Hamilton: New Zealand consecutively got victory against Pakistan by 21 runs in Second T-20 of five match series here in Hamilton on Sunday.
Chasing the target of 195 runs, Pakistan whole team bowled at a score of 173 runs. While Baber Azam made second back to back half century and but his scored could not give any benefit to Pakistan team as he bowled out at 64 runs when he needed the most for the team.
With this won New Zealand took lead of 2-0 in five match T-20 series.
Adam Milne's impressive display with the ball helped New Zealand to a win in the second #NZvPAK T20I 🔥
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Pakistan opener could not perform today as Sayim Ayub lost his wicket on just one run while Muhammad Rizwan bowled out after scoring just 7 runs.
However, Baber Azam and Fakhar Zaman made a solid partnership of 87 runs when Fakhar Zaman caught out after scoring his 50.
After the third wicket Pakistan lost all the wickets one by one.
Earlier, New Zealand for second time scored the almost huge target of 195 runs for Pakistan to win as later once again repeated mistake by inviting the host team to bat.
Fin Allen from kivi side remained top scorer by hitting 74 runs in just 41 ball with a blusterous strike rate of 180.
Other batters of New Zealand could not score big while captain Kane Williamson retired hurt unfortunately as he was playing extra ordinary as he scored 26 runs just in 15 runs, while Devon Conway 20 , Daryl Mitchell 17, Glenn Phillips 13, Mitchell Santner 26.
From Pakistan side Harris Rauf picked 3 wickets, Abbass Afridi two wickets whereas Amir Jamal and Osama Mir took one wicket each.
Now three matches left while New Zealand got lead of 2-0.
