New Zealand Vs Pakistan Match 2 14 January 2024

2nd T20I • Seddon Park • Hamilton

New Zealand

194/8 (20)

Pakistan

173/10 (19.3)

NZ won by 21 runs

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Finn Allen

74(41)

Player of the Series Finn Allen

PAK

Info

New Zealand

194/8 (20)

Batters

Finn Allen

180.49

b U Mir

Devon Conway

133.33

c F Zaman b A Jamal

Kane Williamson

(C)

173.33

Retired hurt

Daryl Mitchell

170.00

b MA Afridi

Glenn Phillips

144.44

c S Ayub b H Rauf

Mark Chapman

44.44

c M Rizwan b MA Afridi

Mitchell Santner

192.31

runout (A Khan)

Adam Milne

0.00

c S Afridi b H Rauf

Ish Sodhi

0.00

b H Rauf

Tim Southee

125.00

Not out

Ben Sears

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.7)

194/8

Bowlers

EXT

Shaheen Afridi

7.50

Haris Rauf

9.50

Abbas Afridi

10.75

Aamer Jamal

10.50

Usama Mir

9.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

c F Zaman b A Jamal

1-59

5.1

Finn Allen

b U Mir

2-137

12.5

Daryl Mitchell

b MA Afridi

3-147

13.6

Mark Chapman

c M Rizwan b MA Afridi

4-157

16.1

Glenn Phillips

c S Ayub b H Rauf

5-182

18.1

Adam Milne

c S Afridi b H Rauf

6-182

18.2

Ish Sodhi

b H Rauf

7-183

18.4

Mitchell Santner

runout (A Khan)

8-192

19.4

Pakistan

173/10 (19.3)

Batters

Saim Ayub

33.33

c F Allen b T Southee

Mohammad Rizwan

140.00

c D Conway b A Milne

Babar Azam

153.49

c T Southee b B Sears

Fakhar Zaman

200.00

b A Milne

Iftikhar Ahmed

50.00

c I Sodhi b B Sears

Azam Khan

66.67

c D Mitchell b I Sodhi

Aamer Jamal

112.50

st D Conway b I Sodhi

Shaheen Afridi

(C)

169.23

c T Southee b A Milne

Abbas Afridi *

140.00

c I Sodhi b T Southee

Usama Mir

0.00

c D Conway b A Milne

Haris Rauf

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 8.87)

173/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

3.3

8.86

8.25

11.75

7.00

8.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Saim Ayub

c F Allen b T Southee

1-8

0.5

Mohammad Rizwan

c D Conway b A Milne

2-10

1.3

Fakhar Zaman

b A Milne

3-97

9.4

Iftikhar Ahmed

c I Sodhi b B Sears

4-105

11.5

Azam Khan

c D Mitchell b I Sodhi

5-108

12.3

Aamer Jamal

st D Conway b I Sodhi

6-125

14.3

Babar Azam

c T Southee b B Sears

7-153

17.1

Shaheen Afridi

c T Southee b A Milne

8-165

18.2

Usama Mir

c D Conway b A Milne

9-165

18.3

Abbas Afridi

c I Sodhi b T Southee

10-173

19.3

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Jan, 11:40 AM IST

Venue

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan tour of New Zealand

Umpires

Wayne Knights(New Zealand), Kim Cotton(New Zealand), Shaun Haig(New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bowl

Player of the Match Finn Allen

74(41)

Player of the Series Finn Allen

Commentary

That's all we have from the second game of this series. The caravan will move to Otago where these two teams will lock horns. New Zealand will be looking to seal the series while Pakistan will be looking to win that game to ensure they stay alive. This has been Lavil Saldanha alongside Rudransh. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and look to catch up with you all soon. SEE YA!

Tim Southee (New Zealand stand-in captain): It was a good surface, the way Finn Allen and the guys at the top set it up was pretty nice. Pakistan put up a fight nicely and the two innings were quite similar in a way. Milne was outstanding, Sears is a young guy and is showing a lot of character at this level. Sodhi shouldn't be over looked, he bowled well after going for 20 in his first over. He is fielding pretty well as well. At Eden Park, wickets kept flowing in both innings. The guys at the top did really well for us.

Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan captain): To be honest, first bowling is always a little bit [difficult]. Unfortunately, we didn't take wickets with the new ball with the swing and if we had, we would have kept them to 170-180. We struggled with the ball in the first overs but bowled well after that. Harris and Abbas were really good and Usama Mir bowled really well.

Finn Allen is the Player of the Match and here's what he has to say: It's a positive for me. The work I am doing to work through the gears, good to see it come off today. Daryl and I had a chat that 200 would be a good score. We were at a competitive score. He's calming figure, always knows what he's trying to do and we bounce off each other.

New Zealand win the match by 21 runs and lead the 5 match T20I series 2-0

Pakistan: 173 all out

Babar Azam: 66(43b) | Fakhar Zaman: 50(25b)
Adam Milne: 4/33 (4 overs) | Ben Sears: 2/28 (4 overs)

"Pakistan Cricket at its finest! One moment down, the very next moment up!" Nasser Hussain said these words in the finals of the Champions Trophy 2017 and to this day, these words stand true whenever Pakistan play. They fell hard from 97/2 and ended up conceding the game. How? Only they can answer!

Their start wasn't the best as Saim Ayub lost his wicket in a bid to go big and so did Rizwan. New Zealand shelled a couple of catches, of Babar and Fakhar, and both the batters looked very solid out in the middle. They picked up boundaries as if they were fishing and ended the powerplay on a high. Fakhar got to a 50 in the blink of an eye and everything was looking hunky dory for them in this chase.

But then, Fakhar chopped back onto the stumps and the batting attack fell like nine pins. Azam Khan tried to up the ante only to be caught close to the boundary line. Babar got to his 50 and batted well until Sears came back and accounted for him the second time in this series. Shaheen gave everything he had in the tank only for his side to crumble at the finish line. Abbas Afridi tried, but in vain as Pakistan lost all their wickets and was dismissed for 173.

New Zealand had their fair share of spoils in the field but then they did well with the ball in hand to make a comeback of sorts. Adam Milne was a clear pick of the bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets in his spell. Tim Southee, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi chipped in with a couple of wickets each. Santner had an off day, but he couldn't have done anything when Fakhar attacked him like a raging bull.

Lets now go down to hear what the captains have to say!

19.3 Tim Southee to Abbas Afridi, CAUGHT AND IT'S ALL OVER! NEW ZEALAND TAKE A 2-0 LEAD IN THE SERIES! Length ball on and around the off-stump, Afridi shuffles to scoop it off the pitch of it over fine leg and it lobs over to Sodhi inside the circle. He doesn't see it initially but manages to get both hands at it and holds on!

Abbas Afridi c Ish Sodhi b Tim Southee 7 (5b, 0x4, 1x6)

19.2 Tim Southee to Haris Rauf, short of length ball on the leg-stump, Rauf swings through the full and Sodhi chases it to the deep fine leg boundary. And guess what, the batters don't bother to come back for the second!

Quite a predicament for the third umpire here. The replays are showing that it could have bumped and gone and upon zooming, the initial replays turn out to be true. Not out

19.1 Tim Southee to Haris Rauf, EDGED AND TAKEN! Has it carried? Good length ball outside the off-stump. Rauf looks for the cut but gets a leading top edge that falls to Conway who goes down to take it. Umpires want to have a check.

Conway has picked it on the full but it looks like it has landed in the gloves. The third umpire thinks it has hit the ground though and he says it's NOT OUT!

Tim Southee (3-0-30-1) comes back into the attack and will be bowling to Haris Rauf on strike

What a spell from Adam Milne. He picked an early wicket and then returned to dismiss Fakhar when he was going hard at their bowling attack. When it looked like Shaheen was going hard, he comes back and picks his wicket as well. Ends his spell with 4/33 in 4 overs. Pakistan need 23 runs in 6 balls

overs

172 /9 score

runs

Abbas Afridi *

7 (4)

Haris Rauf

1 (1)

Adam Milne

4 /33

18.6 Adam Milne to Abbas Afridi, short and wide, he gets on his toes to cut it but misses

18.5 Adam Milne to Abbas Afridi, HIGH AND SIX! He doesn't want to go without having a bit of fun. On the middle stump and in the slot, Abbas swings through in the air and goes straight, it flies over the sight screen!

18.4 Adam Milne to Haris Rauf, goes for the yorker on the hat-trick ball, falls full near his toes and Rauf manages to flick it nicely to deep square leg

HATTRICK DELIVERY! Can Milne close the match with this one delivery? Haris Rauf, RHB, walks out to the middle and will be on strike to face the hattrick ball

18.3 Adam Milne to Usama Mir, ANOTHER ONE! Cross-seamed ball on a high pace outside the off-stump, Mir slashes hard at it and gets a top edge for an easy catch to the keeper. Pakistan have capitulated hard here.

Usama Mir c Devon Conway b Adam Milne 0(1b,0x4,0x6)

Usama Mir, RHB, walks out to the middle and will be on strike to face his first delivery

18.2 Adam Milne to Shaheen Afridi, GONEE NOW! This time Shaheen looks to go straight on a good length cutter outside the off-stump, it bounces off the face of his bat and goes high for another calm Tim Southee catch in the in-field at mid off.

Shaheen Shah Afridi c Tim Southee b Adam Milne 22(13b,1x4,2x6)

18.1 Adam Milne to Shaheen Afridi, SUPERB BOUNDARY! On a length without pace outside the off-stump, Afridi slashes hard at it ad gets it in the gap past covers!

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