Black Caps complete run-chase in mere 10.1 overs to take lead in five-match series
\nCHRISTCHURCH
\nNew Zealand on Sunday thumped Pakistan to secure a convincing nine-wicket win against the Green Shirts in the first T20I in Christchurch.
\nThe tourists began the five-match series in disastrous fashion, reduced to 11-4 at the end of the fifth over after towering paceman Kyle Jamieson ran amok with the new ball.
\nThey were eventually dismissed for their lowest score in a T20 on New Zealand soil and the home side had few problems in responding with 92-1 off just 10.1 overs.
\nJamieson claimed three of the first four wickets to finish with 3-8 off four overs.
\nNew ball partner Jacob Duffy returned later in the innings to sweep up the tail and, like Jamieson, claimed career-best T20 figures of 4-14 off 3.4 overs.
\nPakistan never recovered from their top-order collapse after being sent in on a Hagley Oval pitch offering early life, with only three players reaching double figures.
\nNewly-installed captain Salman Agha scored 18 runs and put on a 46-run partnership for the fifth wicket with top-scorer Khushdil Shah, who struck three sixes in his 32 off 30 balls.
\nJahandad Khan scored 17 at a run-a-ball before the innings ended with eight balls still to be bowled.
\nPakistan\u2019s previous lowest T20I score in New Zealand was 101 all out in a 95-run loss in Wellington in 2016.
\nOpener Tim Seifert got New Zealand off to a flying start, with 44 off 29 balls, striking seven fours and one six.
\nFinn Allen on 29* and Tim Robinson on 18* completed the chase off the first ball of the 11th over.
\nThe second match is in Dunedin on Tuesday.
\nPlaying XIs
\nPakistan: Mohammad Haris (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Ali Agha (c), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Khushdil Shah, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed.
\nNew Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Tim Robinson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zak Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.
\nNew Zealand tour schedule:
\nMarch 18 \u2014 Second T20I, University Oval, Dunedin
\nMarch 21 \u2014 Third T20I, Eden Park, Auckland
\nMarch 23 \u2014Fourth T20I, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
\nMarch 26 \u2014 Fifth T20I, Sky Stadium, Wellington
\nMarch 29 \u2014 First ODI, McLean Park, Napier
\nApril 2 \u2014 Second ODI, Seddon Park, Hamilton
\nApril 5 \u2014 Third ODI, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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