Lahore (Daily Pakistan Online) In the fourth T20 match between Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan’s batting failed at the start while chasing New Zealand’s 178 runs Pakistan scored 140 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 17 overs. For Pakistan, captain Babar Azam 5, Saeem Ayub 20, Usman Khan 16, Shadab Khan 7 and Iftikhar Ahmed were out by scoring 25 runs. New Zealand have given Pakistan a target of 179 runs to win.
The New Zealand team scored 178 runs in the allotted 20 overs while 7 players were dismissed, Tim Robinson scored 51 runs and was dismissed by Abbas Afridi, Tom Blundell scored 28 runs and was dismissed by Zaman Khan, Fox Croft scored 34 runs which was dismissed by Osama Mir, Chapman dismissed by Iftikhar Ahmed after scoring 9 runs, Burswell suffered by Abbas Afridi after scoring 27 runs, Clarkson bowled without scoring any runs off Abbas Afridi, Sodhi bowled on the last ball of the innings . Become Amir’s victim.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Captain Babar Azam says he decided to bowl first because of the dew factor. For today’s match, 3 changes were made in the Pakistan team while New Zealand made 4 changes in their team. The 5-match series against the Kiwis is tied at 1-1 with one match over The fifth and final match of the series will also be played in Lahore on April 27.
