Pakistan lost 9 wickets in the first match of the T20 series on New Zealand tour. The first match of the 5 -match series was played at Christchurch's Hegley Oval.
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first. Pakistan was all out for 91 in 18.4 overs. This is Pakistan's lowest score against New Zealand. The Kiwi team won 61 balls with a 92 -run target.
Both Pakistan's opener returned to the pavilion without opening the account Pakistan had a bad start. Both opener Mohammad Haris and Hassan Nawaz returned to the pavilion without opening the team's account. Haris was caught out on the last ball of the first over. Kyle Jemis gave New Zealand the first success.
At the same time, Nawaz was also caught out on the first ball of the second over. Irfan Khan also returned to the pavilion on the second ball of the third over. The team's score was 1 run. Captain Salman Aga tried to handle the innings, but he too was dismissed for 18 runs. Khushdil Shah scored the highest 32 runs from Pakistan. However, Jahandad Khan played 17 runs.
Mohammed Haris was out after facing 6 balls without opening the account.
Duffy took 4 and Gemis took 3 wickets Jacob Duffy was the most successful bowler from New Zealand. He took 4 wickets for 14 runs in 3.4 overs. Kyle Jemiss took 3 wickets for 8 runs in 4 overs. In addition, Ish Sodhi took 2 wickets and Zachary Falks took 1 wicket.
Kyle Gemis took three wickets in his opening three overs.
Kiwi team won only 61 balls New Zealand chased a 92 -run target by losing a wicket in 61 balls. Tim Sefart scored the highest runs from New Zealand. He faced 29 balls and scored 44. Sefart hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. At the same time, Finn Allen was unbeaten on 29 off 17 balls. Tim Robinson also played an unbeaten 18 off 15 balls. The Pakistani team was able to take only 1 wicket, Abrar Ahmed got this success.
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