Finn Allen blasted 137 off 62 balls, the very best rating by a New Zealand batsman in a T20 International, to safe his group’s series-clinching 45-run victory towards Pakistan within the third match in Dunedin on Wednesday.
The opener clobbered 16 sixes, the joint-most in an innings in males’s T20 Internationals, to energy New Zealand to an imposing 224-7 on the University Oval.
Pakistan managed 179-7 in reply, together with Babar Azam’s (58) third fifty of the collection, as New Zealand took an unassailable 3-0 lead within the five-match collection.
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Allen toyed with all the Pakistan assault however was significantly harsh on Haris Rauf, plundering 28 runs, together with three sixes, within the quick bowler’s second over, taking him out of the assault.
The bowler was introduced again in after New Zealand cruised to 109-1 on the midway stage, and Allen smacked three sixes in that over from Rauf, who bled 60 runs for his two wickets.
Babar saved Pakistan within the hunt for some time, however Tim Southee (2-29) led New Zealand’s disciplined bowling to make sure they have been by no means actually threatened.
“It’s good to see the hard work of the last few months come off,” Player of the Match Allen mentioned of his knock, which included 5 fours.
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“I’m not so personal milestone-driven. I suppose it’s just good to get across the line and put up a competitive score and take the series.”
This is Pakistan’s first collection underneath new T20 captain Shaheen Afridi forward of this 12 months’s 20-overs World Cup in June.
The final two matches of the collection are scheduled in Christchurch on Friday and Sunday.
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