Pakistan beat New Zealand in 1st T 20 Match of Bilateral series played in 2016

Pakistan was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International series in New Zealand in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later in India in 2016. The 1^st T 20 International match was to be played on Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand on 15th Jan, 2016.

New Zealand won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Pakistan team and 11 was looking like in this 1^st T 20 International match: Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Gul, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Amir, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Imad Wasim

And New Zealandn team and 11 was looking like this in this 1^st T 20 International match: Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi (wk), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (c), Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Trent Boult, Todd Astle, Corey Anderson, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner

Pakistan started very well and played aggressively to set total of 171 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and top score by M Hafeez who made 61 runs in 47 balls with 8 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 130 runs in 100 balls and U Akmal who made 24 runs in 14 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 171 runs in 100 balls.

New Zealand was needed to score 172 runs in 20 over’s to won this 1stT 20 International match and to take lead in the series 1-0 with 2 more games to play.

New Zealand batted very well and was on the way to win this game But they lost their way in the end over’s to get bowled out for only 155 runs and top scored by Skipper Kane W who made 70 runs in 60 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 117 runs in 100 balls and C Munro who made 57 runs in 27 balls with 2 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 207 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan won the match by 16 runs and take lead in the series as 1-0.

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