Thanks to the stormy innings of Mark Chapman (104 *) and James Neesham (45 *), New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets with 4 balls to spare in the fifth and final T20 International match on Monday.
In the match played at Rawalpindi, Pakistan batted first and scored 193/5 in 20 overs. In response, New Zealand achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 19.2 overs. With this victory, New Zealand leveled the five T20 International series 2-2. Remind that the fourth T20 International match of the series was canceled due to a hailstorm.
Mark Chapman's stormy century
Chasing the target of 194 runs, New Zealand got off to a very bad start. Shaheen Afridi got Kiwi captain Tom Latham caught out by Shadab Khan on the very first ball of the innings. On the fifth ball, Afridi gave a second blow to New Zealand by getting Will Young (4) caught out by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.
Chad Bowes (19) and Darryl Mitchell (15) added 22 runs for the third wicket. Imad Wasim broke this partnership by clean bowling Bowes. From here Mark Chapman took the crease and started taking the news of Pakistani bowlers. He shared a 47-run partnership with Mitchell for the fourth wicket. Imad Wasim tried to put the Kiwis on the back foot by getting Mitchell caught by Harris Rauf.
match-winning partnership
From here Mark Chapman got the support of Jimmy Neesham (45 *). Both gave victory to New Zealand by an unbeaten partnership of 121 runs for the fifth wicket. Seeing the innings of Chapman and Neesham, it did not seem that there was any danger from Pakistan's bowling attack. Both hit shots to all four corners of the ground and sealed New Zealand's victory four balls earlier.
Chapman completed his century in only 57 balls with the help of 11 fours and four sixes. At the same time, Neesham scored an unbeaten 45 in 25 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Shaheen Afridi and Imad Wasim got two wickets each from Pakistan.
Nice innings from Rizwan
New Zealand won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. Captain Babar Azam (19) and Mohammad Rizwan (98) got the team off to a flying start with a 51-run partnership. Blair Tickner broke the partnership by getting Bazham out and caught by Young. Here New Zealand made a strong comeback. Tickner did not even allow Mohammad Harris to open the account and got caught out by Sodhi.
After this, Sodhi caught Sam Ayyub on his ball. Even Ayub could not open the account. Then Rizwan along with Iftikhar Ahmed (36) handled Pakistan's innings and added 71 runs for the fourth wicket. Tickner broke the partnership by getting Ahmed out and caught by Ravindra. Rizwan then shared a 68-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Imad Wasim (31) to take Pakistan to a huge score.
Imad Wasim run out. Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 98 in 62 balls with the help of seven fours and four sixes. Blair Tickner took three wickets for New Zealand. A wicket came in the account of Ish Sodhi.
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