Who: New Zealand vs Pakistan
What: Fourth T20I of five-match sequence
The place: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
When: Sunday at 5:15pm (06:15 GMT)
Pakistan has saved alive their hopes of profitable the five-match T20 sequence of their tour of New Zealand with their stunning win in the third match on Thursday.
It decreased New Zealand’s lead within the sequence to a 2-1 benefit and throws open the opportunity of a dramatic turnaround after a tricky opening to Pakistan’s tour.
Al Jazeera appears to be like on the sequence to date and to the fourth match.
What occurred within the first two matches of Pakistan’s tour?
New Zealand stormed right into a 2-0 sequence lead as Pakistan limped via their opening video games.
The Kiwis claimed the primary recreation with a nine-wicket win in Christchurch after the vacationers have been skittled for 91.
Kyle Jamieson was Pakistan’s chief tormentor as he claimed 3-8 off his 4 overs and performed a big half in decreasing Salman Ali Agha’s facet to 11-4 within the fifth over.
Their whole was the bottom by a Pakistan facet in New Zealand.
The second match in Dunedin didn’t carry way more pleasure for Pakistan because the Kiwis stormed to a five-wicket win – propelled by a volley of sixes.
Agha’s facet mustered 135-9 batting first, however the opening stand within the chase noticed Tim Seifert and Finn Allen hit seven of the primary eight scoring photographs for sixes.
How did Pakistan reverse their fortunes in opposition to New Zealand?
After the shock transfer to drop captain Mohammad Rizwan and experienced batter Babar Azam from the T20 facet, the stress was rising on Pakistan by the third match in Auckland.
Enter one of many new era, Hasan Nawaz.
The 23-year-old opener registered geese within the first two video games – his first style of worldwide cricket – however held onto his place for the third recreation, an uncommon transfer in modern-day Pakistan cricket.
Nawaz rewarded the religion with an unbeaten 105 because the vacationers raced to 207-1 in response to New Zealand’s 204.
The Islamabad-born right-hander reached the milestone off solely 44 balls, the quickest century by any Pakistan participant in a T20 worldwide.
🚨 CENTURY IN HIS THIRD T20I 🚨
Hasan Nawaz smacks the FASTEST T20I hundred by a Pakistan batter, off 44 balls 🔥#NZvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/UTduvlnxM4
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 21, 2025
New Zealand group information
Matt Henry has been dominated out of the rest of the T20 sequence.
The seamer missed the final of the Champions Trophy attributable to a shoulder harm and has stepped out of the squad to proceed his rehabilitation.
Zak Foulkes retains his place for the remaining two matches of the sequence, having solely been listed for the primary three initially.
Will O’Rourke will even keep on for the ultimate two video games, having equally been scheduled to take a seat them out, as a substitute for Kyle Jamieson.
The latter was the Participant of the Match within the first recreation of the sequence however endured a tricky time within the third match below Nawaz’s onslaught.
Pakistan group information
Pakistan have a much more simple set-up for the rest of the sequence and, with no new harm considerations, are anticipated to call the identical group that gained the third match of the sequence.
Together with the dropped Babar and Rizwan, Pakistan have been already lacking the injured duo of Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman for the sequence.
The place will the ultimate recreation of the sequence be performed?
The fifth and remaining T20 of the sequence, which might nicely be a decider, shall be performed at Sky Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday.
Ball hanging 💥
Mark Chapman belted his 2nd highest T20I rating on his house floor in Auckland on Friday night time, nonetheless it wasn’t sufficient as Pakistan saved the sequence alive forward of Sunday’s 4th recreation at Bay Oval. 📷 = @PhotosportNZ pic.twitter.com/mh42NXswWm— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 22, 2025
Head-to-head
This would be the forty eighth T20 assembly between the edges with Pakistan claiming victory on 24 events whereas New Zealand have gained 21 of the fixtures.
What comes subsequent for the 2 groups?
Pakistan’s tour of New Zealand will proceed after the completion of the T20 sequence with a three-match one-day worldwide sequence.
The worldwide recreation itself then takes one thing of a break world wide with lots of the prime stars competing within the Indian Premier League from late March via mid-April.
Pakistan’s subsequent fixtures are within the West Indies in a three-match T20 sequence beginning in July, adopted by a three-match ODI sequence. New Zealand resume their video games in July with a tour of Zimbabwe.
observe the fourth T20 of the sequence
There may be stay protection of the sport on free-to-air TV in New Zealand on TVNZ 1, TVNZ+ and Sport Nation NZ.
Ten Sports activities will broadcast the sport in Pakistan whereas Tapmad will carry a livestream.
New Zealand squad
Michael Bracewell (captain), Finn Allen, Mitchell Hay, Tim Robinson, Tim Seifert, Mark Chapman, Zakary Foulkes, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Jacob Duffy, Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi
Pakistan squad
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousaf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan
