Nawaz played a match winning century in the match
NZ vs PAK: The third match of the ongoing five-match T20 series between New Zealand and Pakistan was played between the two teams at Eden Park, Auckland today on March 21. Let us tell you that in this match, Pakistan won by 9 wickets on the basis of the best performance in T20 career of opener Hasan Nawaz.
Nawaz, while opening the innings, played a match-winning innings of 105* runs in 45 balls with the help of 10 fours and 7 sixes for Pakistan. Due to this amazing innings of 22-year-old Hasan Nawaz, Pakistan easily achieved the target of 205 runs given by New Zealand by losing only one wicket in 16 overs. This was Nawaz’s first century in T20 International cricket.
New Zealand vs Pakistan, third T20 match result
If we tell you about the match in detail, then Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, New Zealand, batting first, was all out for 204 runs in 19.5 overs. Mark Chapman, who came to bat at number three for the Kiwi team, played a brilliant innings of 94 runs in 44 balls with the help of 11 fours and 4 sixes.
Apart from this, Tim Seifert contributed 19 and Michael Bracewell contributed 31 runs. At the same time, Finn Allen (0), Daryl Mitchell (17), James Neesham (3) and Mitchell Hay (9) failed to play big innings.
On the other hand, if we talk about the bowling of Pakistan cricket team, Haris Rauf got the maximum 3 successes. Apart from this, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Abbas Afridi got 2-2 successes. Apart from this, Shadab Khan got 1 wicket.
After this, when Pakistan came out to chase the target of 205 runs given by New Zealand, it easily achieved this target by losing 1 wicket in 16 overs. Mohammad Haris was caught out by Jacob Duffy for 41 runs. At the same time, Hasan Nawaz remained unbeaten after scoring 105 * and Salman Ali Agha 51 *.
Also, let us tell you that with this win, Pakistan has achieved its first victory in the T20 series, and currently the series stands at 2-1. The fourth match of the ongoing series will be played on March 23 at Bay Oval, Maunganui.
