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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - New Zealand won the toss and choose to bowl first
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 8 wickets
Fifth & Final: Can Pakistan Salvage Some Pride Against Clinical New Zealand?
We predict that New Zealand will defeat Pakistan.
Tournament: | Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2025 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Sky Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 18.2°C|Sunny |
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Exploiting the seam and swing on offer at Mount Maunganui backed by a powerful batting display and disciplined bowling effort, New Zealand outplayed Pakistan in all departments to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match T20I series. The final game of the five-match T-20 series will be played at Sky Stadium, Wellington, on 26 March from 11:45 a.m. onwards.
The Kiwis' 115-run victory in the fourth game showcased their dominance, sealing the series with one match to spare. Put into bat, the Black Caps got off to a flying start with Finn Allen smashing a blistering 50 off just 20 balls, while Tim Seifert added momentum with a quickfire 44 off 22. Michael Bracewell provided the perfect finish, remaining unbeaten on 46 off 26 deliveries, as New Zealand piled up a formidable total of 220, setting the tone for a dominant outing.
In return, Jacob Duffy struck early with the new ball, ripping through Pakistan’s top order with three wickets inside the powerplay. New Zealand’s pace battery proved too hot to handle, tearing through an inexperienced batting lineup and bundling them out for a paltry 105. Irfan Khan and Abdul Samad were the only two batters who managed to score two-digit runs in the game from the visitors.
204/10 in 19.5 10.29
PAK vs NZ 2025
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 9 wickets207/1 in 16.0 12.94
137/5 in 13.1 10.41
PAK vs NZ 2025
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (D/L) method135/9 in 15.0 9
204/10 in 19.5 10.29
PAK vs NZ 2025
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 9 wickets207/1 in 16.0 12.94
137/5 in 13.1 10.41
PAK vs NZ 2025
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (D/L) method135/9 in 15.0 9
210/3 in 19.3 10.77
SA vs PAK 2024
South Africa beat Pakistan by 7 wickets206/5 in 20.0 10.3
137/5 in 13.1
PAK vs NZ 2025
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (D/L) method135/9 in 15.0
It never looked like the Kiwis were playing in the absence of the core team. Tim Seifert will open the innings with Finn Allen. Seifert is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 152 runs at a strike rate of 185. He will be the batter to watch out for. On the other hand, Allen scored a 20-ball half-century in the last game. He has a strike rate of 208. Mark Chapman will come at number three. Chapman is the second-leading run-scorer with 119 runs at a strike rate of 180.
Daryl Mitchell will come in the middle with James Nisham and Mitchell Hay. The Kiwi middle-order has got fewer chances as their top-order has done the job for the win. Mitchell has 60 runs at a strike rate of 125 in four games. Neesham has failed to score with the bat but has picked up three wickets in three games. If the top-order fails, the Kiwi middle-order will have a huge task to stop the Pakistani bowling attack.
Jacob Duffy will lead the bowling unit with Ish Sodhi, Zakary Foulkes, and Kyle Jamieson. Duffy is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 11 wickets at an average of 8. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Sodhi has taken 5 wickets at an average of 17 while Foulkes and Jamieson have picked up 7 wickets together.
Key Players: Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy
Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears.
Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Hay, Tim Seifert, William O'Rourke, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy
Nobody imagined that Pakistan would be bowled out to 105 after posting 200-plus runs in the third game. Mohammad Haris will open the innings with Hasan Nawaz. Haris has 52 runs in three games. Hasan Nawaz scored a fiery knock of 105 runs in the third game. But he has just one run in the remaining three games. Salman Agha will come at number three. He is their leading run-scorer with 116 runs in four games.
Shadab Khan will come in the middle with Khushdil Shah and Abdul Samad. Khan has failed to perform with both bat and bowl. With bat, he has 30 runs and has picked up just one wicket in four games. The same is the case of Khushdil Shah who has 40 runs with the bat and a wicket with the ball. Samad played a crucial knock of 44 runs in the last game.
Haris Rauf will lead the bowling unit with Shaheen Afridi and Abrar Ahmed. Rauf is Pakistan’s leading wicket-taker with 8 wickets at an average below 10. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Ahmed has picked up 5 wickets with two in the last game. But Afridi has just two wickets in four games which is a huge concern for the visitors. Hopefully, he bounces back from the failure in the last game.
Key Players: Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Haris Rauf
Mohammad Haris (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha (c), Irfan Khan, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Shaheen Afridi, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.
Omair Yousuf, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Agha Salman, Sufiyan Muqeem, Mohammad Ali, Abdul Samad, Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris
The weather at Wellington is expected to be cloudy on match day, with temperatures ranging between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 8-14 km/h. The Westpac Stadium uses a drop-in pitch like most venues in New Zealand. As with a majority of the drop-in pitches, it tends to side with the batsmen.
The game will be played at Sky Stadium, Wellington, on 26 March from 11:45 a.m. onwards. The stadium has a capacity of 37000 spectators and has hosted 31 ODIs and 22 T20Is. Due to its shape and silver-colored external walls, it is colloquially known as "The Cake Tin"
In 22 games played here, the results have favored teams chasing the target on 12 occasions. The average first-innings score is 153, with the highest total of 219. The team winning the toss should bowl first.
The hosts have ruthlessly beaten Pakistan in the three games. Their top-order is in full swing with all three having a strike rate of above 180 with each of them scoring more than 100 runs. Jacob Duffy is a threat to Pakistan and has 18 wickets in the last 8 T20Is. After a debacle in the Champions Trophy, Pakistan is low on confidence.
We predict that New Zealand will defeat Pakistan.
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