New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I at Auckland, PAK in NZ, Dec 18 2020 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Auckland, December 18, 2020, Pakistan tour of New Zealand

Pakistan

153/9

New Zealand

(18.5/20 ov, T:154) 156/5

New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Jacob Duffy

, NZ

4/33

Babar Azam cheers his team on from the sidelines•Dec 18, 2020•Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images

Mitchell Santner makes an appeal, first T20I, New Zealand vs Pakistan, Eden Park, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Mitchell Santner makes an appeal•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Haris Rauf sent back Devon Conway, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Haris Rauf sent back Devon Conway•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Jacob Duffy and Scott Kuggeleijn picked up seven wickets between them, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Jacob Duffy and Scott Kuggeleijn picked up seven wickets between them•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Scott Kuggeleijn picked up three wickets, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Scott Kuggeleijn picked up three wickets•Dec 18, 2020•AFP via Getty Images

Jacob Duffy celebrates a wicket with his captain Mitchell Santner, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Jacob Duffy celebrates a wicket with his captain Mitchell Santner•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan plays a cut shot, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18 2020

Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan plays a cut shot •Dec 18, 2020•Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images

Glenn Phillips and Martin Guptill ahead of the T20I series opener against Pakistan, Auckland, December 17, 2020

Glenn Phillips and Martin Guptill ahead of the T20I series opener against Pakistan•Dec 17, 2020•AFP via Getty Images

Mohammad Rizwan steps out of his crease to play a shot on the leg side, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18 2020

Mohammad Rizwan steps out of his crease to play a shot on the leg side•Dec 18, 2020•Phil Walter/Getty Images

Tim Seifert hooks during the course of his half-century, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Tim Seifert hooks during the course of his half-century•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Shaheen Afridi celebrates a wicket, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Shaheen Afridi celebrates a wicket•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Ish Sodhi gives his moustache a twirl after getting Khushdil Shah's wicket, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Ish Sodhi gives his moustache a twirl after getting Khushdil Shah's wicket•Dec 18, 2020•AFP via Getty Images

Shadab Khan battled hard to lift Pakistan after a horror start, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Shadab Khan battled hard to lift Pakistan after a horror start•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Jacob Duffy picked up three wickets inside the powerplay, New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st T20I, Auckland, December 18, 2020

Jacob Duffy picked up three wickets inside the powerplay•Dec 18, 2020•Getty Images

Glenn Phillips will be crucial to New Zealand's chances given his good form, Eden Park, Auckland, Pakistan's tour of New Zealand, December 17, 2020

Glenn Phillips will be crucial to New Zealand's chances given his good form•Dec 17, 2020•Getty Images

Match Coverage

All Match News

Shadab Khan rues Pakistan's poor powerplay batting, lauds 'very good' Jacob Duffy

Pakistan lost their top four in the first six overs, with debutant Duffy taking three of those wickets

Debutant Jacob Duffy and Tim Seifert the difference as New Zealand guts it past Pakistan

Pakistan fight back through Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf before falling well short

Glenn Phillips prepared to 'roll with it' and do 'whatever the team needs'

"If I stick to my game-plan, it'll best suit the team in whatever situation we're in"

Run fest on the cards as inexperienced New Zealand face Babar-less Pakistan

Both sides will be led by captains who are new to the role in Mitchell Santner and Shadab Khan

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New Zealand Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MJ Guptill	caught	6	10
TL Seifert	caught	57	43
DP Conway	caught	5	4
GD Phillips	caught	23	18
MS Chapman	lbw	34	20
JDS Neesham	not out	15	10
MJ Santner	not out	12	8
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)
Total	156(5 wkts; 18.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	27	2	6.75
Imad Wasim	2	14	0	7
Haris Rauf	4	29	3	7.25
Faheem Ashraf	3	18	0	6
Wahab Riaz	3.5	45	0	11.73
Shadab Khan	2	22	0	11

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	8	Martin Guptill	Tim Seifert
2nd	13	Devon Conway	Tim Seifert
3rd	44	Tim Seifert	Glenn Phillips
4th	45	Mark Chapman	Tim Seifert
5th	19	James Neesham	Mark Chapman
6th	27	James Neesham	Mitchell Santner

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