New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, NZ Tri-Series 2022
After six matches during the round-robin stage, New Zealand and Pakistan contest the final of the Tri-Nation Series on Friday afternoon at the Hagley Oval. Both sides beat Bangladesh in two games and beat each other once during the group stage of the series. Read on as we preview this match. The game gets underway in Christchurch at 15:00 local time.
New Zealand have grown in confidence as this series has progressed and had a convincing win over Pakistan on Tuesday. They are looking very strong and will be favourites ahead of the final.
Pakistan beat Bangladesh from the penultimate ball on Thursday thanks to some aggressive hitting from Mohammad Nawaz. They will need to bowl at their best if they are to cause New Zealand problems in this match.
New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 Match Live Streaming
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Spark Sport, Willow TV and BT Sport.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Rabbitholebd Sports, FanCode and Spark Sport
NZ vs PAK Match Toss Prediction
No team has won the toss, chosen to bat and won the game during this tri-nation series. Whichever captain wins the toss ahead of the final, we expect they will choose to field first.
NZ vs PAK Pitch Report
We have seen increasing scores from all teams over recent games with the pitch getting a bit of additional pace. A par score will be around 190 in this match.
Weather Report
Sunny over the first half of the game before clear evening skies in the second innings. The temperature will be around 11 degrees throughout the clash.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 Match, NZ Tri-Series 2022
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
NZ Team News
Tim Southee took over the captaincy for Match 5 with skipper Kane Williamson rested. Blair Tickner and Mitchell Santner were also left out of the team with the experienced Martin Guptill, Trent Boult and Adam Milne coming into the side.
NZ Key Players
- Devon Conway - The keeper-batter has made scores of 36, 70 not out, 49 not out and 64 in his four innings in the series. He averages 54.52 in this format.
- Michae Bracewell - The all-rounder has figures of 6-70 across the four games against Pakistan and Bangladesh. He is a useful lower order batter but is yet to hit a run in the series.
- Tim Southee - The experienced right-arm pace bowler has picked up a wicket every 13.7 balls across the tri-nation series. He has 121 wickets in IT20s.
NZ Team Form
New Zealand are in excellent form in this format. They have won their last three matches at this venue in this series.
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New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
PAK Team News
Young pace bowler Mohammad Hasnain returned to the Pakistan XI for Thursday's game against Bangladesh with the expensive Shahnawaz Dahani dropping out. After two games out of the team, Haris Rauf will be back to lead the bowling attack.
PAK Key Players
- Mohammad Rizwan - The opener hit four fours on Thursday as he posted his 22nd half-century in IT20s. He has scored 2426 runs in this format.
- Babar Azam - The skipper hit his second half-century of the series in Match 6 against Bangladesh. He has scored 177 runs across this tri-nation series.
- Haris Rauf - The right-arm pace bowler has taken 21 wickets at an average of 21.09 in IT20s across 2022. He took 3-28 in the last Pakistan v New Zealand clash.
PAK Team Form
Pakistan have won three of their last four matches after a very competitive IT20 series against England.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Shan Masood, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
New Zealand vs Pakistan Head to Head
New Zealand ended a run of three successive defeats against Pakistan in this format with the convincing nine wicket win on Tuesday. Pakistan have a five match lead in the overall head to head.
NZ vs PAK Head to Head Stats in T20's
|
Matches Played |
NZ Won |
PAK Won |
Tie |
No Result |
Overall |
27 |
11 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
Last 5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
New Zealand vs Pakistan Betting Odds
Pakistan are expected to be competitive in this final but New Zealand come into the game as favourites to win with the bookmakers.
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Who will win New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 Match?
Both teams have line-ups full of talented and entertaining players. However, New Zealand’s batting line-up is more consistent and that could be the main difference between the sides.
New Zealand vs Pakistan Betting Rate
🏆 New Zealand vs Pakistan Prediction
This series has delivered an excellent run of games over the last week and there can be no doubt that New Zealand and Pakistan are worthy finalists. We expect both teams to make high scores in this match but are backing New Zealand to get the win.
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