Mark Chapman Records: The five-match T20 series played between Pakistan and New Zealand ended in a 2-2 draw. New Zealand won the last match by 6 wickets to draw the series. In this match, New Zealand’s star batsman Mark Chapman scored the first century of his T20 International career while chasing runs. With this century, he won the team and also recorded many records in his name.
Mark Chapman made these records in his name
Chapman became the first guest batsman to score a century against Pakistan in T20 International cricket. At the same time, Chapman became the first batsman to score a century while batting at number five or below in a successful T20 International run chase.
In this match, Chapman scored an unbeaten 104 in 57 balls at a strike rate of 182.46. His innings included a total of 11 fours and 4 sixes. Along with Chapman, James Neesham had an important contribution in this victory of New Zealand. He played an inning of 45 runs in 25 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Both shared 121* runs in 58 balls for the fifth wicket.
The condition of the match was like this
In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. Pakistan’s team came out to bat and put 193 runs on the board for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In this innings of the team, opener batsman Mohammad Rizwan scored 98 runs in 62 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes.
Chasing 194 runs, the New Zealand team lost 4 wickets in 9.5 overs. After this March Chapman and James Neesham took over. Chapman scored the first century of his T20 International career, while Neesham supported him with an innings of 45 runs and helped the team win.
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