Pakistan lost the fourth match of the T20I series against New Zealand by seven wickets on Friday in Christchurch, driving the rivals toward a series clean sweep.
New Zealand fell to 20-3 in the third over of the run-chase however Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell played a game dominating parternship of 139 runs in 93 balls to get their side over the line with 11 balls in excess. The two players scored fifties.
Mohammad Rizwan scored unbeaten 90 runs as Pakistan set New Zealand an target of 159 runs in the fourth T20I of the series.
Mohammad Nawaz scored a quick-fire 21 runs in nine balls, which had three back to back sixes off pacer Adam Milne for the penultimate over of the innings. Babar Azam scored 19 runs in 11 balls.
Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry got two wickets each for the home side.
Prior, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first against Pakistan in the fourth T20I. Pakistan made one change with Sahibzada Farhan replacing Azam Khan. New Zealand opener Devon Conway was ruled out hours before the match subsequent to testing positive for Coronavirus.