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Pakistan vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st T20I, New Zealand vs Pakistan 2025
Result · Mar 16 2025, Sun - 06:45 AM (IST)
PAKISTAN91
NEW ZEALAND92/1
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
CRR:9.05
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Pakistan in New Zealand 2025 |
| Date: | Mar 16 2025, Sun - 06:45 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Christchurch |
| Venue: | Hagley Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Tim Robinson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zak Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Muhammad Haris (wk), Hassan Nawaz, Salman Ali Agha (c), Irfan Khan Niazi, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Khushdil Shah, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed |
- New Zealand are undefeated in their last four multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against Pakistan (W2 D2) – the Black Caps’ longest unbeaten run against them; their last series loss against Pakistan in the format was a 0-3 defeat in November 2018.
- Pakistan have lost their last three men’s T20Is; the last time they recorded a longer losing run in the format was a six-match span from October 2023 to January 2024.
- New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 in their most recent multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (January 2025); the Black Caps will be aiming for back-to-back wins in such series for the first time since August 2022.
- New Zealand will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats in men’s T20Is at Hagley Oval in Christchurch for the first time in the history of the format, following their 42-run loss against Pakistan in their most recent match at the venue (21 January 2024).
- Only India (32.5%) have a better batting dot ball rate facing spin bowling in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024 than Pakistan (34.8%) and New Zealand (35.4%) amongst Test playing countries.
- New Zealand have a bowling strike rate of eight during the death overs (17th-20th) in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the best of any Test playing country in that time; the Black Caps’ 52 wickets during this period is the third most of any team (India – 71 and Bangladesh – 53).
- Salman Ali Agha (Pakistan) has scored 64% of his 50 runs from singles in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the highest rate of any player from a Test playing country in that time (min. 35 runs).
- James Neesham (944) is 56 away from becoming the 12th player to score 1,000 runs for New Zealand in men’s T20Is; he’s scored the most runs for the Black Caps of any player without recording a 50+ score in the history of the format.
- Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) has a batting dot ball rate of 22.6% from 190 balls faced in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the best of any player from a Test playing country in that time (min. 70 balls faced).
- Finn Allen (New Zealand) has scored 80.3% of his 361 runs from boundaries in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2024, the third best rate of any player (min. 180 runs) from a Test playing country in that time (Travis Head – 82.7% of 539 runs for Australia and Abhishek Sharma – 80.4% of 535 runs for India).