T20 World Cup: Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final

Pakistan reached the Men's T20 World Cup last aft a thunderous seven-wicket triumph implicit New Zealand successful Sydney.

Shan Masood deed the winning runs with 5 balls to spare to nonstop the Pakistan fans chaotic astatine an electrical SCG.

Daryl Mitchell had earlier deed an unbeaten half-century arsenic New Zealand recovered from 49-3 to station 152-4.

Pakistan volition present play England oregon India - who conscionable connected Thursday - successful Sunday's last successful Melbourne.

It continues a stunning comeback for Pakistan, who were connected the brink of elimination aft losing to rivals India and past Zimbabwe successful their archetypal 2 matches of the tournament.

They needed a daze decision of South Africa by the Netherlands to support their hopes alive, but they are present conscionable 1 lucifer distant from a 2nd T20 World Cup triumph.

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Pakistan hoping to emulate their people of 92

Pakistan made an atrocious commencement to this tourney but present look to person astir unstoppable momentum arsenic they look to repetition their occurrence successful the 1992 50-over World Cup successful Australia.

They made a unspeakable commencement to that contention too, losing their archetypal 3 radical matches, but a melodramatic revival - including a semi-final triumph implicit New Zealand - carried them to triumph implicit England successful the final.

There seems to beryllium a akin consciousness of destiny present arsenic they thrust the crest of a question fuelled by their boisterous, passionate support, who erstwhile against gathered successful large numbers.

They blew New Zealand distant mostly acknowledgment to a fantastic commencement with the bat by Babar and Rizwan, who person struggled for fluency this tourney but yet fired erstwhile it mattered.

A brutal opening battle lifted them to 55-0 aft the powerplay and erstwhile they reached 87-0 astatine the halfway stage, the Kiwi players looked stunned.

Babar was yet dismissed erstwhile helium looked to heave Boult for six but alternatively holed retired to Mitchell astatine long-on, but his 53 from 42 balls was much than helium has scored successful 5 erstwhile innings astatine this World Cup combined.

Two much precocious wickets, including that of Rizwan for 57 from 43 balls, concisely had Pakistan nerves fluttering, but Masood saw them implicit the enactment to implicit a broad victory.

Black Caps good beaten

In opposition to Pakistan, New Zealand made astir serene advancement to this signifier aft opening their tourney with a thumping triumph implicit hosts Australia.

But they looked utterly bewildered present and tin person fewer complaints with the result.

The code of the lucifer was acceptable successful the opening over, with Finn Allen driving Shaheen Afridi's archetypal shot of the lucifer for 4 earlier being fixed retired lbw disconnected the pursuing delivery.

Allen successfully overturned the determination aft replays showed a heavy wrong edge, but different vicious inswinger from Shaheen trapped him successful beforehand adjacent shot to gee up an already excitable crowd.

Mitchell and Williamson doggedly rebuilt the innings aft the Black Caps slipped to 49-3, but deed conscionable 5 boundaries successful a 68-run concern for the 4th wicket.

The utilized aboveground appeared dilatory and hard to people from, meaning New Zealand's 152-4 appeared a defendable total. But Pakistan made a mockery of that arsenic they dismantled the experienced Black Caps bowling concern of Boult and Southee successful the powerplay to enactment themselves up of the run-rate.

New Zealand's below-par show was summed up by 2 dropped catches, astir notably Babar, who was enactment down by wicketkeeper Conway from the 2nd shot of the match.