Pakistan tour of New Zealand 2020-21, 3-match T20I series, Second T20I, New Zealand vs Pakistan – New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Sunday, Dec 20, 2020, Seddon Park, Hamilton
50 – The 9-wicket win over Pakistan in this game was Kane Williamson’s 50th win as captain in international matches played at home. Stephen Fleming (64 wins) is the only other NZ captain to register 50+ international wins at home!
3 – With the victory in the second T20I, New Zealand have registered their third T20I series victory against Pakistan played at home. The home team had won the series played earlier in 2010 and 2016 prior to winning this ongoing series. Pakistan won the 3-match T20I series in 2018.
10 – Williamson scored an unbeaten half-century in this second T20I against Pakistan and with it he now has ten fifties in T20Is as captain. These are the most by any T20I captain surpassing 9 scored each by India’s Virat Kohli and England’s Eoin Morgan. Also, Williamson (1300 runs) has more T20I runs as captain; he surpassed Morgan (1289 runs) during his half-century in this match against Pakistan
4 – Pakistan veteran Mohammad Hafeez is now only the 4th player overall (first Pakistani) to be left stranded on 99* in a T20I match. Alex Hales (99 vs WI in 2012), Luke Wright (99* vs Afghanistan in 2012) and Dawid Malan (99* vs SA in 2020) were the others to register this score prior to Hafeez in T20Is. Notably, all these three players are from England.
51 – New Zealand pacer Tim Southee bagged four wickets in this second T20I against Pakistan and with it he now has 51 T20I wickets in New Zealand. He is now the first bowler to bag 50 or more T20I wickets in a single country. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is the second in this list with 47 T20I wickets in India.
129* – New Zealand opener Tim Siefert and captain Kane Williamson shared an unbeaten 129*-run second wicket partnership to guide NZ home with 9 wickets in hand. This is NZ’s highest second-wicket stand in T20Is surpassing 114-run stand between Brendon McCullum and Hamish Rutherford against England in 2013.
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