{"id":50494,"date":"2024-01-21T04:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T04:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-beat-new-zealand-in-5th-t20i-to-avoid-series-whitewash\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T04:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T04:54:04","slug":"pakistan-beat-new-zealand-in-5th-t20i-to-avoid-series-whitewash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-beat-new-zealand-in-5th-t20i-to-avoid-series-whitewash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan beat New Zealand in 5th T20I to avoid series whitewash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the fifth T20I to avoid a whitewash in the series on Sunday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Pakistan win final T20I against New Zealand to escape whitewash | Pak vs NZ | Breaking News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xx12e_DVv6M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Chasing a target of 135 runs set by Green Shirts, New Zealand were bowled out for 92 runs in 17.2 overs, however, New Zealand won the series 4-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">New Zealand were 53-2 at one stage but suffered a major collapse to get bowled out inside 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Off-spinner Iftikhar Ahmed, who bowled for the first time in the series, was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan with figures of 3-24 in four overs. Captain Shaheen Afridi and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz bagged two wickets each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Glenn Phillips was the top-scorer for the home side with 26 runs in 22 balls.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/shaheen-afridi-speaks-out-after-t20i-series-loss-against-new-zealand\/\">Shaheen Afridi speaks out after T20I series loss against New Zealand<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After winning the toss, Pakistan limped to 134-8, with a regular loss of wickets stymying their efforts to overcome a slow start against another disciplined New Zealand bowling display.<\/p>\n<div class=\"category-share\">\n<p>Pakistan went with a spin-heavy attack for the final game.<\/p>\n<p>Saim Ayub was dropped out for Haseebullah Khan at the top of the order and Mohammad Wasim was out for Usama Mir and Abbas Afridi coming in for Haris Rauf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the fifth T20I to avoid a whitewash in the series on Sunday.\u00a0 Chasing a target of 135 runs set by Green Shirts, New Zealand were bowled out for 92 runs in 17.2 overs, however, New Zealand won the series 4-1. 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