NZ vs PAK 5th T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips
After four games in the series so far, New Zealand have outplayed and lead Pakistan 4-0 ahead of the fifth and final T20I on Sunday at Hagley Oval. The Black Caps won by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining on Friday and they are now targeting a 5-0 whitewash in this fixture. Read on as we preview the final match of the series. This game begins at 13:00 local time in Christchurch.
New Zealand have been able to ring the changes during this series with two captains used and their bowling attack rested and rotated at times. Their batting line up has also adjusted across the four games and they will be very confident of making it 5-0.
Pakistan have been disappointing across the previous four games as they have not been able to produce enough competitive individual performances in each match to give New Zealand problems. They need all of their big name players to put in a top level showing on Sunday to be competitive.
New Zealand vs Pakistan 5th T20 Match Live Streaming
TV channels: This game will be shown live on TV on TNT Sports, PTV and TVNZ.
Live Streaming: This game will be shown live on TV on TNT Sports, PTV and TVNZ.
NZ vs PAK Match Toss Prediction
Six of the last seven T20Is have been won when batting second at Hagley Oval and we are backing both skippers to select to field first if they win the toss on Sunday.
NZ vs PAK Pitch Report
Pakistan’s score of 158/5 was under par on Friday and we think a competitive total will be over 170 in this match. Once a batter gets used to the pace of the wicket, there are runs to be had.
Christchurch Weather Report
The forecast is for mostly sunny conditions at the start of the game before the clouds disappear in the second innings. The temperature will be in the mid-twenties..
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for New Zealand vs Pakistan 5th T20 2024
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
NZ Team News
The hosts may be torn between giving a rest to some players and opportunities to others whilst wanting to win the series 5-0. We expect Tim Southee to be rested as he was expensive on Friday and in his place Ben Sears is likely to return to the XI.
NZ Key Players
- Finn Allen- the leading run scorer in the series is averaging 63.25 from his four innings and has taken the Player of the Match Award from two of the games.
- Daryl Mitchell- the batting all-rounder has also taken the Player of the Match Award in two of the matches in the series and he hit 72 not out from 44 balls on Friday.
- Adam Milne- the pacer can be expensive in this format but he also gets big wickets. As seen in the fourth T20I when he got Babar Azam and he will be looking to repeat the dismissal at the same venue in this game.
- Ben Sears- the 25 year old right-arm medium fast bowler looks set to have a long T20I career ahead of himself and he has taken a two-wicket haul in each of his last three games in this format.
NZ Team Form
New Zealand have not only won each of the three games so far in the series but their last four matches in this format.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
Finn Allen, Will Young, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears, Lockie Ferguson
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
PAK Team News
There was one change for Pakistan ahead of the fourth T20I with a change in the wicket-keeping department. Azam Khan was dropped and opener Mohammad Rizwan took on the duties. Sahibzada Farhan came in for his fourth T20I appearance and will keep his place for this match.
PAK Key Players
- Babar Azam- the former skipper has been Pakistan’s highest run scorer in three of the four matches in the series and he hit another three boundaries before being dismissed on Friday.
- Mohammad Rizwan- the keeper-batter hit 90 not out from 63 balls in the fourth T20I and he averages 72.75 from six T20I innings at this venue.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi- the left-arm quick bowler got the wickets of Finn Allen and Tim Seifert in the opening over on Friday and he is the leading wicket taker for his team in the series.
- Haris Rauf- the 30 year old right-arm fast bowler went wicketless for the first time in the series in the fourth game but still has a strike-rate of 16.2 in this format.
PAK Team Form
Pakistan have lost eight of their last nine T20I fixtures and have not looked like winning any of the games in this series.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Mohammad Wasim, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
New Zealand vs Pakistan Head to Head
At one stage Pakistan led the overall head to head against New Zealand 20-12 but the Black Caps come into this match on Sunday looking to inflict their sixth successive defeat over Pakistan in T20Is
NZ vs PAK Head to Head Stats in T20s
| |
Matches Played |
NZ Won |
PAK Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
38 |
17 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
| Last 5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
New Zealand vs Pakistan Betting Odds
Considering the series sees the hosts 4-0 up, the odds are still relatively close ahead of this final T20I. New Zealand are the favourites at 1.61 with Pakistan at 2.20.
Who will win New Zealand vs Pakistan 5th T20 Match?
Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi both impressed in the last game but New Zealand showed once again that they can pull together as a team and ended up winning comfortably. Ahead of this game, New Zealand look stronger with both bat and ball.
🏆 New Zealand vs Pakistan Prediction
Although Pakistan did not allow Finn Allen to make a big score on Friday, New Zealand were still able to win comfortably thanks to some clean hitting from both Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips. That is the problem for the visitors as whenever New Zealand have needed someone to step up they have found at least one player to do so. Pakistan have match-winners but so far we have not seen enough of them perform well at the same time. Our prediction is for another victory to end the series for New Zealand.
New Zealand to beat Pakistan in 5th T20
Jan 21, 2024
05:30 IST / 0:00 GMT
Hagley Oval - Christchurch, New Zealand
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