New Zealand vs Pakistan First T20I at Auckland 18 Dec 20

JA Duffy captured four for 33 in this game to provide the 22^nd occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets on debut in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Kasprowicz	4-29	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	J Lewis	4-24	2	Eng	Aus	Southampton	13 Jun 2005
3	AR Cusack	4-21	1	Ire	Sco	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
4	HS Baidwan	4-19	1	Can	Net	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
5	BAW Mendis	4-15	1	Srl	Zim	King City (NW)	10 Oct 2008
6	K Weeraratne	4-19	2	Srl	Pak	King City (NW)	11 Oct 2008
7	PP Ojha	4-21	2	Ind	Ban	Nottingham	06 Jun 2009
8	D Bishoo	4-17	2	Win	Pak	Gros Islet	21 Apr 2011
9	Elias Sunny	5-13	2	Ban	Ire	Belfast	18 Jul 2012
10	BB Sran	4-10	1	Ind	Zim	Harare	20 Jun 2016
11	PADLR Sandakan	4-23	1	Srl	SAF	Johannesburg	22 Jan 2017
12	BJ McCarthy	4-33	1	Ire	Afg	Greater Noida	10 Mar 2017
13	TC Vine	4-28	1	Esp	Mal	Cartagena	29 Mar 2019
14	MJ Ross	4-23	1	ITA	Ger	Utrecht	25 May 2019
15	HAM Shah	4-23	1	Den	Jer	Castel	16 Jun 2019
16	MR Adair	4-40	1	Ire	Zim	Bready	12 Jul 2019
17	Bilal Zalmai	4-12	1	Aut	Rom	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
18	A Nanda	5-06	1	Lux	Tur	Ilfov County	29 Aug 2019
19	EB Ringera	4-18	1	Ken	PNG	Dubai (DSC)	27 Oct 2019
20	Khizar Hayat	5-04	2	Mal	HKG	Kuala Lumpur	20 Feb 2020
21	ST Kanakalil	4-31	2	Mlt	Bul	Sofia	23 Sep 2020
22	JA Duffy	4-33	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	18 Dec 2020

It also provides the first occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four wickets on T20I debut and also provides the third occasion of a bowler capturing four wicket on T20I debut against Pakistan

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	K Weeraratne	4-19	2	Srl	Pak	King City (NW)	11 Oct 2008
2	D Bishoo	4-17	2	Win	Pak	Gros Islet	21 Apr 2011
3	JA Duffy	4-33	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	18 Dec 2020

JA Duffy captured four for 33 in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MR Gillespie	4-07	1	Ken	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	DL Vettori	4-20	2	Ind	Jo’burg	16 Sep 2007
3	TG Southee	5-18	1	Pak	Auckland	26 Dec 2010
4	NL McCullum	4-16	2	Pak	Hamilton	28 Dec 2010
5	JEC Franklin	4-15	2	Eng	Hamilton	12 Feb 2013
6	NL McCullum	4-24	2	Win	Auckland	11 Jan 2014
7	GD Elliott	4-22	1	Srl	Auckland	10 Jan 2016
8	AF Milne	4-37	1	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
9	MJ Santner	4-11	2	Ind	Nagpur	15 Mar 2016
10	TA Boult	4-34	2	Ind	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
11	LH Ferguson	5-21	1	Win	Auckland	27 Nov 2020
12	JA Duffy	4-33	1	Pak	Auckland	18 Dec 2020

JA Duffy captured four for 33 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a New Zealand bowler capturing four or more wickets in T20Is against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TG Southee	5-18	1	Pak	Auckland	26 Dec 2010
2	NL McCullum	4-16	2	Pak	Hamilton	28 Dec 2010
3	AF Milne	4-37	1	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
4	JA Duffy	4-33	1	Pak	Auckland	18 Dec 2020

Mohammad Hafeez was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a Pakistan batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Pakistan batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is against New Zealand.

Mohammad Hafeez was dismissed for a first ball duck in this game to provide the fourth occasion of his collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. He became the fourth Pakistan batsman to collect four or more first ball ducks. Others are – Shahid Afridi {06}, Umar Akmal {06}  and Imad Wasim {04}

Mohammad Hafeez was dismissed duck in this game to provide the seventh occasion of his collecting a duck in T20Is. He became the fourth Pakistan batsman to collect four or more first ball ducks. Others are – Umar Akmal {10}, Shahid Afridi {08} and Kamran Akmal {07}

Abdullah Shafique scored a duck in this game to provide the 28^th occasion of a Pakistan opener scoring a duck in T20Is. It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan opener scoring a duck in T20Is against New Zealand after Umar Amin.  Umar Amin was dismissed for a duck at Wellington on 22.01.18.

This series witnessed new captains for both the teams New Zealand and Pakistan. MJ Santner led New Zealand while Shadab Khan led Pakistan.

MJ Santner became the eighth captain to lead New Zealand in T20Is. He also became the sixth New Zealand captain to lead in T20Is against Pakistan. Shadab Khan became the ninth captain to lead Pakistan in T20Is. He also became the sixth Pakistan captain to lead in T20Is against New Zealand. He made 42 in this game. It is the third highest score by a Pakistan captain on his first captaincy assignment. Babar Azam had scored 59 not out on his first captaincy assignment against Australia at Sydney on 03 Nov 2019. Shahid Afridi had scored 50 on his first captaincy assignment against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 12 Aug 09.

TL Siefert scored 57 in this game to provide the 52nd occasion of a New Zealand opener scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the eighth occasion of a New Zealand opener scoring a fifty in T20Is against Pakistan.

TL Siefert scored 57 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of a New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of a New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is against Pakistan.

TL Siefert scored 57 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper opener scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the first occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper opener scoring a fifty in T20Is against Pakistan.

MJ Guptill’s T20I run aggregate at the end of this game read 2581. He now stands third in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in T20Is. The first two places are occupied by V Kohli {2928} and RG Sharma {2773}

MJ Guptill’s T20I run aggregate at the end of this game read 469 against Pakistan. He now owns the record for most runs by a batsman in T20Is against Pakistan.

New Zealand won this game by five wickets to post its 64^th win in T20is. It also represents its ninth win in T20Is against Pakistan. New Zealand became the third team to post nine or more wins against Pakistan. Others are – England {11} and Australia {09}