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Patna : New Zealand (NZ) beat Pakistan by 9 wickets in the 2nd T20I at Seddon Park, Hamilton, NZ, on December 20, 2020, to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Medium fast bowler Tim Southee, 32, took 4/21 in 4 overs. Tim Southee was named Player Of The Match.
Replying to Pakistan’s 163/6 in 20 overs powered by an unbeaten 99 in 57 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes by veteran Mohd Hafeez, 40, NZ scored 164/1 in 19.2 overs as opener Tim Seifert scored an unbeaten 84 in 63 balls hitting 8 fours and 2 sixes, his back to back fifty, while captain Kane Williamson scored an unbeaten 57 in 42 balls with 8 fours and 1 six, his 12th T20I fifty. Opener Martin Guptil scored 21 in 11 balls hitting 1 four and 2 sixes.
Williamson hit fast bowler Haris Rauf for 2 fours and 1 six in his 3rd over, the 13th of the innings. Seifert hit fast bowler Wahaz Riaz for three sixes in his first over, the 7th of the innings. Williamson and Seifert added 129 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 2nd wicket.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Pakistan lost their wicket at 16 when opener Haider Ali fell to Tim Southee for 8. Abdullah Shafique also fell to Southee for zero and it was 16/2 after 2 overs. Opener Mohd Rizwan (wk) also fell to Southee for 22 in 20 balls with 4 fours and it was 33/3 in 5.4 overs. Captain Shadab Khan fell to medium fast bowler James Neesham for 4 making it 56/4. Khushdil Shah fell to spinner Ish Sodhi for 14 and it was 119/5. Faheem Ashraf fell to Southee for 4 making it 133/6.
Hafeez and Imad Wasim (10 not out) added 44 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 7th wicket. Hafeez missed out on a century even as he hit 2 sixes and 1 four in the last over bowled by fast medium bowler Kyle Jamieson, 25. Southee described Hafeez’s knock as exceptional. The 3rd T20I is scheduled for December 22, 2020.