Click it and Unblock the Notifications
A Oneindia Venture
New Zealand vs Pakistan Scorecard, 2nd T20I, Pakistan vs New Zealand 2018
Result · Nov 02 2018, Fri - 09:30 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND153/7
PAKISTAN154/4
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
CRR:7.83
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | New Zealand tour to Pakistan (UAE) 2018 |
| Date: | Nov 02 2018, Fri - 09:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Dubai |
| Venue: | Dubai International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Asif Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c) (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson (c), Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Tim Seifert (wk), Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Ajaz Patel |
- Pakistan have won their last three T20I against New Zealand, this after having lost five of their previous six encounters with the Black Caps.
- Pakistan have won eight of their 11 T20I matches against New Zealand when they have batted first, setting an average total of 163 runs in that span.
- New Zealand have lost seven of their last eight T20I matches, including their last four on the bounce; the last time they lost more was a seven-game stretch from 2007 to 2008.
- New Zealand have lost seven T20Is thus far in 2018; only once in the format's history have the Black Caps been defeated more times in a single calendar year (8 losses from 17 games in 2012).
- Pakistan have won their last four T20I games on the bounce at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, restricting their opponents to fewer than 150 runs in each innings.
- New Zealand have conceded 180+ runs in five of their last seven innings, this after having done so just twice in their 23 T20I innings prior to this.
- New Zealand's Ish Sodhi has taken just four wickets at an average of 38.3 in T20I cricket against Pakistan, his worst average against any nation - he has overall average of 19.5 in the format.
- No spinner has taken more T20I wickets in 2018 than Pakistan's Shadab Khan (25); he's taken six wickets in his last three games, including 3/19 against Australia in October.
- New Zealand's Colin Munro has hit 33 sixes so far in 2018, the most of any player in T20Is; his 81 career sixes in the format are the fifth most of any player.
- Pakistan's Babar Azam boasts a batting average of 53.6 in T20Is, the best of any player to have played at least five matches in the history of the format.