Hasan Nawaz registered the fastest ton by a Pakistan batter © AFP Statistical highlights from a bat-dominated day at Eden Park where Pakistan pulled off a chase of 205 rather easily against New Zealand in the 3rd T20I: 44 Balls were taken by new Pakistan opener Hasan Nawaz to bring up his hundred, which is the fastest ton by any Pakistan batter in the T20I format. He surpassed Babar Azam, who took 49 balls for his century against South Africa in 2021. 0, 0, 105* – Nawaz became the first player to score a hundred after registering ducks in his first two T20Is. Rilee Rossouw (100 vs India, 2022), Rohit Sharma (121* vs Afghanistan, 2024) and Sanju Samson (109* vs South Africa, 2024) are the other batters who registered consecutive ducks followed by a hundred. Fastest tons for Pakistan in T20Is (by balls) Balls Batter Against Venue Year 44 Hasan Nawaz New Zealand Auckland 2025 49 Babar Azam South Africa Centurion 2021 58 Ahmed Shehzad Bangladesh Dhaka 2014 58 Babar Azam New Zealand Lahore 2023 62 Babar Azam England Karachi 2022 205 runs chased down by Pakistan against the hosts, New Zealand, in Auckland is their second-highest successful chase in T20Is behind 208 they chased against West Indies in Karachi in 2021. This is also the third-highest chase against New Zealand by any team in T20Is. This was also the second-highest successful run-chase at Eden Park after Australia who chased down 244 against New Zealand in 2018. This is the fourth time New Zealand failed to defend a 200-plus target in T20Is and three out of those four came at Eden Park, Auckland. Highest successful run chases for Pakistan in T20Is 208 vs West Indies, Karachi, 2021 205 vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2025* 204 vs South Africa, Centurion, 2021 200 vs England, Karachi, 2022 207/1 is Pakistan’s third-highest total overall and highest against New Zealand in T20Is. 204 all-out by New Zealand in the first innings is their third-highest total against Pakistan in this format. This is also the second-highest (204) innings total by a team where all 10 wickets have fallen, and the fourth 200-plus total where all 10 wickets have fallen. 200-plus all-out totals in T20I cricket 205 – Ireland vs Afghanistan, Greater Noida, 2017 204 – New Zealand vs Pakistan, Auckland, 2025* 201 – England vs Pakistan, Nottingham, 2021 200 – England vs Pakistan, Leeds, 2021 16 overs were taken by Pakistan to chase the 205-run target against New Zealand in Auckland. It is the quickest 200-plus chase by any team in T20Is. The previous fastest was 17.4 overs by South Africa (206-run target) against West Indies in Johannesburg in the 2007 T20 World Cup. 3rd instance of a team successfully chasing down a 200-plus target with nine or more wickets in hand, and all these by Pakistan. Winning by nine or more wickets chasing 200+ targets 207 – Pakistan vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2025* 205 – Pakistan vs South Africa, Centurion, 2021 203 – Pakistan vs England, Karachi, 2022 12 sixes were hit by Pakistan during their record chase, which is their joint second-most maximums in a T20I, behind 15 sixes by them against Ireland in Dublin last year. 7 sixes hit by Nawaz is the joint-most by a Pakistan batter in T20Is alongside Mohammad Rizwan’s seven sixes against South Africa in Lahore in 2021. 105* by Nawaz is the highest individual score by a Pakistan battter against New Zealand. 75 runs scored by Pakistan in the Powerplay in this match is their highest in this phase bettering 73 against England in Manchester in 2016. Pakistan scored 124 runs in their first ten overs – their highest ever in this phase. Pakistan’s quickest team fifty and quickest team hundred also came in this match. 3 innings taken by Nawaz for his first T20I hundred. It is the joint second-least innings taken by a player from a full-member side to score his maiden century in T20Is. Richard Levi, Evin Lewis and Abhishek Sharma all have scored their first century in their second T20I match. Deepak Hooda also hit his maiden T20I hundred in his third T20I game. 133-run partnership between Salman Agha and Nawaz is Pakistan’s third-highest for the second wicket in T20I cricket. The run-rate of 13.08 for this partnership is Pakistan’s highest in a 100-run stand in the T20I format.The previous highest was 11.27 in a 139-run partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the 2nd wicket against Ireland in Dublin last year.
