Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell sewed game dominating organization of 139 runs in 93 balls
Friday, January 19, 2024
Pakistan lost the fourth match of the T20I series against New Zealand by seven wickets on Friday in Christchurch, driving the rivals toward a series white-wash.
New Zealand had slipped to 20-3 in the third over of the run-pursue however Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell sewed a game dominating organization of 139 runs in 93 balls to get their side over the line with 11 balls in excess.
The two players scored fifties.
Mohammad Rizwan scored unbeaten 90 runs as Pakistan set New Zealand an objective of 159 runs in the fourth T20I of the series.
Rizwan scored 90 runs in 63 balls with the assistance of six fours and two sixes.
Mohammad Nawaz scored a fast fire 21 runs in nine balls, which remembered three sequential sixes off pacer Adam Milne for the penultimate over of the innings.
Babar Azam scored 19 runs in 11 balls and added 51 runs in 31 balls for the second wicket with Rizwan.
Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry guaranteed two wickets each for the home side.
Prior, New Zealand won the throw and chose to bowl first against Pakistan in the fourth T20I
Pakistan have rolled out one improvement with Sahibzada Farhan supplanting Azam Khan in the arrangement.
New Zealand opener Devon Conway was precluded hours before the match subsequent to testing positive for Coronavirus.
"Conway has been in detachment at the group's Christchurch lodging subsequent to testing positive yesterday," New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said in an explanation.
"He will keep on being checked in front of Sunday's last match against Pakistan."
Canterbury Lords hitter Chad Bowes will join the crew as cover for Conway.
Bowling trainer Andre Adams has likewise tried positive for Coronavirus, NZC added.
Spinner Mitch Santner, who is driving New Zealand without any harmed normal captain Kane Williamson, missed the series opener for a similar explanation.
Adam Milne comes in for his 50th T20 global for Ish Sodhi and Will Youthful replaces Conway.
Setups
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi (c), Mohammad Wasim, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Will Youthful, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Philipps, Imprint Chapman, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Matthew Henry, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson
