AUCKLAND: Daryl Mitchell played a blistering knock of 61 runs from 27 balls, supported by skipper Kane Williamson’s half-century to help New Zealand post a mammoth 226 runs against Pakistan in the first T20I at Eden Park on Friday.
Pakistan’s skipper Shaheen Afridi invited the hosts to bat first after winning the toss in his first game as T20I captain.
Afridi gave his side a quick breakthrough with Devon Conway’s wicket, however, Finn Allen and skipper Kane Williamson raised a 49-run partnership to recover.
Allen smoked 24 runs off Shaheen Afridi’s second over, before debutant Abbas Afridi outfoxed him with a slower one, which was comfortably taken by Aamir Jamal.
Allen played an entertaining knock of 34 runs from 15 balls, laced with three boundaries and as many sixes.
Mitchell then joined Williamson and together they added 78 runs for the third wicket from 40 balls to lift the team’s total to 128 in the 12th over.
Abbas Afridi broke the partnership as he removed Williamson, courtesy of a superb catch by Fakhar Zaman at long-on.
Williamson played a 57-run innings from 42 balls with the help of nine boundaries.
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Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan (wk), Aamer Jamal, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi (c), Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Matthew Henry, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears
Schedule of Pakistan vs New Zealand T20I series
1st T20 – 12 January 2024 at Eden Park, Auckland
2nd T20 – 14 January 2024 at Seddon Park, Hamilton
3rd T20 – 17 January 2024 at University Oval, Dunedin
4th T20 – 19 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
5th T20 – 21 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
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