PAKvsNZ 1st T20I Match: New Zeland Comprehensive Win Against Pakistan

PAKvsNZ 1st T20I Match: Pakistan managed to score 180 runs in pursuit of the big target of 227 runs. The host team New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 46 runs. Kane Williamson, Mitchell, and Southee played an outstanding role in their team’s victory. On the other hand, Babar Azam showed excellent performance in batting from the Pakistan side, and debuting fast bowler Abbas Afridi took 3 wickets.

PAKvsNZ 1st T20I Match

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first, at the start of the 1st Innings Shaheen Afridi took the 1st Wicket In his First Over of the match, He dismissed Devon Conway on a duck. After an early wicket loss, New Zeland Skipper Kane Williamson came to the crease and joined the opening batter, Finn Allen. Allen continues the innings with aggressive intent he smashed 24 runs in Shaheen’s 2nd Over but he has gone on debutant fast bowler Abbas Afridi’s slow one-bowl. He gave a good start for his team.

After this Skipper Kane Williamson and Daryel Mitchell took responsibility and both played well. A brilliant partnership was going on between the two when suddenly Williamson lost his wicket again to Abbas Afridi’s slow ball and a great 78-run partnership came to an end. Williamson looks good today and he scored 53 runs after coming back from injury.

On the other hand, Daryel Mitchell showed a brilliant performance, He has gone on 63 after playing a fantastic innings for his team. Saim Ayub takes an easy catch on Shaheen Afridi’s bowl. In the end, Mark Chapman played a good short inning, and again Saim Ayub took his catch easily on the boundary.

At the end of the first innings, New Zealand managed to put up a huge total of 227 on the scoreboard. Pakistan showed poor fielding and the bowlers gave enough runs due to bad line and length

In the second innings, Pakistan got off to a good start in pursuit of the big target of 227 runs. Rizwan and Saeem Ayub started the innings from the Pakistan side, Saeem Ayub played his traditional shots aggressively at the beginning but unfortunately, he was run out.

Mohammad Rizwan also fell victim to Tim Southee while trying to play fast. After both opening batsmen had gone early, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman led the innings but Fakhar also got out on Sodhi’s ball, Babar and Iftikhar Ahmed managed the game and increased the score but a good 40 runs partnership came to an end when Iftikhar Ahmed lost his wicket on Tim Southee’s slow one ball.

At the end of the 2nd innings Chasing 227 runs, Pakistan were bowled out for 180 runs. New Zealand bowlers gave a brilliant bowling performance in this match. They did not give a chance to Pakistani batters to score runs, and they saved many runs on the field, on the other hand, Babar Azam played a brilliant inning but he did not win the match for his team and he was the only batter who scored 50 in Pakistan side.

The main difference noticed between the two teams today is their fielding capabilities. Pakistan’s fielding has consistently been below average, as seen in the recent Test series against Australia where they were completely defeated. To ensure wins, they need to improve their fielding abilities otherwise, they are likely to experience another loss in the upcoming matches too.

The captain of the winning team, Kane Williamson, is happy with his team’s performance

Williamson said: “That was pretty chaotic. There were some really good partnerships throughout obviously a fantastic knock from Darryl, but some really valuable contributions, guys, coming in doing the work. I thought everybody contributed well with the ball. We had partnerships in the first half. A special mention to Tim Southee, that was a remarkable spell. Everyone contributed well with the ball. He has been around for a long, long time. It was a fantastic game. It was great to see a fantastic crowd, hope they continue to support us throughout the series. Need to build on the positives, I mean there’s always little things to touch on but rather build on the positives…the margins are fine in this format.”

The captain of the losing team, Shaheen Afridi, acknowledged his team’s shortcomings and showed good hope for the remaining matches.

Shaheen Shah Afridi Said: “First-time captaincy, always proud captaining your country. Short boundaries for fast bowlers but it’s just a start and we played very good cricket. We will try to give our best in the next few games. Mitchell played well. We need to do more work as a fielding unit. I think for us it’s a positive sign, Saim Ayub played a good inning, you need to give them time and we are planning for the World Cup and that’s a start. As a bowling unit, we need to use variations at the right time”

PAKvsNZ 1st T20I Match: Today New Zealand scored 2nd Highest total in the T20Is In Eden Park, and the 1st Highest total in T20Is New Zealand scored 245 runs against Australia on the Same Ground, and the fact is this is the highest total Pakistan conceded in T20Is.

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