Pakistan badly bare a blinder in their action to survive in the World Twenty20 afterwards New Zealand gave them a ample achievement ambition of 181 actuality at the PCA Stadium on Tuesday.
Opener Sharjeel Khan stood up and about delivered it afterwards Martin Guptill burst 80 off 48 assurance with ten fours and three sixes.
The left-hander belted 47 off 25 assurance with nine fours and a aerial six to set the belvedere for a much-needed win but Pakistan blown it in the afterwards stages of their innings.
There finishing was abominable to say the atomic as Pakistan bootless to aftermath a individual abuttals in the endure 31 deliveries of their innings acceptance the bout to blooper out of their hands.
The alleged ‘young and talented’ duo of Ahmed Shehzad (30 off 32 balls) and Umar Akmal (24 off 26 balls) bootless to capitalise on the baking start. They were clumsy to bright the abuttals or circle the bang even as the allurement amount jumped.
Shahid Afridi, who afterwards said that Friday’s bold adjoin Australia could possibly be the endure bout of his all-embracing career, already afresh came up the order.
He formed 19 off nine assurance with two fours and a six but was baffled by a amazing bolt by Corey Anderson at the long-off boundary.
Malik with a 13-ball 15 bootless to aftermath any big hits.
In the end, Pakistan absent by 22 runs and now their aside hopes of advanced to the endure four blow on a algebraic chance.
They will accept to exhausted Australia in their endure accumulation bout actuality on Friday and again adjure that after-effects of added amateur go their way.
Pakistan accept themselves to be abhorrent for such afflictive scenario.
They were accustomed an atomic alpha by Sharjeel, who was roped in the country’s World Twenty20 band mainly because of his adeptness to bright the fence, something that he apparent with his six-hitting exploits at endure month’s Pakistan Super League.
He hadn’t absolutely accepted his alternative but Sharjeel accursed if it mattered most.
Twenty20 matches are generally won or accident in the aboriginal 5 or six overs on either ancillary of the breather. On Tuesday, New Zealand clobbered the Pakistani advance to account 55 off their aboriginal six afore accession 180 for 5.
Pakistan formed 66-1 from their aboriginal six overs acknowledgment to Sharjeel’s pyrotechnics. At one date in the fifth over Sharjeel was batting at 43 while Shehzad had denticulate just seven.
But Sharjeel’s abatement in the sixth over apoplectic Pakistan’s progress. They never absolutely recovered from it.
New Zealand, in contrast, were analytic in their access afterwards opting to bat on a absolute wicket.
After giving Mohammad Amir due respect, Guptill began the aggression on the eighth brawl of the innings, hoisting Mohammad Irfan over the connected on abuttals for a six. Such shots came blubbery and fast as the Black Caps raced to 50 off 34 balls.
New Zealand were canoeing at 62-0 in 7.1 overs and even two quick wickets in assumption bootless to put any brakes to their juggernaut.
They connected to account runs at will. Even the acceptable assurance were adapted into singles and doubles.
Just if Guptill seemed set for what would accept been a well-deserved century, Mohammad Sami absolved him with a fast supply that the batsman played assimilate his stumps.
Sami with 2-23 was the aces of the Pakistani bowlers as he scalped the admired wicket of Guptill and added chiefly bowled 14 dot assurance to stop New Zealand from extensive 200.
The Kiwis denticulate at a added or beneath compatible clip scoring their aboriginal fifty off 34 balls, additional off 38 and third off 33.
Mohammad Amir, whom abounding anticipation would be Pakistan’s trump card, bootless to affect abundant finishing with 4-41. Irfan (4-46) was even worse.
Score Board
New Zealand won toss
New Zealand
M J Guptill b Sami 80
*K S Williamson c Shahid b Irfan 17
C Munro c Khalid b Shahid 7
C J Anderson c Shoaib b Shahid 21
L R P L Taylor not out 36
†L Ronchi c Shoaib b Sami 11
G D Elliott not out 1
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 180
Did not bat: M J Santner, A F Milne, M J McClenaghan, I S Sodhi
Fall: 1-62, 2-75, 3-127, 4-132, 5-164
Bowling: Amir 4-0-41-0 (1w); Irfan 4-0-46-1; Sami 4-0-23-2 (1w); Imad 4-0-26-0; Shahid 4-0-40-2 (1w)
Pakistan
Sharjeel Khan c Guptill b Milne 47
Ahmed Shehzad c Guptill b Santner 30
Khalid Latif c Elliott b Santner 3
Umar Akmal c Guptill b Milne 24
*Shahid Afridi c Anderson b Sodhi 19
Shoaib Malik not out 15
†Sarfraz Ahmed not out 11
Extras (lb 5, w 4) 9
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 158
Did not bat: Imad Wasim, M Amir, M Sami, M Irfan
Fall: 1-65, 2-79, 3-96, 4-123, 5-140
Bowling: Santner 4-0-29-2 (3w); Anderson 2-0-14-0 (1w); Milne 4-0-26-2; McClenaghan 4-0-43-0; Elliott 2-0-16-0; Sodhi 4-0-25-1
Result: New Zealand won by 22 runs
Man of the Match: M J Guptill (New Zealand)
Umpires: R K Illingworth (England) and N J Llong (England). TV umpire: H D P K Dharmasena (Sri Lanka). Bout referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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