New Zealand vs Pakistan, Tri-Series Final: Nawaz, Haider lead Pakistan to title win

This
victory
for
Pakistan
before
the
T20
World
Cup
2022
is
going
to
boost
their
morale.

Haider
Ali
scored
31
runs
in
15
balls
with
the
help
of
three
fours
and
two
sixes
and
Mohammad
Nawaz
played
an
unbeaten
knock
of
38
off
22
balls.

Apart
from
this,
Iftikhar
Ahmed
also
played
an
innings
of
25
not
out
off
14
balls.
Chasing
a
target
of
164,
Pakistan
got
off
to
a
decent
start
as
their
openers
Mohammad
Rizwan
and
Babar
Azam
scored
28
runs
under
4
overs.

However,
Michael
Bracewell
sent
Azam
back
to
the
pavilion
after
scoring
just
15
runs
off
14
deliveries.

Shan
Masood
then
came
out
to
bat
on
the
crease,
but
was
unable
to
make
a
big
score
and
departed
for
19
runs.

Michael
Bracewell
bagged
his
second
wicket
of
the
innings
as
he
dismissed
Masood
in
the
11th
over
of
the
innings
and
in
the
very
next
over,
Ish
Sodhi
dismissed
Mohammad
Rizwan.

The
56-run
partnership
stand
for
the
fourth
wicket
between
Haider
Ali
and
Mohammad
Nawaz
came
to
an
end
in
the
16th
over
as
Tim
Southee
removed
Ali.

Nawaz
continued
the
carnage
as
he
hammered
Ish
Sodhi
for
25
runs,
smashing
three
sixes.
Pakistan
lost
two
wickets
putting
them
under
some
pressure.

Nawaz
took
the
equation
down
to
11
runs
from
12
balls.
In
the
last
over
of
the
match
the
Men
in
Green
only
needed
four
runs
and
Iftikhar
Ahmed
closed
the
match
with
a
huge
six
to
lift
the
T20
Tri-Series
trophy.

Earlier,
captain
Kane
Williamson
played
a
magnificent
knock
of
59
as
New
Zealand
posted
a
total
of
163/7
in
20
overs
against
Pakistan
in
the
final
of
the
tri-series.

Brief
score:
New
Zealand:
163/7
(Kane
Williamson
59,
Glenn
Phillips
29;
Haris
Rauf
2-
22)
vs
Pakistan:
168/5
(Mohammad
Nawaz
38
not
out,
Mohammad
Rizwan
34;
Michael
Bracewell
2-14)
by
5
wickets