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Pakistan marked captain Babar Azam's 100th T20 international in perfect style with an emphatic 88-run victory over New Zealand in the first match of the series in Lahore on Friday.
After failing to register big scores in his first three outings, Harry Brook finaly lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 with a blistering century for SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Brook spoiled the party of KKR as he hit 12 fours and three sixes in 55-ball 100 that took SRH to 228/4. Brook described it as "a special night" and said that "this knock is definitely up the there" with my other top performances. After SRH's 23-run win over KKR at the Eden Gardens, Brook was seen feasting on some local delicacies.
Pakistan celebrated skipper Babar Azam's 100th international match in the shortest format with a clinical 88-run win in the first T20I against New Zealand in Lahore on Friday. 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. 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.
PAK vs NZ, 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the first T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Friday. The Babar Azam-led side will be determined to put on a show for their fans and quickly bounce back from their disappointing post-PSL blip against Afghanistan in their previous series. The likes of Babar, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman, and Mohammad Rizwan have all been recalled to the series. New Zealand, on the other hand, overcame Sri Lanka in a three-match series at home earlier this month. Both teams will look to start the series with a win. (Live Scorecard)
The Women's Premier League will be played in the home-away format from the next edition onwards with a bigger window, most likely in February, a source in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed on Friday. The inaugural edition of the tournament was held here from March 4-26 across two venues in Mumbai. Earlier this month, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had told PTI that WPL will remain a five-team tournament for the next three seasons and it will be staged in the home and away format as that was "important for building a fan base".
Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the first T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Friday. The Babar Azam-led side will be determined to put on a show for their fans and quickly bounce back from their disappointing loss against Afghanistan in their previous series. The likes of Babar, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Fakhar Zaman, and Mohammad Rizwan have all been recalled to the series. New Zealand, on the other hand, overcame Sri Lanka in a three-match series at home earlier this month. Both teams will look to start the series with a win.
When Pakistan captain Babar Azam will take the field in the first T20I agaisnt New Zealand on Friday, he will become only the third player from his country to play 100 T20Is. Babar, who is tied on 99 appearances with Shahid Afridi, will join veteran all-rounders Shoaib Malik (123) and Mohammad Hafeez (119) in the elite list of Pakistan players with 100 or more appearances in the shortest format of the game. So far, Babar has scored 3,355 runs in T20Is with the help of two centuries and 30 fifties.
Pakistan will be the overwhelming favourites when they host an understrength New Zealand for a 10-match white-ball series that begins this week.