Debutant Jacob Duffy had a night to remember as New Zealand beat Pakistan in first of the three-match series at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, taking 4 for 33 to guide his side to a five-wicket win🅰.
After opting to bat first, Pakistan lost their five wickets for just 39 runs. However, stand-in skipper Shadab Khan (42) and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf (31) stood tall and ensured that the hosts🍌 put on a competitive total of 153/9 in their stipulated overs.
For the Black Caps, Tim Seifert (57 off 43) and Mark Chapman (34 off 20) were the key men with the bat as they chased down 154 with seven balls to spare.
The second T20I will be played at the Seddon Park in Hami🅘lton on Sunday (December 20).
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Pakistan strug✨gling with the bounce of . What a start fro🍷m !
— Grant Elliott (@grantelliottnz)
4️⃣ overs
3️⃣3️⃣ runs
4️⃣ wicketsA Player of the Match on debu🐬t for Jacob Du♛ffy 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)
AM I seeing double?!
Santner SIX to win a T20I for the seco﷽nd time ♛this season!
GREAT WORK boys, that's a five wicket win to get us started 👏🏽
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
Who else?! Your Player of the Match – Jacob Duffy 👏🏽
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
with🐷 a nice fighting skippers knock. Some top class bowlers in this side 2/3 early ones and she’s is all on
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage)
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Jacob Duffy & Tim Seifert were the difference in the end. Strong performance from New Zealand. Picked up right where they left off against the West Indies. Pakistan offered an admirable recovery, pushing them all the way…but ultimately had too tall a task to overcome.
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz)
Decent fight from Pak,that start costing them the game in the end but if they can get runs at the top in this series﷽,it’ll be𒉰 a good one. Haris Rauf a 🌟
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
NZ won but a good match looking at the early co🍬llapse of Pakistan, Haris wa﷽s superb again with the ball
— WAZIR🇵🇰 (@156kph)
Really Iꦓ e♓njoy the batting of Shadab and Faheem but NZ play very well so they deserve
— Hassan Johri 💙 (@hassanjohri123)
1st-T20I:
"New Zealand Won By 5 Wickets"
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PAK 153-9 (20 Ovs)
NZ 156-5 (18.5 Ovs)
Seifert 57
Chapman 34
Rauf: 3/29
Shaheen: 2/27— GM Abbasi (@GMF48)
Turned out to be a goo💛d match at the end. Rustiness and lack of pitch reading the verdict for Pakistan. Looking forwꦗard to more competitive series
— M.M.Al (@BabbaGucci94)
