Finn Allen hit 16 sixes against Pakistan. Pakistan’s Finn Allen plots against 16 runs: highest in an innings, New Zealand won by 45 runs; 3-0 lead in the series
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New Zealand also won the T20 against Pakistan at number three. The team won the match by 45 runs in Dunedin on Sunday and took a 3-0 lead in the 5 T20 series. New Zealand’s Finn Allen played an inning of 137 runs scoring 16 sixes.
On the basis of Allen’s innings, New Zealand scored 224 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Pakistan team could score only 179 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
Allen took maximum lead of six
Finn Allen received the Player of the Match award for scoring 137 runs. He also took advantage of the record of most number of 16 sixers in an innings of T-20 International. Our first Afghanistan spy Jazi also hit 16 sixes against Ireland in 2019.
Allen played an innings of 5 Stuarts with 16 sixes. That means he scored 116 runs. With this he became one of the Kiwis who scored the most runs in an innings. First, Brendon McCullum scored 96 runs from Teyali. Allen also made the highest T20 score for New Zealand. First of all, McCullum scored 123 runs against Bangladesh in 2012.
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Pakistan made third consecutive T20 bowling technician
Pakistan once again took the bowling attack to task at the University Oval Stadium in Dunedin. Task bowling was the team’s choice in the first two T-20s as well. New Zealand batted first, the team did not have a good start. Devon Contvey became the victim of Haris Roofe after scoring 7 runs in the fourth over.
Conway-Seifert’s century Raj Bhavan
After losing the first wicket early, Allen scored quickly at one end. He got an offer from Tim Seifert. Both of them helped the team score 150 runs and also scored a century at Raj Bhavan. Seifert was out after scoring 31 runs and 125 runs were wasted between the two.
Allen still persisted. He did not start the game slowly against any bowler. Allen made the century team and the team’s score crossed 200 runs. He was out in the 18th over after scoring 137 runs in 62 balls.
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Finn Allen became the Kiwi batsman with most sixes in an innings. Those 16 sixpoints.
Batsmen could score only 21 runs in the last 16 balls
Finn Allen was out in 17.2 overs, at this time the score was 203/4. Allen’s team scored only 21 runs in the last 16 balls and lost 3 wickets. The team scored 224 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell scored 8, Glenn Phillips scored 19, Mark Chapman scored 1, Mitchell Santner scored 4, Matt Henry scored 1 and Ish Sodhi scored 3 runs.
Roof gave away 60 runs
Pakistan’s Haris Roof gave away 60 runs in 4 overs, he did get 2 wickets but that was too many. Wickets are important for all bowlers. Royal Afridi, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Junior got 1-1 wicket.
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Bad start for Pakistan, Ayub out early
Pakistan team, which came to chase the strike of 225 runs, had a bad start. Opener Sam Ayyub was out after playing half the innings of 10 runs in 13 balls. Mohammad Rizwan played the innings with Babar Azam. Rizwan was out after scoring 24 runs.
Pakistan lost wickets continuously
After losing the wicket of Rizwan at 62 runs, Babar survived one more. But in front of him only Fakhar Zaman 19, Azam Khan 10 and Iftikhar Ahmed 1 were run out. Babar also scored a fifty but he also returned after scoring 58 runs in 37 balls. Pakistan’s score could reach only 134 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 16 overs.
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Pakistan could not even reach beyond 180
In the end, Mohammad Nawaz scored 28 runs and Captain Roylan Afridi tried to win his team by scoring 16 runs. But the combined score of both the teams could not even cross 180 in 20 overs. Pakistan could score only 179 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
2 wickets for Saudi
All New Zealand bowlers got wickets. Tim Southee got maximum 2 successes. Whereas Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi got 1 success each.
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Fourth match on 19 January
Kane Williamson is out of the series due to injury. Mitchell Santner took command in his place in the third T20. Santner was the captain of New Zealand in the last 2 T20s.
With victory in the third consecutive T-20, New Zealand has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series. The last 2 telecasts of the series will be seen in Christchurch on 19 and 21 January.