Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 15, 2023, 10:19 AM
PAK vs NZ: The first match of the five-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand was played in Lahore on Friday. In this match, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 88 runs. Pakistan may have won this match but New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry did wonders in this match. He took a hat-trick in the first T20 match against Pakistan on the basis of his excellent bowling and became the fourth bowler to do so for New Zealand.
These batsmen were dismissedHenry took his first T20 hat-trick in two overs in the match played against Pakistan. During this, he dismissed Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Due to his brilliant bowling, the New Zealand team all out Pakistan for 182 runs. Although he could not win this match, but every cricket fan sitting in the field became crazy about Matt Henry's bowling.Henry auched Shadab Khan (5 runs) and Iftikhar Ahmed (0 runs) on the fifth and sixth balls of the 13th over. Pakistan's innings got derailed in this over. Shadab was caught by Latham on the last ball of the over and Itikhar was caught by the wicketkeeper on the next ball. After this Henry came to bowl in the 19th over of the match. He dismissed Shaheen Afridi (1 run) on the very first ball of this over. Daryl Mitchell took a brilliant catch near the ropes on the first ball of the over.These players have done wonders for New ZealandTaking a look at Matt Henry's performance in this match played between the two teams, he took 3 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Jacob Oram took the first hat-trick in T20 for New Zealand. He did this feat against Sri Lanka in the year 2009. At that time he was the second bowler in the world to do so in T20 International. At the same time, Tim Southee and Michael Bracewell are also part of this list from New Zealand.Shadab Khan ☝️
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) April 14, 2023
Iftikhar Ahmed ☝️
Shaheen Afridi ☝️
A hat-trick for Matt Henry in the first T20I at the GSL. #PAKvNZ | #CricketMubarak pic.twitter.com/h6bZP6O1hM