On Wednesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Pakistan cricket team will play New Zealand in the T20 World Cup semifinal. In the seven T20 World Cups that have come before this one, the two teams have met six times.
If the T20 World Cup's history is taken into consideration, Pakistan's pile is heavier than New Zealand's. In the six T20 World Cup games between the two nations, Pakistan won four and New Zealand won two.
2007 T20 World Cup
Pakistan and New Zealand participated in the semifinals of the inaugural T20 World Cup, which was held in South Africa in 2007.
New Zealand batted first in this match, which was held in Cape Town, and scored 143 runs. In the 19th over, Pakistan had reached their goal of 144 runs with four wickets lost.
In this game, Pakistani fast bowler Umar Gul claimed three wickets while only allowing 15 runs in four overs, earning him the title of player of the match.
2009 T20 World Cup
Both sides squared off against one another again at the 2009 T20 World Cup, and this time around, Pakistan's team appeared to be in complete control of New Zealand.
First to bat, New Zealand was dismissed for just 99 runs, and Pakistan comfortably surpassed the 100-run total in the 14th over with only four wickets lost.
Umar Gul, a fast bowler from Pakistan, was named man of the match after taking five wickets and only allowing six runs in this game.
2010 T20 World Cup
In the first T20 World Cup match ever, New Zealand defeated Pakistan in 2010. In the World Cup group match, which was contested in the West Indies, New Zealand set Pakistan a victory target of 134 runs.
This game was lost by one run for the Pakistani team. Aain Buttler, a fast bowler from New Zealand, was named the game's player of the match after conceding 19 runs and sending three Pakistanis to the pavilion.
2012 T20 World Cup
Pakistan batted first in the T20 World Cup 2012 match between New Zealand and Pakistan, setting New Zealand a victory goal of 178 runs.
Pakistan won this match by a margin of 13 runs despite the New Zealand squad scoring 164 runs in their chase of this goal in the allowed 20 overs with the loss of 9 wickets.
Nasir Jamshed, a Pakistani batsman, scored 56 runs off of 35 balls during this T20 encounter in Sri Lanka, earning him the title of player of the match.
2016 T20 World Cup
At the Mohali stadium during the 2016 T20 World Cup, Pakistan and New Zealand once again squared off.
Pakistan was assigned a goal of 181 runs to reach in the allocated 20 overs by New Zealand. The Pakistani squad fell short of this goal, and New Zealand came out on top by 22 runs.
Martin Guptill of New Zealand won the game's player of the match award for his aggressive batting after scoring 80 runs in 48 balls.
2021 T20 World Cup
The two sides' most recent T20 World Cup match took place in Sharjah the previous year. New Zealand batted first in this game, scoring 134 runs.
Pakistan easily surpassed this total with only five wickets lost. Haris Rauf, a fast bowler from Pakistan, was named man of the match after taking four wickets and scoring 22 runs in this game.