Pakistan claimed their first win of the tour by bowling the BLACKCAPS out for 153 at Eden Park. PHOTOSPORT.

Pakistan book T20I decider at the Mount

Posted Thursday, 25 January, 2018 in International Match Reports

In Short.
The BLACKCAPS record winning run came to an end on unlucky 13.

Scorecard

On a beautiful evening at Eden Park, a fired-up Pakistan handed the hosts' their first loss of the home summer, to set up an intriguing T20I decider at the Mount on Sunday.

In front of big-boisterous Auckland crowd, the visitor’s batsmen found their form to post a formidable 201-4 from their 20 overs, with telling contributions from Fakhar Zaman (50), Ahmed Shehzad (44), Babar Azam (50), Sarfraz Ahmed (41).

The BLACKCAPS run-chase struggled to get going as Pakistan claimed early wickets and a crucial run-out of Tom Bruce.

Mitchell Santner (37) and Ben Wheeler (30) dug-in for a 54-run partnership to take the game deep, but it wasn’t to be as the innings closed on 153.

As it happened...

 

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