PAK vs NZ Full Scorecard, Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025 Updates

2nd T20I • University Oval • Dunedin

Pakistan

135/9 (15)

New Zealand

137/5 (13.1)

NZ won by 5 wickets

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Date & Time

18 Mar, 06:45 AM IST

Venue

University Oval, Dunedin

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Brown(New Zealand), Wayne Knights(New Zealand), Sam Nogajski(Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

Pitch Report

: It was great fun, after the first over, thought it would be a good wicket but the partnership up top worked out for us. Not too much conversation, we've played a lot of cricket together. Loving it, always playing good for the nation, we're having fun at the same time. You're playing against the world's best players, it's all about applying pressure and then come through, definitely learn and get better. Dropped two catches in the first game, was nervous, but it's something you work on.

1st Innings

139Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

123.35Avg SR

2nd Innings

96Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

122.5Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

PAK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

New Zealand

Pakistan

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tim Seifert

NZ . WK

44 Runs

1 Match

Khushdil Shah

PAK . ALL

32 Runs

1 Match

Finn Allen

NZ . BAT

29 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Jacob Duffy

NZ . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Kyle Jamieson

NZ . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Ish Sodhi

NZ . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Tim Seifert

45(22)

Player of the Series Ben Sears

PAK

Info

Pakistan

135/9 (15)

Batters

Mohammad Haris

110.00

c Duffy b Sears

Hasan Nawaz

0.00

c Chapman b Duffy

Agha Salman

164.29

c Chapman b Sears

Irfan Khan

122.22

c Sears b Sodhi

Khushdil Shah

100.00

c Mitchell Hay b Sodhi

Shadab Khan

185.71

c Mitchell b Duffy

Abdul Samad

157.14

c Mitchell b Neesham

Jahandad Khan

0.00

c Foulkes b Neesham

Shaheen Afridi

157.14

Not out

Haris Rauf

100.00

runout (Neesham / Bracewell)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(15 Ov, RR: 9)

135/9

Did not Bat

Mohammad Ali

Bowlers

EXT

Jacob Duffy

6.67

Zakary Foulkes

10.67

Ben Sears

7.67

Jimmy Neesham

8.67

Ish Sodhi

8.50

Michael Bracewell

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hasan Nawaz

c Chapman b Duffy

1-1

0.4

Mohammad Haris

c Duffy b Sears

2-19

3.1

Irfan Khan

c Sears b Sodhi

3-50

6.4

Khushdil Shah

c Mitchell Hay b Sodhi

4-52

6.6

Agha Salman

c Chapman b Sears

5-76

9.2

Shadab Khan

c Mitchell b Duffy

6-110

11.5

Jahandad Khan

c Foulkes b Neesham

7-111

12.2

Abdul Samad

c Mitchell b Neesham

8-114

12.6

Haris Rauf

runout (Neesham / Bracewell)

9-135

14.6

New Zealand

137/5 (13.1)

Batters

Tim Seifert

204.55

c Afridi b Ali

Finn Allen

237.50

lbw b Khan

Mark Chapman

16.67

c Khan b Khushdil Shah

Daryl Mitchell

100.00

c Khan b Rauf

Jimmy Neesham

125.00

c Samad b Rauf

Mitchell Hay

131.25

Not out

Michael Bracewell

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(13.1 Ov, RR: 10.41)

137/5

Did not Bat

Zakary Foulkes, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

Bowlers

EXT

Shaheen Afridi

10.33

Mohammad Ali

17.00

Khushdil Shah

5.33

Haris Rauf

6.67

Jahandad Khan

1.1

19.71

Shadab Khan

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tim Seifert

c Afridi b Ali

1-66

4.4

Finn Allen

lbw b Khan

2-87

6.5

Mark Chapman

c Khan b Khushdil Shah

3-91

7.4

Jimmy Neesham

c Samad b Rauf

4-97

8.3

Daryl Mitchell

c Khan b Rauf

5-132

12.5

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Mar, 06:45 AM IST

Venue

University Oval, Dunedin

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Brown(New Zealand), Wayne Knights(New Zealand), Sam Nogajski(Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

0 0 1 1 1 2

Over 11

Runs: 5

1 1wd 4 1 1 1 1

Over 12

Runs: 10

6 1 1lb 1 W 1

Over 13

Runs: 10

Over 14

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Tim Seifert

45(22)

Player of the Series Ben Sears

Commentary

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Michael Bracewell (captain, New Zealand): It was a good bowling performance from us, and very happy with the score we had to chase. The wickets were under the cover and there was some extra bounce so they opted to go with the shorter deliveries. Happy at the half time, very tough bowling today and we were planning to hit with the win but they decided to go all out from both ends. We're pretty happy with the way things are going, guys are bowling well. Wellington's not bad either, but it is pretty good to see fans brave the weather to watch the action.

Salman Ali Agha [Pakistan captain]: It was freezing, it was a good game, better game and lot of positives. We batted bit better in this game, we need to finish well and the fielding was outstanding, bowling, we need to be bit more consistent. The bounce is something we need to adjust to, we can do well if we do that. After powerplay we bowled well, spinners bowled well and Rauf came in bowled well, bowel well in patches and need to do well in powerplay. As a batting unit we need to do well in powerplay, something that we need to get it right.

Tim Seifert is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: It was great fun, after the first over, thought it would be a good wicket but the partnership up top worked out for us. Not too much conversation, we've played a lot of cricket together. Loving it, always playing good for the nation, we're having fun at the same time. You're playing against the world's best players, it's all about applying pressure and then come through, definitely learn and get better. Dropped two catches in the first game, was nervous, but it's something you work on.

18:25 local time (10:55 IST): New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets and take a 2-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series

New Zealand: 137/5 in 13.1 overs

Tim Seifert: 45(22) | Haris Rauf: 2/20 (3 overs)
Finn Allen: 38(16b) | Khushdil: 1/16 (3 overs)

What a chase this has been by New Zealand, the openers took full toll on the shorter boundaries and smashed boundaries for fun. Pakistan did make a little comeback in the middle overs, but much like the first game, the chase was done with the Kiwi openers giving their side a quick and solid start.

Usual openers, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen opened the innings for New Zealand and the duo hit 44 runs in the first three overs, with 42 of them coming in sixes. New Zealand continued to keep up with a similar tempo but lost Tim Seifert in the process. So did Finn Allen, who took down Jahandad Khan before being dismissed.

James Neesham and Mark Chapman were dismissed cheaply by Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Hay batted well in the middle to ensure there were no more troubles gunning the total down. In the end, skipper Michael Bracewell struck a boundary and helped his side get over the line, helping them add another win to their kitty and strengthen their lead in the series.

For Pakistan, Haris Rauf and Khushdil Shah bowled really well and planted seeds of doubt in the batter's minds, which ultimately resulted in wickets for them. However, Mohammad Ali, Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, and Shaheen Afridi were expensive, with Ali being hit for 18 runs in the second over of the chase and Shaheen being smashed for 26 runs in an over.

Let us now go down to the Presentation ceremony to hear what the captains and the Player of the Match have to say.

13.1 Jahandad Khan to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! GAME, SET AND MATCH! New Zealand go 2-0 up in the series with that! Bracewell hits the winning runs as New Zealand chase this down pretty comfortably in the end. Short into the batter, Bracewell pulled it past mid-wicket, races away to the ropes to seal the deal.

Jahandad Khan [1-0-19-1] comes into the attack

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New Zealand need 3 runs to win. Pretty much a done contest this, it will be interesting to see who hits the winning runs

overs

133 /5 score

1lb

runs

Michael Bracewell *

1 (1)

Mitchell Hay

21 (16)

Haris Rauf

2 /20

12.6 Haris Rauf to Michael Bracewell, back of a length outside the off-stump, Bracewell patted it past the cover point for an easy single.

Michael Bracewell, LHB, walks out to the middle

12.5 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, OUT! SHADAB TAKES A BLINDER NOW! Shadab makes up for the dropped catch from earlier. Pace off, length delivery on fourth stump. Mitchell chips it in the air. Shadab diving full length to his right and clings on to a brilliant catch.

Daryl Mitchell c Shadab Khan b Haris Rauf 14 (14b, 1x4, 0x6)

12.4 Haris Rauf to Mitchell Hay, back of a length in the channel, Hay tapped it to point and hares across for one.

12.3 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, short into the batter, Mitchell goes for the pull and misses, pings on the helmet down to third-man for a leg-bye.

A six and dropped catch. Too much action taking place in what could be the last over of this game

12.2 Haris Rauf to Mitchell Hay, DROPPED! Shadab makes a hash of it, never in a position to take the catch, just sums up the series for Pakistan so far. Back of a length on the stumps, Hay gets a big leading edge. Shadab never looked comfortable and shells it.

12.1 Haris Rauf to Mitchell Hay, SIX! Hay's had enough. Short into the batter, Hay hangs back and pumped it all the way over deep square-leg for a maximum. Just 7 needed now!

New Zealand are inching closer and closer to a win here. They need 13 runs in 18 deliveries and they will not want to make any mistakes here and give the match away. Here's Haris Rauf [2-0-11-1]

overs

123 /4 score

1wd

runs

Mitchell Hay *

13 (13)

Daryl Mitchell

14 (12)

Shadab Khan

0 /10

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