{"id":3391,"date":"2020-12-22T17:43:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:46:22","slug":"mohammad-rizwan-knock-of-89-helps-pakistan-beat-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/blog\/mohammad-rizwan-knock-of-89-helps-pakistan-beat-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammad Rizwan knock of 89 helps Pakistan beat New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A match winning knock of 89 from Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan beat New Zealand in the final T20 at Napier on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1st T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 5 wickets.<\/li><li>2nd T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 9 wickets.<\/li><li>3rd T20 &#8211; Pakistan won by 4 wickets.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shadab Khan&#8217;s side finally got a win under their belts on their tour of New Zealand, with a 4 wicket victory in the final T20 of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match was a dead rubber, with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/blog\/tag\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a><\/strong> already leading the best of three series, 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening batsman <strong>Mohammad Rizwan<\/strong> was the star of the show, his brutal knock of 89 was the match winning contribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, the tourists won the toss and sent the Kiwi&#8217;s into bat. Kane Williamson&#8217;s side posted a competitive 173\/7, with <strong>Devon Conway<\/strong> top scoring with 63 off 45 balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the small boundaries at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.napier.govt.nz\/napier\/sportsgrounds\/mclean-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McLean Park<\/a><\/strong> though, it was always debatable if that total would be enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/blog\/tag\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a><\/strong> were cruising to victory, until a late flurry of wickets gave the Kiwis a sniff of a chance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim Southee found himself bowling a hat-trick ball in the penultimate over of the match. But in the end the tourists held their nerve and completed victory, for their first win on the tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win will be a confidence boost for Pakistan ahead of the upcoming two <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/test-match-betting\/\">Test matches<\/a><\/strong> starting on Boxing Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A match winning knock of 89 from Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan beat New Zealand in the final T20 at Napier on Tuesday. 1st T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 5 wickets. 2nd T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 9 wickets. 3rd T20 &#8211; Pakistan won by 4 wickets. Shadab Khan&#8217;s side finally got a win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806],"tags":[631,632,636],"class_list":["post-3391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cricket-betting-tips","tag-new-zealand","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-tour-of-new-zealand-2020-21"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"post-image":false,"post-image-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dean Etheridge","author_link":"https:\/\/www.cricketbettingblog.com\/hi\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A match winning knock of 89 from Mohammad Rizwan helped Pakistan beat New Zealand in the final T20 at Napier on Tuesday. 1st T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 5 wickets. 2nd T20 &#8211; New Zealand won by 9 wickets. 3rd T20 &#8211; Pakistan won by 4 wickets. 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