In a hilarious incident during the third T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan in Dunedin, Pakistan batter Mohammad Rizwan tried to steal a quick single; however, he lost his bat on the way but tried to cross the crease at the non-striker end with his glove.

Nevertheless, the batter was denied the single as he could not cross the crease with the glove and was signaled a short run by the umpire. The incident occurred during the sixth over of the second innings when Pakistan was chasing a mammoth 225.

Rizwan made 24 runs and knitted a valuable partnership with Babar Azam. While the duo was batting, the target seemed achievable. However, after Rizwan’s departure, the wickets kept tumbling from the other end while Babar was fighting a lone battle.

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“I had said it earlier as well that Babar was not out of form. We cannot judge him on the basis of a few innings,” skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi lauded Babar after the game.

Earlier, Finn Allen equaled the world record set by Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan of 16 sixes in a T20 international innings and posted the highest score by a New Zealander in T20 internationals, beating Brendon McCullum’s 123 against Bangladesh in 2012.

Hazratullah set the six-hitting record when he scored 162 from 62 balls against Ireland in 2019. Two of Allen’s sixes carried more than 100 meters, one passing over the crossbar and between the uprights of the rugby ground adjacent to the University Oval.

Three were hit so far out of the ground that the ball could not be found and had to be replaced.

“It was good. I just tried to have a solid foundation and play good cricket shots,” Allen said. “What I’ve been working on is trying to have a solid foundation, a solid base and trying to build from there and hit the ball where it’s supposed to go.

(With agency inputs)