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Pak vs NZ 1st T20: Pakistan grabs first win against host team

AUCKLAND: Pakistan team won the first T20 match of the series against New Zealand played at Eden Park, Auckland, TheNewsTribe.com reported.

New Zealand skipper won the toss and elected to bowl first against Green Shirts. Shaheens set the mammoth total of 172 runs in the limited 20-over game.

Kiwis bowlers failed to damage Pakistani batting line up. Mohammad Hafeez played a aggressive inning 61 runs.

Shoaib Malik also contributed 20 runs in team total while Ahmed only manage to score 16 runs. In reply New Zealand team failed to score 172 runs in 20 overs.

Kiwis manage to put just 155 runs on score board and lost all wickets. Mohammad Amir got his first international wicket after 5 year.

Wahab Riaz took three wickets for Pakistan and played important role in victory of Green Shirts.

Pakistan innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal Mohammad Hafeez c Astle b Milne 61 47 8 2 129.78
View dismissal Ahmed Shehzad c Elliott b Milne 16 14 2 1 114.28
View dismissal Sohaib Maqsood c †Ronchi b Santner 0 2 0 0 0.00
View dismissal Shoaib Malik c Elliott b Santner 20 18 1 1 111.11
View dismissal Umar Akmal c Munro b Milne 24 14 1 1 171.42
View dismissal Shahid Afridi* c Williamson b Boult 23 8 2 2 287.50
View dismissal Imad Wasim c Boult b Henry 18 9 1 1 200.00
View dismissal Sarfraz Ahmed† c Williamson b Milne 2 3 0 0 66.66
Wahab Riaz not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
Umar Gul not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, w 3) 4
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 171 (8.55 runs per over)

Did not batMohammad Amir


Fall of wickets 1-33 (Ahmed Shehzad, 4.4 ov), 2-52 (Sohaib Maqsood, 6.1 ov), 3-78 (Shoaib Malik, 10.4 ov), 4-110 (Mohammad Hafeez, 14.5 ov), 5-146 (Umar Akmal, 16.5 ov), 6-147 (Shahid Afridi, 17.1 ov), 7-167 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 18.6 ov), 8-168 (Imad Wasim, 19.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
View wicket MJ Henry 4 1 31 1 7.75 14 3 2 (2w)
View wicket TA Boult 4 0 42 1 10.50 8 6 1 (1w)
View wickets AF Milne 4 0 37 4 9.25 8 2 2
CJ Anderson 1 0 18 0 18.00 2 3 1
View wickets MJ Santner 4 0 14 2 3.50 11 0 0
TD Astle 3 0 28 0 9.33 4 1 2
New Zealand innings (target: 172 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal MJ Guptill run out (Shahid Afridi/Imad Wasim) 2 3 0 0 66.66
View dismissal KS Williamson* c Mohammad Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 70 60 6 1 116.66
View dismissal C Munro b Wahab Riaz 56 27 2 6 207.40
View dismissal CJ Anderson c & b Imad Wasim 0 2 0 0 0.00
View dismissal GD Elliott b Shahid Afridi 3 5 0 0 60.00
View dismissal L Ronchi† c Ahmed Shehzad b Shahid Afridi 0 4 0 0 0.00
View dismissal MJ Santner c Shahid Afridi b Umar Gul 0 4 0 0 0.00
View dismissal TD Astle b Umar Gul 1 5 0 0 20.00
View dismissal MJ Henry c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Amir 10 5 2 0 200.00
AF Milne not out 2 2 0 0 100.00
View dismissal TA Boult c Shahid Afridi b Wahab Riaz 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 3) 11
Total (all out; 20 overs) 155 (7.75 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-9 (Guptill, 1.5 ov), 2-89 (Munro, 9.6 ov), 3-90 (Anderson, 10.3 ov), 4-107 (Elliott, 13.1 ov), 5-107 (Ronchi, 13.5 ov), 6-108 (Santner, 14.4 ov), 7-138 (Astle, 17.4 ov), 8-152 (Henry, 18.6 ov), 9-152 (Williamson, 19.1 ov), 10-155 (Boult, 19.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
View wicket Mohammad Amir 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 4 0 (2w)
View wicket Imad Wasim 4 0 18 1 4.50 11 1 0
View wickets Umar Gul 4 0 38 2 9.50 10 3 3
View wickets Shahid Afridi 4 1 26 2 6.50 11 1 1 (1w)
View wickets Wahab Riaz 4 0 34 3 8.50 10 1 3

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