That'll do nicely for New Zealand; they bag the series 3-0. Length ball fires it on middle, Wasim muscles it down to long on and jogs through a run. New Zealand win comprehensively by 45 runs.
New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I at Dunedin, NZ v PAK, Jan 17 2024 - Match Result
And that's a wrap from Dunedin. New Zealand were clinical today and Finn Allen made sure to cash in on his red-hot form. He left Pakistan in tatters with his blitzkrieg and Pakistan weren't consistent enough with their lines and lengths, and looked rusty. Once again, Pakistan batters found it tough to get on top of the bowlers, and many of their aerial shots went into the hands of fielders. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, it's goodbye from me, Rvel Zahid, on behalf of Thilak Ram
Finn Allen: Trying to have a solid foundation, solid base and kind of built from there...picking my moments when to go and picking bowlers. it's about playing the ball on merit. And then you get where it's supposed to go.
Mitchell Santner: Pakistan are a very good team and they've shown that when they've come here and wherever we play them. I think we have to talk about trying to do it for as long as he can and he did it for a long time today (on Finn Allen). It's nice to have (big) score on a small ground. But I guess the scoreboard pressure, (allows us to be) aggressive and then you know, try and get that run rate quite high.
Congratulations to New Zealand on the series win and commiserations to Pakistan who end up on the losing side. Tim Southee did a splendid job once again and was good in both his spells. Lockie Ferguson bowled a magnificent spell after being brought in the side for this game, and Mitchell Santner, who was wearing the captain's armband in the absence of Kane Williamson, took 1/26 and didn't allow Pakistan to get off the hook. The highlight of the day was Finn Allen's 137, which is the seventh-highest score in T20Is (check what other records he broke above). He simply killed the game with that spellbinding knock. Pakistan couldn't address their middle-order issues, and their bowling was abysmal as a unit. Lots of areas of concern, but they have two more games to get it right and carry some confidence because it's a World Cup year, and every game is an opportunity to make amends, weed out issues, get the jazba back in the team and identify their best 11 before the showpiece event
Ali Sajjad: "In the three matches it is Pakistan bowling that has let them down. They should not be required to chase 200 targets. Not taking anything away from NZ's amazing batting effort but better bowling effort could have restricted them to lower scores."
Sairabhk: "Fin Allen has become the another scary Ghost for Pak after Warner."
Hussain : "So the problem is babar? What a joke, only consistent performer in the team. Babar does his job while rest failing time n again"
Throws the kitchen sink at it, deceived him with the the slow shortish ball wide of off
Hasan : "I think Pakistan needs to go back to their previous batting order, Babar and Rizwan to open and fakhar at 3. Azam Khan needs to be replaced by Haris at 4. Shadab to return at 5. Iftikhar at 6. A somewhat reliable line up which worked for pakistan for the last couple of years"
goes full outside, tries it to ramp it but only grabs fresh air, sneaks a bye
Ahmed Ghazi: "Pakistan needs to work on their batting and bowling strategy.Haris Rauf was expensive in all 3 games and Azam khan and Iftikhar needs to be replaced as they needed to score quick runs which was expected but failed to deliver."
Steps away to the off side and yanks his front foot out of the way, not a lot of oomph behind the shot, Mitchell at deep midwicket with a throw, Southee picks it up and throws at striker's end, direct hit would have been curtains
Nasir Hussain: "Pakistan at-least had a set opening pair and an established number 3 in form of Fakhar , now it is a mess from top to bottom under Hafeez and Shaheen."
Muffled appeal for an lbw, touch short and snaked it on middle, hit him a bit high as they sneak a bye
shaheen syeda: "Pak should try Haseeb instead of Iftikhar"
Round the wicket, short of a length with pace off floating in the channel, tries to whack it through covers, nicked it through to the keeper, his cameo comes to an end, spot on change-up delivery
slightly short and wide, absolutely woofs a square cut but not in the gap, man at sweeper collects it on one bounce
Length on the pads, shanks it away past backward square for a four, too little, too late?
inside edge rolls over to the right of keeper
Thunderbolt on short of a length and he gets a lot of purchase, Shaheen moves his bonce away from line
Back of a length, arcing across off, late attempt to cut
Full toss on middle and leg, steps away to the on side and cuts it to cover
That is a proper wallop! Clears his front leg and hoists it over deep square for a six, making good use of the short boundaries. Fraction short on middle, he belted it out of the screws
Cleverly bowled! Slow ball on back of a length wide of off, wanders the the leg side in a bid to heave him over midwicket, premediated
Swings for the hills, gets a thick top edge and it runs away from deep fine leg for a four
Drags his length back, width on offer, rides the bounce and slaps it to sweeper cover
Effort ball on a hard length wide of off, tries to play an upper cut but it climbed insanely off the deck and hurried him
Short and wide of the tramline on off
Majestic six! Flexes his biceps and clobbers it over deep midwicket for a huge! Made room towards the leg side and deposited the back of a length ball angling into off into the grass banks
Back of a length ball at an innocuous pace following him up, he steps to the on side and plays a back foot punch to cover
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University Oval, Dunedin | |
Toss | Pakistan, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | New Zealand led the 3-match series 3-0 |
Match number | T20I no. 2434 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20 |
Match days | 17 January 2024 - day (20-over match) |
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Over 20 • PAK 179/7