New Zealand vs Pakistan Scorecard, 4th T20I, Pakistan vs New Zealand 2024
Result · Apr 25 2024, Thu - 08:00 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND178/7
PAKISTAN174/8
New Zealand won by 4 runs
CRR:8.7
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | New Zealand in Pakistan 2024 |
| Date: | Apr 25 2024, Thu - 08:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Lahore |
| Venue: | Gaddafi Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Usman Khan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Zaman Khan |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tom Blundell (wk), Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell (c), Josh Clarkson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, Will O'Rourke |
- New Zealand have won three of their last four men’s T20I games against Pakistan in Pakistan (L1), with the sole loss during this period coming in the second game of this ongoing series – a loss by seven wickets.
- This will be the fourth men’s T20I fixture played between the two sides at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Pakistan have won two out of three such fixtures with New Zealand winning the most recent such fixture by four runs on 17 April 2023.
- New Zealand have won 18 men’s T20I games against Pakistan; a win in this game would make them the team with outright most wins against the Shaheens in the format (also England with 18 wins against Pakistan).
- Pakistan have a win percentage of 60.4% in men’s T20Is with only India (65.7%) and Afghanistan (61.2%) recording a higher such rate than the Shaheens in the format (min. 100 games played in the format); Pakistan have also recorded 137 wins in the format, with only India winning more (140).
- No teams have dropped more catches since the beginning of 2023 in men’s T20Is than New Zealand – 36, thrice as much as Pakistan have done in the same period (12).
- New Zealand batters have struck 48 boundary sixes during the Power Play phase of men’s T20I cricket since the beginning of 2023, only West Indies (57) and India (55) have struck more during the same phase of the game; Pakistan are fifth in the list with 30 sixes during the same period.
- New Zealand bowlers have scalped 50 wickets during slog overs (Overs 17-20) in men’s T20I cricket since the beginning of 2023, the most by any team; Pakistan are sixth in the list with 23 wickets during the same period.
- Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (402 fours) is six boundary fours away from becoming the batter with outright most boundary fours in men’s T20I history (Paul Stirling – 407 fours); he has struck seven boundary fours in this series.
- Ish Sodhi (New Zealand) has bagged 24 wickets in men’s T20Is since the start of 2023, the most a spinner has picked up in the timeframe; he has picked up three wickets in the ongoing series and is currently the second-highest wicket taker behind Shaheen Shah Afridi (four wickets).
- Mark Chapman (New Zealand) has scored 750 runs since the beginning of 2023 in men’s T20I cricket, the most by any batter; Chapman averages 52 against Pakistan in the format, his best against any team.