Pakistan lost despite Babar Azam's stormy half-century, New Zealand won the match by 21 runs, Adam Milne took four wickets

Seddon Park in Hamilton was the scene of the second game in Pakistan and New Zealand's five-match Twenty20 series. Thanks to opener Finn Allen's brilliant batting, the Kiwi team won this game by a margin of 21 runs. With this win, the series is now 2-0 in favour of New Zealand.

Pakistan chose to bowl first after winning the toss in this particular game. With the aid of Finn Allen's explosive half-century, New Zealand set a massive goal of 195 runs for Pakistan. In response, the Pakistani squad was dismissed in 193 overs, scoring only 173 runs. Babar Azam, the former captain, gave Pakistan another half-century. Babar scored 66 runs in 43 balls throughout his inning. He hit seven fours and two sixes during this time.

In addition to Babar, Fakhar Zaman also achieved a fifty-score. Fakhar used three fours and five sixes to score fifty runs in twenty-five balls. Shaheen Afridi, the skipper, contributed 22 runs on 13 balls aside from these two. Not even one other batsman from Pakistan could reach double figures. Adam Milne took four wickets for New Zealand. Apart from them, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Ben Sears took two wickets each.

Earlier, after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs, New Zealand managed to reach 194 runs. Finn Allen scored 76 runs in 41 balls during his inning, hitting five sixes and seven fours. Williamson scored 26 runs while Santner scored 25 runs, not counting them. After scoring 17 runs, Darryl Mitchell was out, and Glenn Phillips was out after 13 runs. Mitchell Santner, on the other hand, scored 25 runs in 13 balls. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf claimed three wickets. Afridi Abbas took two wickets. Usama Mir and Aamer Jamal both removed one batsman.