A hailstorm shower ended the fourth Twenty20 international in Rawalpindi after New Zealand’s Mark Chapman and Chad Bowes hit aggressive half centuries against Pakistan on Thursday.
Chapman was 71 not out off 42 balls as New Zealand – sent in to bat by Pakistan – were 164-5 in 18.5 overs when rain stopped play at Rawalpindi stadium.
It turned into a hailstorm as match officials assessed the conditions before calling off the match as abandoned.
Pakistan lead the five-match series 2-1 after winning the first two matches by 88 and 38 runs while New Zealand took the third by four runs – all in Lahore.
The final match is in Rawalpindi on April 24 after Eid holidays.
Left-hander Chapman held the innings with stands of 54 for the fourth wicket with Bowes who made 38-ball 54, lifting New Zealand from a precarious 3-54.
Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Imad Wasim had derailed New Zealand by dismissing Tom Latham (13), Will Young (six) and Daryl Mitchell (three) to finish with figures of 3-19 in his four overs.
Chapman, who hit ten boundaries and a six, completed his 1,000 Twenty20 international runs on 49 and also added 56 for the fifth wicket with Rachin Ravindra who scored eight.Bowes hit seven boundaries and a six before falling to Shaheen Shah Afridi.
New Zealand had to leave out pacers Ben Lister and James Neesham, who had minor niggles, and brought in Cole McConchie and Henry Shipley.
Pakistan won the first two games by 88 and 38 runs, while New Zealand won the third by four runs, all in Lahore.
The fifth and final match is also in Rawalpindi on April 24.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Zaman Khan
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Chad Bowes, Cole McConchie, Mark Chapman, Matt Henry, Henry Shipley, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young
