New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 45 runs in the third T20 match played on Wednesday at Oval University stadium.
In the third match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first, the New Zealand team scored 224 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Batter Finn Allen, who opened the innings on behalf of New Zealand, scored 137 runs off 62 balls with the help of 16 sixes and 5 fours, while Tim Seifert scored 31 runs and Glenn Phillips stood out with 19 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf took two wickets for 60 runs in his four overs while captain Shaheen Afridi, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, and Mohammad Wasim got one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 225 runs, the national team could only score 179 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Babar Azam scored 58 runs, besides Mohammad Rizwan 24, Saeem Ayub 10, Fakhar Zaman 19, Azam Khan 10, Iftikhar Ahmed 1, and Mohammad Nawaz scored 28 runs.
Captain Shaheen Shah Afridi scored 16 and Wasim Jr scored one run.
New Zealand has a two-zero lead in the ongoing five-match T20 series in New Zealand.
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