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Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st T20I - Pakistan celebrated skipper Babar Azam's 100th international match in the shortest format with a clinical 88-run win in the first Twenty20 against New Zealand in Lahore on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Azam failed with just nine runs but Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub scored 47 runs each and put on a 79-run partnership for the third wicket to anchor Pakistan to 182 all out in 19.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fast bowler Haris Rauf, one of five players who returned after being rested in Pakistan's last series against Afghanistan, took career best figures of 4-18 as New Zealand were 94 all out in 15.3 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Left-arm spinner Imad Wasim finished with 2-2 in his only over -- taking both his wickets off successive deliveries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mark Chapman top-scored with 27-ball 34 inclusive of four boundaries and a six while skipper Tom Latham made 24-ball 20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rauf's previous best T20 figures of 4-22 had also come against New Zealand in Sharjah in 2021.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Azam praised his bowling unit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The pitch was assisting the bowlers so it was a good batting performance to get that total and then our complete bowling unit was excellent," said Azam, happy at reaching a personal landmark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I had never expected this. I still remember the journey of starting off here as a ball-boy on the side-lines, and to now be here, it is a huge honour," said Azam of serving as a ball-boy during the 2007 series against South Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Latham said his team did not adapted to the different conditions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We did not quite adapt to the conditions early enough," said Latham whose team are missing top eight players due to Indian Premier League.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"On that surface, the score was slightly above-par. We did not build partnerships with the bat."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, Zaman and Ayub lifted Pakistan from a poor start after they won the toss and batted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pakistan lost both their openers -- Mohammad Rizwan leg-before for eight and then Azam bowled -- to pacer Adam Milne by the fifth over for just 30.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ayub lifted the tempo with two boundaries each off Milne and Ben Lister before he and Zaman hit a six each off spinner Ish Sodhi in the tenth over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Zaman struck four boundaries and two sixes in his 34-ball knock while Ayub's rapid 28-ball innings featured two sixes and six fours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ayub was run out while taking a second run before Zaman was caught at deep square-leg off Sodhi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Faheem Ashraf hit a 16-ball 22 while Wasim scored 16 off 13 balls to help Pakistan add 47 runs in the last five overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

New Zealand pacer Matt Henry took a hat trick in his figures of 3-32.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Henry dismissed Shadab Khan (five) and Iftikhar Ahmed (nought) off the last two deliveries of his third over and then Shaheen Shah Afridi with the first of his fourth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lister had figures of 2-30 while Milne finished with 2-51.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Also Read: <\/b> IPL 2023 Points Table<\/a><\/p>

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