In the third T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan, the hosts beat the men in green by 45 runs. It was Finn Allen from New Zealand who played an unbelievable inning of 137 runs in just 62 balls with the help of five fours and 16 sixes.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first at University Oval, Dunedin. Finn Allen and Tim Siefert give stability to New Zealand after losing Devon Conway on the score of 28 runs. Allen got 137 runs while Siefert contributed 31 runs. After 20 overs, the Kiwis posted a total of 224 runs at the loss of seven wickets.
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf got two wickets, while Shaheen Afridi, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, and Mohammad Wasim Jr managed to get one wicket each.
While chasing the target of 225 runs, Pakistan had a decent start but lacked acceleration from their batters. Former captain Babar Azam scored the maximum 58 runs while Mohammad Nawaz got 28 runs from his bat. Pakistan failed to reach the target and got 179 runs at the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
For New Zealand, Tim Southee got the maximum of two wickets. Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi managed to get one wicket each.
For their outstanding 137-run knock, Finn Allen has been picked as the player of the match.
