Who Scored Most Runs And Took Most Wickets During Pakistan vs New Zealand T20 Series?

Pakistan vs New Zealand: The five-match T20I series was played from April 18 to 28, 2024 in Rawalpindi and Lahore with both sides preparing for the T20 World Cup 2024 in June.

Pakistan won the fifth T20I at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium to level the series 2-2 against a second-string New Zealand squad after the first T20I was washed out in Rawalpindi. Let's take a look from the series statistics below, including most runs scored and most wickets taken.

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Most Runs Scored List - Top 10

Batter	Runs	Highest score	Innings	Fours	Sixes
Mark Chapman (NZ)	126	87	4	14	4
Babar Azam (PAK)	125	69	4	14	3
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	104	61	2	8	4
Tim Seifert (NZ)	85	52	3	9	4
Tim Robinson (NZ)	83	51	3	10	2
Dean Foxcroft (NZ)	78	34	3	2	5
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	67	45*	2	6	1
Shadab Khan (PAK)	63	41	3	5	3
Saim Ayub (PAK)	57	32	4	7	3
Irfan Khan Niazi (PAK)	48	30*	2	4	2

Updated after PAK vs NZ 5th T20I

Teamwise Top 5 run-scorers

Pakistan

Babar Azam - 125 runs
Fakhar Zaman - 104 runs
Mohammad Rizwan - 67 runs
Irfan Khan Niazi - 48 runs
Shadab Khan - 63 runs
Saim Ayub - 57 runs

New Zealand

Mark Chapman - 126 runs
Tim Seifert - 85 runs
Tim Robinson - 83 runs
Dean Foxcroft - 78 runs
Michael Bracewell - 54 runs

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Most wickets in 5-match series

Name	Wickets	Matches	Overs	Best spell	Economy rate	4-wicket spell	5-wicket spell
Shaheen Afridi (PAK)	8	4	10.5	4/30	7.38	1	0
Abbas Afridi (PAK)	5	3	8	3/20	8.87	0	0
William O'Rourke (NZ)	4	3	12	3/27	7.08	0	0
Ish Sodhi (NZ)	4	5	13	2/25	7.23	0	0
Shadab Khan (PAK)	3	5	8	2/15	6.75	0	0
Usama Mir (PAK)	3	2	8	2/21	8.00	0	0
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	3	4	10.2	2/13	8.32	0	0
Ben Sears (NZ)	3	4	11	2/27	9.36	0	0
Michael Bracewell (NZ)	2	5	13	1/19	9.07	0	0
James Neesham (NZ)	2	5	3	1/13	11.33	0	0

Updated after Pakistan vs New Zealand 5th T20I

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Pakistan

Shaheen Afridi - 8 wickets
Abbas Afridi - 5 wickets
Shadab Khan - 3 wickets
Usama Mir - 3 wickets
Mohammad Amir - 3 wickets
Abrar Ahmed - 2 wickets

New Zealand

William O'Rourke - 4 wickets
Ish Sodhi - 4 wickets
Ben Sears - 3 wickets
Michael Bracewell - 2 wickets
James Neesham - 2 wickets

Pakistan vs New Zealand Squad

Pakistan: Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan,Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Abbas Afridi, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir

Non-travelling reserves: Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha.

New Zealand: Tim Seifert(WK), Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell (C), Josh Clarkson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, Ben Lister, Tom Blundell, Cole McConchie, Zak Foulkes, William O'Rourke

Story first published: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 5:47 [IST]

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