Lands it on a length wide of off, Iftikhar throws the kitchen sink at it and it doesn’t make a good sound, Neesham comes in from deep cover and takes a comfortable catch.

William O’Rourke to bowl his last

PAK 133/4 (16 Overs)

Duffy to bowl the 16th

PAK 122/4 (15 Overs)

James Neesham replaces Sears

PAK 114/4 (14 Overs)

Michael Bracewell continues

PAK 98/4 (13 Overs)

Sears returns to the attack

PAK 92/4 (12 Overs)

Michael Bracewell continues

PAK 85/4 (11 Overs)

William O’Rourke returns

PAK 80/4 (10 Overs)

9.4: Shadab hits in the air and Neesham doesn’t err on this occasion, doesn’t have to move much at deep midwicket and swallows it down his throat at deep midwicket.

Michael Bracewell continues

PAK 76/3 (9 Overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 61/3 (8 Overs)

Michael Bracewell replaces Sears

PAK 54/3 (7 Overs)

Ish Sodhi comes on to bowl

PAK 48/3 (6 Overs)

5.3: Usman Khan dances down the track and lofts it straight to mid-on where Duffy makes sure he doesn’t drop a dolly.

Sears continues

PAK 45/2 (5 Overs)

4.3: Saim looked to go over backward square but didn’t connect well, straight to Clarkson, who makes no mistake.

William O’Rourke

PAK 35/1 (4 Overs)

Ben Sears comes to bowl

PAK 28/1 (3 Overs)

Duffy continues

PAK 13/1 (2 Overs)

William O’Rourke to bowl the second over

PAK 6/0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Saim Ayub come out to bat for Pakistan. Jacob Duffy to bowl the first over for New Zealand.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)

LAHORE: Abbas Afridi picked three wickets to help Pakistan restrict New Zealand to 178-7 after a brilliant start in the fourth T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.

NZ 178/7 (20 Overs)

Amir to bowl the last over

NZ 169/6 (19 Overs)

Abbas Afridi to bowl his last

NZ 164/4 (18 Overs)

Amir returns to the attack

NZ 155/4 (17 Overs)

Zaman Khan returns

NZ 143/4 (16 Overs)

Iftikhar Ahmed continues

NZ 135/4 (15 Overs)

14.3: Floated up shorter on off, got plenty of bounce, tried to get underneath and looked to go big over deep midwicket, but was caught by Fakhar in the outfield.

Usama Mir comes on to bowl

NZ 129/3 (14 Overs)

13.5: Slowed it up on a length at the middle, backed away and Chapman went for a full-blooded shot but Shadab Khan took an absolute screamer at wide mid-off.

Iftikhar Ahmed to bowl from the other end

NZ 122/2 (13 Overs)

Imad Wasim returns

NZ 113/2 (12 Overs)

Usama Mir changes end

NZ 98/2 (11 Overs)

10.2: It was a full-bunger on the middle, Robinson swung lustily through the line, Iftikhar Ahmed perched on the edge of the boundary at long-on.

Abbas Afridi replaces Usama Mir

NZ 93/1 (10 Overs)

Imad Wasim continues

NZ 89/1 (9 Overs)

Usama Mir continues

NZ 76/1 (8 Overs)

Imad Wasim returns

NZ 71/1 (7 Overs)

Usama Mir comes on to bowl

NZ 62/1 (6 Overs)

Amir returns to the attack

NZ 56/1 (5 Overs)

4.6: Blundell committed to the pull too early just checked his shot and got the top edge that ballooned up, Usama sprinted across and gobbled it.

Zaman Khan continues

NZ 44/0 (4 Overs)

Abbas Afridi comes on to bowl

NZ 33/0 (3 Overs)

Zaman Khan replaces Imad Wasim

NZ 22/0 (2 Overs)

Mohammad Amir to bowl from the other end

NZ 14/0 (1 Over)

Tim Robinson and Tom Blundell come out to bat. Imad Wasim to bowl the first over for Pakistan.

PAKISTAN vs NEW ZEALAND (1st INNINGS)

LAHORE: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the fourth T20I of the five-match series here at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.

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