New Zealand: Pakistan managed to end the tour of Australia, New Zealand with victory, also survived a clean sweep in the T20 series against Kiwis.
In the last T20 , Pakistan scored 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and won by the hosts Kiwis four to one. Finn Allen was declared the best player of the series after scoring 273 runs.
Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and decide to bat in the fifth and final T20I at Higleywell Christ Church. Pakistan rested Saeem Ayub, Wasim Jr and Haris Rauf and included Haseebullah Khan, Osama Mir and Abbas Afridi. Pakistan’s batting failed once again, but the bowlers prevailed. Debut player Haseebullah was out for zero. Babar Azam could score thirteen runs after getting two chances. Mohammad Rizwan scored 38 runs, Fakhr Zaman 30 runs, Sahibzada Farhan 19 runs and Abbas Afridi scored 14 runs. Shaheen scored one hundred and thirty four runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted twenty overs
New Zealand’s Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Ash Sodhi and Matt Henry took two wickets each. Chasing the target of 135 runs, the Kiwis team collapsed for 92 runs in 17.2 overs. New Zealand were bowled out for less than 100 runs for the second time against Pakistan. Finn Allen twenty-five and Glenn Phillips scored twenty-five runs. Seven players could not get into double figures. Man of the match Iftikhar Ahmed took three wickets, Shaheen Shah and Mohammad Nawaz took two wickets each. Pakistan won by forty two runs. The series was four to one for the Kiwis
