{"id":645,"date":"2025-03-16T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/2025\/03\/16\/new-zealand-thrash-pakistan-by-9-wickets-in-first-t20i\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T06:04:32","slug":"new-zealand-thrash-pakistan-by-9-wickets-in-first-t20i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand thrash Pakistan by 9 wickets in first T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>New Zealand defeated Pakistan by nine wickets in the first T20I of the five-match series at Hagley Oval on Sunday, thanks to a stellar performance by their openers.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a small\u00a0target of 91, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen made light work of the chase, with a blistering 53-run partnership in the powerplay.<\/p>\n<p>Seifert\u2019s knock of 44 off 29 balls ended when he was dismissed by Abrar Ahmed, leaving New Zealand at 53-1 in the sixth over.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by BLACKCAPS (@blackcapsnz)<\/p>\n<p>Allen, unbeaten on 29, and Tim Robinson, who scored 18, comfortably saw New Zealand across the line in the 11th over, securing a 1-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s batting failed to fire after they were asked to bat first, posting a mere 91 all out. New Zealand&#8217;s disciplined bowling attack was led by Kyle Jamieson, who took three wickets, including the early dismissals of Mohammad Haris and Irfan Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Debutant Hasan Nawaz fell for a duck, and Pakistan was soon in deep trouble at 11-4 after just 4.4 overs.<\/p>\n<p>While Shadab Khan and Agha Salman attempted to stabilise the innings with a 46-run partnership, their efforts were in vain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by TVNZ+ (@tvnz.official)<\/p>\n<p>Khushdil Shah, the lone bright spot for Pakistan with 32 runs, was dismissed by Jacob Duffy, who claimed four wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy, along with Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, and Zakary Foulkes, dismantled Pakistan&#8217;s batting, leaving them all out for just 91.<\/p>\n<p>Playing XI:<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Khushdil Shah, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Tim Robinson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zac Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand defeated Pakistan by nine wickets in the first T20I of the five-match series at Hagley Oval on Sunday, thanks to a stellar performance by their openers. Chasing a small\u00a0target of 91, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen made light work of the chase, with a blistering 53-run partnership in the powerplay. Seifert\u2019s knock of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}