On Monday, a young New Zealand team beat Pakistan to level the series thanks to Mark Chapmans blistering debut T20 century.At 73-4 and chasing 194, New Zealand appeared out of it in the 10th over. The fifth and final T20 match was won by Chapman and Jimmy Neesham, who batted together and scored 121 runs without losing in 9.3 overs.The Dark Covers pulled off the second most noteworthy pursue against Pakistan when they made 194-4 in answer to Pakistans 193-5 moored by opener Mohammad Rizwans unbeaten 98 off 62 balls.From 57 pitches, Chapman hit a career-high 104 not out. Neesham scored 45 not out off 25 for his second-highest T20 score.After losing the first two matches in Lahore, New Zealand recovered to draw the series 2-2. The fourth match on Friday was cleaned out.Chapman was the series star, scoring 290 runs in five matches against a Pakistani bowling attack with full strength. In the first game, he was only let go once. A New Zealand team that chose to play in the Indian Premier League and was missing eight key players put on a stunning performance.“One of the greatest innings weve ever seen. “Hats off to Chapman,” said Tom Latham, captain of New Zealand.“They (Neesham and Chapman) just worked really well together and kept putting pressure back on the opponents.” Its powerfully fulfilling that we finished with a series draw in the wake of being 2-0 down.”At the beginning of the series decider, New Zealand was in trouble. In the same over, Shaheen Shah Afridi found the edge of Will Youngs bat after dismissing Latham with the first pitch. Left-arm spinner Imad Wasim additionally got two wickets and secured the New Zealanders.However, Chapman and Neesham broke free in a perfectly timed chase.Shadab Khan had a forgettable night in his hometown when he missed a regulation catch in Afridis return spell that could have dismissed Chapman on 67. He was removed from the attack after bowling two overs for 29 runs.In a superb performance at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Chapman hit 11 boundaries and four sixes, including a spliced six over third man off Haris Rauf.Pakistan captain Babar Azam declared, “Special knock this from Chapman, congratulations to him.” After Rizwan revived the innings for us during the middle innings, we fell 15 to 20 runs short.Rizwan gave Pakistan energy after quick bowler Blair Tickner, playing his most memorable round of the series instead of a harmed Matt Henry, took two speedy wickets and wound up with 3-33.Before Tickner dismissed Babar and Mohammad Haris, one of Pakistans two changes, Babar and Rizwan combined for 51 off 34 balls.Rizwan added 71 runs with Iftikhar Ahmed (36) and a quick 68 with Imad Wasim (31).Rizwan needed three runs off the final over for his second T20 hundred after hitting seven fours and four sixes. However, he was only able to hit a single off the first ball. Confronting the last conveyance by Neesham, Rizwan missed.The two groups start a five-match one-day worldwide series on Thursday at Rawalpindi.
