Pak vs Nz

New Zealand Gadfafi Stadium Lahore New Zealand win mach.

New Zealand managed to hold their nerve at the Gadfafi Stadium in Lahore as they sneaked home by four runs in the fourth match of the five-match T20I series to take a 2-1 lead against hosts Pakistan..

New zealand  Batting

New Zealand were all out for a healthy total of 178 when he was put into bat. The innings was set up well from opening night. While Tom Blundell made a quick start early on with a 15-ball 28, his partner Tim Robinson was not far behind. Together, the duo made 56 in the over.Pakistan hit back when Zaman Khan broke into Blundell's hands for this threatening opening.

However, Robinson had Dean Foxcroft's militant group to follow. The latter hit three sixes in a rapid-fire partnership that fueled the innings. His knock pushed New Zealand close to the 150 mark after Robinson became Abbas Afridi's first victim in the 51st over.Afridi struck twice more through the middle innings to peg New Zealand back, although they got a boost at the back end of the innings. . Michael Bracewell's 27 pair of boundaries lifted the visitors to a competitive total of 178..

PAKISTAN Batting

Pakistan began their reply with a top-three powerplay, with William ORourke scoring twice, including skipper Babar Azam for just one. However, the middle order saw a revival of their innings boosted by Fakhar Zaman who remained. innings with a 45-ball 61 and set themselves up nicely for the chase.

Zaman. 

knock and Iftikhar Ahmed's timely 23 ensured that Pakistan did not miss the chase at any stage. But there was another hiccup in their mission when they lost three out of 10 balls, including those of Zaman and Ahmed. But with 28 needed in the last two overs, Imad Wasim intervened. He knocked out two fours to Jacob Duffy in the penultimate round to miss James Neesham in the last 18.

Usama.

Usama Mir hit the first ball over for four but Neesham managed to find a yorker to set up the next ball. However, when Wasim came back to bat, he pushed back on Neesham, who first mishandled a wide shot and then conceded a boundary off the penultimate ball. With five needed off the last delivery, Neesham managed to keep a wide line away from Wasim's bow and then conceded just one to set up a thriller and ensure the visitors did not lose the series.

Brief scores: 

New Zealand 178. (Tim Robinson 51; Abbas Afridi 3-20) beat Pakistan 174/8 (Fakhar Zaman 61; William ORourke 3-27) by 4 runs

Chapman's quickfire helps New Zealand draw level

Mark Chapman led the chase with a belligerent 42-ball 87* as New Zealand beat Pakistan by seven runs in the third T20I in Rawalpindi to level the five-match T20I series 1-1. Electing to bat first, the hosts posted a solid 178/4 from their 20 overs, the contributions coming through their top order and Shadab Khan's 20-ball cameo in the 41st over. However, Chapman-led New Zealand improved with 10 balls to spare..

Pakistan.

Pakistan elected to bat first and signed between Babar Azam (37 off 29) and Saim Ayub (32 off 22) before Ish Sodhi made the first breakthrough for the visitors to break the deadlock in the 55th over. Azam followed Rizwan, who later retired injured in the 22nd over. New Zealand managed to break the momentum with two quick wickets either side, dismissing Azam and Usman Khan between 17 balls with the wicketkeeper's bat..

Arfan khan, Shadab khan

However, Shadab joined Irfan Khan and together the pair again provided the much-needed boost in a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket that took Pakistan past the 150 mark. Shadab was the striker, hitting a couple of sixes and four more boundaries in his 20-ball 41, while Irfan scored an unbeaten 30 with a similar number of deliveries..

New Zealand's openers

Chasing Pakistan at 178/4, New Zealand's openers also gave the team a brisk start before falling in six balls in the last two overs. Chapman then took over and began a 117-year partnership with Dean Foxcroft, who more or less played spectator. Chapman demolished the bowling with aggressive batting, hitting four sixes and nine boundaries in his 42-ball essay. He scored a 29-ball half-century en route to taking his team over the finish line in the second ball..

Brief Scores:

Pakistan 178/4 in 20 overs (Shadab Khan 41, Babar Azam 37; Ish Sodhi 2-25) perdis al Nov-Zelando 179/3 in 18.2 overs (Mark Chapman 87÷; Abbas Afridi 2-27) je 7 pordetoj..