2022–23 New Zealand Tri-Nation Series

2022 New Zealand Tri-Nation Series
Date	7–14 October 2022
Location	New Zealand
Result	Pakistan won the tri-series
Player of the series	Michael Bracewell
Teams   New Zealand   Bangladesh   Pakistan Captains Kane Williamson [n 1] Shakib Al Hasan [n 2] Babar Azam Most runs Devon Conway (233) Shakib Al Hasan (154) Mohammad Rizwan (201) Most wickets Michael Bracewell (8) Tim Southee (8) Hasan Mahmud (4) Mohammad Wasim (7)
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The 2022 New Zealand Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in October 2022 as a preparatory series before 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. ^{[1] [2]} It was a tri-nation series between New Zealand, Bangladesh and Pakistan, ^[3] with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). ^[4] On 26 June 2022, Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed their participation in the tournament. ^[5] On 28 June 2022, New Zealand Cricket confirmed the fixtures with all the matches played at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch. ^{[6] [7]}

Squads

Bangladesh [8]	New Zealand [9]	Pakistan [10]
Shakib Al Hasan (c) Nurul Hasan (vc, wk) Nasum Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Yasir Ali Litton Das (wk) Mehidy Hasan Afif Hossain Ebadot Hossain Mosaddek Hossain Shoriful Islam Hasan Mahmud Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Mohammad Saifuddin Soumya Sarkar Najmul Hossain Shanto	Kane Williamson (c) Finn Allen Trent Boult Michael Bracewell Mark Chapman Dane Cleaver Devon Conway (wk) Lockie Ferguson Martin Guptill Adam Milne Daryl Mitchell James Neesham Glenn Phillips Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Blair Tickner	Babar Azam (c) Shadab Khan (vc) Shaheen Afridi Iftikhar Ahmed Asif Ali Haider Ali Shahnawaz Dahani Mohammad Hasnain Shan Masood Mohammad Nawaz Usman Qadir Haris Rauf Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Khushdil Shah Naseem Shah Mohammad Wasim

Bangladesh named Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam and Soumya Sarkar as standby players. ^[8] Pakistan named Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Haris and Fakhar Zaman as reserves. ^[10] Blair Tickner was added to New Zealand's squad before the tournament. ^[11] New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell was ruled of the series, after sustaining a fractured finger during practice in the nets. ^[12] Dane Cleaver was named as his replacement. ^[13] Lockie Ferguson was ruled out due to an abdominal injury. ^[14]

Round-robin

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	0	6	1.133
2	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.132
3	Bangladesh	4	0	4	0	0	0	−1.236

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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Fixtures

Match 1 7 October 2022 15:00 Scorecard

Pakistan   167/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 146/8 (20 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 78* (50) Taskin Ahmed 2/25 (4 overs)		Yasir Ali 42* (21) Mohammad Wasim 3/24 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 21 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Pak)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 2 8 October 2022 19:10 (N) Scorecard

New Zealand   147/8 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 149/4 (18.2 overs)
Devon Conway 36 (35) Haris Rauf 3/28 (4 overs)		Babar Azam 79* (53) Blair Tickner 2/42 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Pak)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 3 9 October 2022 19:10 (N) Scorecard

Bangladesh   137/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 142/2 (17.5 overs)
Najmul Hossain Shanto 33 (29) Michael Bracewell 2/14 (4 overs)		Devon Conway 70* (51) Hasan Mahmud 1/26 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Michael Bracewell (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 4 11 October 2022 15:00 Scorecard

Pakistan   130/7 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 131/1 (16.1 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 27 (27) Michael Bracewell 2/11 (4 overs)		Finn Allen 62 (42) Shadab Khan 1/26 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Michael Bracewell (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 5 12 October 2022 15:00 Scorecard

New Zealand   208/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 160/7 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 64 (40) Mohammad Saifuddin 2/37 (4 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 70 (44) Adam Milne 3/24 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 48 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Glenn Phillips (NZ)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 13 October 2022 15:00 Scorecard

Bangladesh   173/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 177/3 (19.5 overs)
Litton Das 69 (42) Naseem Shah 2/27 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 69 (56) Hasan Mahmud 2/27 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Pak)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

14 October 2022 15:00 Scorecard

New Zealand   163/7 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 168/5 (19.3 overs)
Kane Williamson 59 (38) Haris Rauf 2/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Nawaz 38* (22) Michael Bracewell 2/14 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

References

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Notes

1. Tim Southee captained New Zealand in the fifth match of the series.
2. Nurul Hasan captained Bangladesh in the first match of the series.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo