"Babar's Brilliant Century Levels Series for Pakistan
April 16, 2023, Lahore: Babar Azam's third century and Haris Rauf's fourth four-wicket haul saw Pakistan beat New Zealand by 38 runs in the second Twenty20 International at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday night. This was Pakistan's second progressive success over the Kiwis in the T20I series. The home side are booked to play the third T20I on a similar stage on Monday night and lead the five-match series 2-0. Opting to bat first, the opening set of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam opened the innings with a strong 99, with Rizwan bringing up his 24th 50 in that configuration from 29 balls, smashing seven fours and a six. . He was out first in the 11th over when Daryl Mitchell caught Matt Henry, who had taken a hat-trick in the previous game. Henry was well on his way to another full-off when he sent Fakhar Zaman back to the hut extremely next ball but was denied by Saim Ayub's left-footed full-off which prevented the final package of the eleventh over. However, S...