Pakistan’s new T20 skipper Shaheen Afridi selected to bowl against New Zealand in the sequence opener in Auckland on Friday, January 12. However, other than the toss and a wicket in the primary over, nothing went proper for Shaheen and his facet as New Zealand batters got here out with aggressive intent and rode their luck alongside the best way to publish a huge score of 226 runs on the board. It was the very best whole by a facet against Pakistan in T20Is and the fifth highest for New Zealand in the shortest format.
Highest team whole in T20Is against Pakistan
226/8 – New Zealand vs Pakistan (Auckland, 2024)
221/3 – England vs Pakistan (Karachi, 2022)
211/3 – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan (Dubai, 2013)
Highest team score for New Zealand in T20Is
254/5 vs Scotland (Edinburgh, 2022)
243/5 vs West Indies (Mount Maunganui, 2018)
243/6 vs Australia (Auckland, 2018)
238/3 vs West Indies (Mount Maunganui, 2020)
226/8 vs Pakistan (Auckland, 2024)
Finn Allen began the destruction with a 24-run over by Shaheen Afridi with the likes of Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman and skipper Kane Williamson enjoying helpful knocks by the order, nonetheless, it was Daryl Mitchell, the most recent IPL millionaire to finish up with the knock of the innings. Mitchell was aggressive from the beginning and in a method it helped Williamson to get his eyes in as he raced off to 31 off 13 earlier than ending up with a speedy 27-ball 61.
Debutant Abbas Afridi bowled a good spell taking three wickets, nonetheless, it may have been extra if Pakistan had taken their catches.
But it wasn’t to be. 226 was all the time going to be a tall chase and the likes of Saim Ayub and Babar Azam tried their greatest earlier than the run-rate stress resulted in the undoing of the guests, who finally fell 46 runs wanting the overall. Still there are 4 matches to go and Pakistan would hope for higher outings in the remaining video games.
