Pakistan lost third TTwenty20 and series to New Zealand New Zealand also beat Pakistan in the third T20 match to take a decisive lead in the five-match series. In the match played in Dunedin, New Zealand had given Pakistan a target of 225 for the win, following which the Pakistan team managed to score 179 on 7 wickets in 20 overs. In the third T20 match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first.
New Zealand's Finn Allen scored 137 runs on 62 balls with 16 assists and 5 pitches while playing aggressive innings. New Zealand batters Tim Seifert scored 31, Glenn Phillips 19, Daryl Mitchell 8, Devon Conway 7 and Mitchell Centner 4.
For Pakistan, Haris Roof scored 2, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Wasim scored one wicket. Babar Azam scored the most runs for the Pakistan team in pursuit of the target. Babar Azam played 58 innings on 37 balls while Mohammad Rizwan 24, Mohammad Nawaz 28, Fakhr Zaman 19, Azam Khan 10, Saim Ayoub 10 and Iftikhar Ahmed made one run. Shaheen Afridi 16 and Mohammad Wasim were not out on one run. New Zealand bowler Tim Southee took 2 wickets, Matt Henry, Loki Ferguson, Mitchell Centner and Ash Sodhi all scored one wicket.
Three changes were made to both teams today. Pakistan added Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim and Zaman Khan to the Playing XI, replacing Osama Mir, Aamir Jamal and Abbas Afridi. Other players on the national team included Muhammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rooff. It should be noted that New Zealand have achieved a three-zero lead in the five-match series.
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