Spinners along with the openers helped New Zealand set up a thumping win against Pakistan in the 4th match of the ongoing T20I Tri-series in New Zealand. With this thumping victory, New Zealand reinstated their dominating credentials at home!
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Toss Update: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
Having opted to bat first, Pakistan scored just 130 runs on the board losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. NZ Spinners wreaked havoc with the ball bagging 5 wickets between them while Tim Southee bagged 2 wickets. Michael Bracewell was the pick of the bowlers having conceded just 11 runs from his 4 overs while bagging 2 crucial wickets of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
Iftikhar Ahmed top scored for them with 27 runs as Pakistan marched along to just a par total in the cold conditions in Christchurch. Even Asif Ali couldn't do much who remained unbeaten on 25* off the 20 deliveries faced!
New Zealand, chasing 131 runs to win, managed to score 131 losing 1 wicket in 16.1 overs. The openers scored almost all of the runs in this low run-chase. Finn Allen scored 62 runs off just 42 deliveries while Devon Conway was left stranded on 49* not out off 46 deliveries in this crushing victory!
Match result: New Zealand defeated Pakistan by a margin of 9 wickets.
Michael Bracewell has been declared as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 2-11 from his 4 overs which includes the wickets of Rizwan and Babar! New Zealand are at the top of the table now with 4 points beating Pakistan in terms of Net Run Rate! It is almost certain that these two teams will play the Final on Friday (Oct 14) unless Bangladesh makes a remarkable comeback in their next 2 games in the next 2 days.
Brief Scores: New Zealand: 131-1 in 16.1 overs (Finn Allen - 62, Devon Conway - 49*, Shadab Khan - 1-26) defeated Pakistan: 130-7 in 20 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed - 27, Michael Bracewell - 2-11) by a margin of 9 wickets
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