Pakistan whitewash New Zealand 3-0 in Twenty20 series

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Pakistan whitewash New Zealand 3-0 in Twenty20 series

Dawn.com Published November 4, 2018

Muhammad Hafeez plays a shot during T20 cricket match against New Zealand. —AFP

Fakhar Zaman and Barbar Azam bat during T20 cricket match against New Zealand. —AFP

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Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 47 runs in the third and final Twenty20 international in Dubai on Sunday to claim another clean-sweep in the game's shortest format.

Pakistan were lifted to 166-3 by Babar Azam who made a 58-ball 79 with seven boundaries and two sixes while Mohammad Hafeez hit a 34-ball 53 with four boundaries and two sixes.

When on 48, Azam became the quickest to score 1,000 Twenty20 runs in just 26 innings beating India's Virat Kohli's record by an innings.

Leg-spinner Shadab Khan took 3-30 as New Zealand were bundled out for 119 in 16.5 overs. Pakistan won the first match in Abu Dhabi by two runs and the second by six wickets in Dubai.

The men-in-green had rested pacers Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali, and handed a debut to Waqas Maqsood — that too on his 31st birthday.

Squad:

Pakistan: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Waqas Maqsood

New Zealand: Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson, Colin de Grandhomme, Mark Chapman, Ross Taylor, Tim Seifert, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Seth Rance

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Ray

Nov 05, 2018 12:10am

3-0 to Pakistan. Very well done. Keep it up and keep doing the hard work. I hope they improve in ODI’s and Test cricket too. Love the way Sarfaraz captained throughout the series. I hope the criticism is laid to rest, at least for the T20’s.

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Philosopher (From Japan)

Nov 05, 2018 12:19am

White wash 3-0. Congrats team green. Indian troll is just to start with full negativity. Anyway envy creates more envy better to be positive.

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Anti_Corruption_World

Nov 05, 2018 12:25am

Thanks to Najam Sethi Sb who made the team and PCB strong!

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Sakhawat Ali

Nov 05, 2018 12:31am

Well played boys. Need to transfer this energy into ODIs and Tests as well.

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Umar Bin Ayaz

Nov 05, 2018 12:31am

Green shirts is just an other word for being unstoppable now-a-days.

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Siddish

Nov 05, 2018 12:34am

They can't beat Bangladesh

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M Naqvi

Nov 05, 2018 12:35am

Congrats Team Green. What a team and what an all around performance. And Sarfraz is becoming truest great Captain. Well done team and of course the management team. Just Brill.

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Wow

Nov 05, 2018 12:36am

Well done Pakistan and Barbar Azam for beating Koli's record.

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Kay (from Canada)

Nov 05, 2018 12:37am

Very well-done, Sarfaraz and co.! Professor and Azam were clinical in getting a decent total on a slow pitch. Hats off to Shadab for being the fastest to the highest wicket tally this year and Maqsood for getting 2 on debut! Bravo greenshirts!!

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Khalid Nafees

Nov 05, 2018 12:39am

Bye bye amir. Please don't come back.

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prof@uk

Nov 05, 2018 12:47am

To Ehsaan Mani: Every time Pakistan team does well for next few years, one will be reminded of the bad treatment you gave to Sethi, the only sincere person ever to serve PCB. Shame on you Sir!

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M Khan

Nov 05, 2018 12:50am

@Siddish, Saddish.Just a game...cheer up!

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Nov 05, 2018 12:55am

@Siddish, ..You will eat your words sooner then you think.!

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Asad

Nov 05, 2018 12:57am

Go green

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sid

Nov 05, 2018 12:59am

Pakistan needs this consistency to last and be replicated in other formats and also it needs to endure the India test where they almost always fall short.. badly!

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amir

Nov 05, 2018 01:11am

Sarfaraz haters. Anything new to say? Keep looking for his mistakes and keep hating. These haters have no life. I agree he has a problem. He does not fix matches !! In his team, one player is from Karachi, 3 from KPK and 8 from Punjab. Still so much hatred against him.

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Sriram

Nov 05, 2018 01:28am

Congrats from acrossthe border. Supporters note its pretty much the same team you were berating a month ago. Point is, win and losses are part of it and critics should be rational. This same team tomorrow in different conditions against different opponents may not do so well, but by both reactions you are making their job much harder. Look forward to more India Pak games! Good luck!

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alone crowd

Nov 05, 2018 02:26am

better than kohli take that

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akram

Nov 05, 2018 02:37am

@Siddish, Don't panic. All of Pakistan's recent T-20 victories were by chance, right?

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Fawad bhai

Nov 05, 2018 02:39am

@Anti_Corruption_World, Yup..Najam Sethi should get this trophy. Or maybe we should make him the prime minister. /Sarcasm

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Omer Ahmad

Nov 05, 2018 03:15am

@Siddish, use your brain

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ali

Nov 05, 2018 03:26am

@Sid .. there are surely other teams, why do we need to bother India!!

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ali

Nov 05, 2018 03:27am

@Siddish, Sorry that Pakistani team can’t heal your Jealousy !

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Mahen

Nov 05, 2018 04:14am

Good at home! Congratulations

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Ganesh S

Nov 05, 2018 04:23am

Brilliant performance! The green-shirts appear all but invincible in T20s.

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Naxalite

Nov 05, 2018 04:47am

@Anti_Corruption_World, Who are you kidding mate?

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Vorshal Handa

Nov 05, 2018 04:53am

Great series win 3-0, now against NZ. Azam, you are on the high road, well talented. Just do not rest on your achievements. Great going.

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Nov 05, 2018 06:45am

In T20 games even countries like Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Afganistan can win. It's not a real cricket. But 3-0 against NZ is convincing and congrats to Pakistan.Hope they can do better in ODI games.

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JACKJONES

Nov 05, 2018 07:05am

That is why Pakistan is number 1 in T-20. Amazing performance. Good job with the captaincy. Even through Shadab and Waqar were expensive in their initial overs Sarfraz had full confidence in them and they took wickets in their latter overs. Pakistan team did not panic when Williamson was playing excellent. Sarfraz does not have to bat for the team to have a score over 160 runs. Look forward to the ODIs. Thank you for entertaining us. Go Pakistan!!

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Jeff

Nov 05, 2018 07:57am

T20 Format is street cricket. Our player are grown like that playing street cricket. ODI and Test are the real challenge. Can they win against Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka in the WC 2019 under pressure?

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Dr.M.S.Awan

Nov 05, 2018 08:02am

Well done team Pakistan.You excelled in every department of the game.But real test starts on Nov 7 when you take on Kiwi`s in one day series.We hope you will continue this winning streak.

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Deep

Nov 05, 2018 08:12am

@Philosopher (From Japan), good show

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Deep

Nov 05, 2018 08:12am

Excellent performance

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point of view

Nov 05, 2018 08:19am

Congratulations Babar Azam for scoring fastest 1000 runs in 26 innings of T20 and breaking 27 inning record of Virat Kohli. Records are meant to be broken and somebody will break your records too soon.

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Be honest

Nov 05, 2018 08:22am

Great performance.

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Asad

Nov 05, 2018 09:08am

Wins are the Silent message to Sarfaraz haters.

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Kabeelakhan

Nov 05, 2018 09:21am

Haris Rauf of lahore Qalandars deserve more a place in the team than Waqas Maqsood.

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Ehsan

Nov 05, 2018 09:33am

Wow pakistan, wow baber Azam

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Asif

Nov 05, 2018 10:21am

‎Congratulations to Team Pakistan on their unforgettable fantastic 11th T20 successive series wins!!! It’s an honor and a great achievement for the people of Pakistan!!!! Remarkable Brilliant Outstanding Performances Team Pakistan !!! Thank you Team Captain & the Team Pakistan for your record historical performances!!!

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Salahuddin

Nov 05, 2018 10:23am

Babar Azam leaving behind Kohli won't be digested by Indians

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Truth only truth

Nov 05, 2018 11:00am

@salahuddin please match kohli in tests and odis also. Will require 3 to 4 Pakistani players combined to do that.

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Ganesan

Nov 05, 2018 01:47pm

@Salahuddin , in which format Bbar Azam behind Kohli. I have not seen his name in ODI and Test

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Kashif

Nov 05, 2018 03:08pm

@amir, dude chill. No Pakistan captain has it easy. Was Misbah from Karachi? Was Azhar Ali from Karachi? Was Waqar from Karachi? Was the great Wasim from Karachi? Was Younis Khan from Karachi, or moin Khan? Any captain has had difficulties. Its not just Sarfraz. Stick to the topic.

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Shazad

Nov 05, 2018 07:46pm

@AP: How about ODI Championship trophy ... was that fluke too? ... You should admit that Pakistan is not giving superb performance ONLY in T20I but Pakistan recent ODI performance is superb too. In test, under Sarfraz captaincy, team won 2 out of 5, still a lot of improvement is needed, and with time, their performance would start showing in Test too (sooner than later). Though for brief period in 2016, Pakistan was number 1 in Test ranking, it deteriorated to number 6 spot in 2017 just before Misbah retired. Has not improved since than (played 5 test, won 2 and lost 3), but has improved considerably in ODI (is now 5th from 8th position under Azhar in 2017) and is now ranked 1 in T20I (from 7th position under Afridi in 2016). We can hope that Pakistan would also improve in test ranking and would further improve in ODI ranking.

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JackJones

Nov 05, 2018 08:51pm

@Truth only truth, With a population of over a billion you would expect India to lead in all formats but that is not the case. Kohl is a great player and I wish him the best of luck.

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Mahen

Nov 06, 2018 03:31pm

@Salahuddin , Kohli last played T20 in 2015

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