Pakistan vs New Zealand
The Pakistan team is currently touring New Zealand. Where the Kiwi team has fully asserted its dominance in the T20 series. In the five-game series, New Zealand have won the first four games and are leading 4-0. The fifth game of the series will be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday morning. The Pakistan team comes into this game with the intention of avoiding a clean sweep. While hosts New Zealand are trying to redeem Pakistan by winning the final game of the series.
The Shaheen Afridi-led team suffered a defeat by seven wickets in their fourth match at the same venue on Friday. Daryl Mitchell played an unbeaten 72 runs and Glenn Phillips played an unbeaten 70 runs to help the New Zealand team reach the target of 159 runs without any problems. Pakistan have not won a single international match in the last 78 days and ever since Babar Azam relinquished the captaincy responsibilities in all formats, the team's performance has also taken a significant hit. New Zealand have rested Daryl Mitchell for the final game and young Rachin Ravindra has joined the team. In such a situation, tell us what the pitch will be in this game.
Pitch report from Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Christchurch's pitch is very suitable for batting, but also offers enough bounce for the bowlers. But once the batsmen settle down, they can score big. The venue has hosted 12 T20 Internationals to date, with 208 being the highest score recorded at the venue and 174 being the highest score recorded here. Also, the team that wins the toss can consider batting first in that game. But New Zealand easily reached the target of 159 runs in the fourth T20 match here thanks to the influence of fast bowlers on both sides.
Figures from Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Games played – 12
- Games won while batting first – 5
- Games won while batting second – 7
- Average first innings score – 164
- Average second innings score: 136
- Highest total score – 208/5 by New Zealand against Bangladesh
- Highest target score – 177/3 by Pakistan against Bangladesh
Squads of both teams
New Zealand team: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Will Young, Ben Sears, Rachin Ravindra
Pakistan team: Saeem Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (week), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (week), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi (captain), Mohammad Wasim Jr., Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir, Aamer Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Hasibullah Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Abrar Ahmed
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