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Pakistan vs New Zealand 3rd T20: Kiwis beat Pakistan by 95 runs

WELLINGTON:Kiwis beat Green Shirts in the third and last match of the series at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Friday.

Shaheens failed to chase mammoth total of 196 runs and just managed to put runs on score board. New Zealand team beat Pakistan by 95 runs and grabbed the series.

Kiwis win the series by 2-1 and after this defeat Pakistan jumped to seventh place in International Cricket Council (ICC) team rankings.

Pakistani batsmen failed to show resistance and lost their wickets in quick time. Nine Pakistani batsmen failed to cross double figures. Sarfraz Ahmed remain top scorer for Pakistan with 41 runs.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first but Kiwis batsmen proved his decision totally wrong as they set mammoth total for Pakistan.

Anderson played brilliant inning and scored 82 run and Guptill also put 42 runs in team total. Batting first New Zealand team scored 196 runs in the limited 20-over game against Pakistan.

New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal MJ Guptill c Umar Akmal b Shahid Afridi 42 19 6 2 221.05
View dismissal KS Williamson* c Shoaib Malik b Wahab Riaz 33 34 3 1 97.05
View dismissal C Munro run out (Mohammad Rizwan) 4 3 0 0 133.33
CJ Anderson not out 82 42 6 4 195.23
LRPL Taylor retired hurt 6 4 1 0 150.00
View dismissal GD Elliott run out (Anwar Ali/†Sarfraz Ahmed) 19 14 1 1 135.71
View dismissal L Ronchi† c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 1 2 0 0 50.00
MJ Santner not out 2 3 0 0 66.66
Extras (lb 2, w 4, nb 1) 7
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 196 (9.80 runs per over)

Did not batTA Boult, AF Milne, MJ McClenaghan


Fall of wickets 1-57 (Guptill, 5.6 ov), 2-62 (Munro, 6.5 ov), 3-94 (Williamson, 10.6 ov), 4-174 (Elliott, 17.5 ov), 5-175 (Ronchi, 18.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Anwar Ali 3 0 31 0 10.33
Mohammad Amir 4 0 35 0 8.75
Imad Wasim 4 0 42 0 10.50
View wickets Wahab Riaz 4 0 43 2 10.75 (1nb, 1w)
View wicket Shahid Afridi 4 0 27 1 6.75
Shoaib Malik 1 0 16 0 16.00 (2w)
Pakistan innings (target: 197 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal Mohammad Hafeez c Santner b Boult 2 4 4 0 0 50.00
View dismissal Ahmed Shehzad c Boult b Anderson 8 9 6 1 0 133.33
View dismissal Mohammad Rizwan run out (Santner) 4 8 4 1 0 100.00
View dismissal Shoaib Malik c McClenaghan b Anderson 14 14 6 3 0 233.33
View dismissal Sarfraz Ahmed† c Milne b Elliott 41 52 36 5 0 113.88
View dismissal Umar Akmal c sub (PF Younghusband) b Milne 5 18 13 0 0 38.46
View dismissal Shahid Afridi* c sub (MJ Henry) b Elliott 8 15 8 0 1 100.00
View dismissal Imad Wasim c Guptill b Elliott 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
View dismissal Anwar Ali c †Ronchi b Milne 8 10 7 1 0 114.28
View dismissal Wahab Riaz c †Ronchi b Milne 4 10 5 0 0 80.00
Mohammad Amir not out 1 6 7 0 0 14.28
Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6
Total (all out; 16.1 overs; 74 mins) 101 (6.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.1 ov), 2-14 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.1 ov), 3-15 (Mohammad Rizwan, 2.3 ov), 4-36 (Shoaib Malik, 4.5 ov), 5-55 (Umar Akmal, 8.4 ov), 6-75 (Shahid Afridi, 11.3 ov), 7-76 (Imad Wasim, 11.5 ov), 8-92 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 13.4 ov), 9-98 (Anwar Ali, 14.3 ov), 10-101 (Wahab Riaz, 16.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
View wickets CJ Anderson 3 0 17 2 5.66
View wicket TA Boult 3 0 32 1 10.66 (1w)
View wickets AF Milne 3.1 1 8 3 2.52
MJ Santner 1 0 7 0 7.00
MJ McClenaghan 3 0 15 0 5.00 (1w)
View wickets GD Elliott 2 0 7 3 3.50 (1w)
C Munro 1 0 13 0 13.00 (1w)

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