Yesterday, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 2 wickets. Glenn Phillips was the man who brought glory to Kiwi at the end. By playing first, Pakistan set a target of 280 at the loss of 9 wickets. In the chasing campaign, New Zealand did it with 2 wickets in their hands.
Throughout the chase, there are a lot of ups and downs. Once Kiwis were on the strong side after the Pakistan bowling attack put the Kiwis on the back foot. After a chance, the savior of Kiwi rotates the strike with aggression. He scored 63, although he was not feeling good on the ground.
The fall of wickets of Pakistan was as follows: 2-1 (Masood, 1.6), 21-2 (Babar Azam, 6.3), 175-3 (Rizwan, 33.2), 191-4 (Fakhar Zaman, 36.2), 225-5 (Haris Sohail, 42.4), 247-6 (Nawaz, 46.4), 253-7 (Usama Mir, 46.6), 270-8 (Agha Salman, 48.4), 276-9 (Mohammad Wasim Jr, 49.4). Southee was a key performer with 3 wickets. Lockie Ferguson became successful in bagging 2 wickets. M Bracewell and Ish Sodhi succeeded to earn 1 wicket.
The Kiwi fall of the wicket was as: 43-1 (Finn Allen, 8.5), 108-2 (Devon Conway, 20.5), 160-3 (Daryl Mitchell, 30.6), 169-4 (Kane Williamson, 33.3), 181-5 (Michael Bracewell, 35.3), 205-6 (Tom Latham, 38.1), 269-7 (Mitchell Santner, 45.3), 279-8 (Ish Sodhi, 47.5). Salam and Wasim dismissed 2 Kiwi batters. Nawaz and Usama bagged 1 wicket each.
Man of the match was given to Glenn Phillips and man of the series was awarded to Devon Conway.
