Black day for Pakistan cricket” -Black day for Pakistan cricket” -Twitterati lambasted the Men in Green for losing the T20I series against New Zealand with two games to spare.
Twitterati lambasted the Men in Green for losing the T20I series against New Zealand with two games to spare
Pakistan’s T20I career has gotten off to a bad start under Shaheen Afridi. As they lost the third T20I against New Zealand by 45 runs on Wednesday at the University Oval in Dunedin. Conceding the five-match series with two games remaining.
The Blackcaps won with a dominating batting performance after being summoned into bat by Afridi for the third time in a row.
Opening batter Finn Allen hit the highest score by a New Zealand batsman in a T20I (137 off 62). And the hosts finished on 224-7.
In the run chase, Pakistan faced a familiar situation. The new-look opening duo of Saim Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan failed to produce yet again. As Babar Azam scored his third consecutive fifty.
The former captain, however, had little support from the rest of the middle order. As Pakistan finished on 179-7 after 20 overs.
Pakistan supporters were angered by the squad’s performance, which extended Mohammad Hafeez’s losing record since taking over as team director.
“I have been trying to do the basics right, that’s all” – Finn Allen on his match-winning knock against Pakistan
Finn Allen has been savage at the top of the order against Pakistan’s bowlers in the series thus far.
After scoring 34 and 74 runs in the first and second T20Is. Respectively, the opener went one better in the third encounter of the series.
He smashed 16 sixes in his amazing 137-run knock, laying the framework for the Blackcaps to reach another big total.
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