New Zealand shocked, Matt Henry out of the T20 series against Pakistan; 22 year old player gets space

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Tezzbuzz|22-03-2025

A five -match T20 series is being played between New Zealand and Pakistan (NZ vs Pak), the fourth match on Monday, 23 March will be played at Bay Oval Mount Munganui.

Significantly, in the meantime, the Kiwi team has suffered the biggest setback. In fact, New Zealand's veteran fast bowler Matt Henry has been ruled out of the T20 series against Pakistan due to injury.

The New Zealand Cricket Board itself has given this information to the fans, sharing a tweet with its official X account. He has told that Matt Henry, who was sitting in his right shoulder during the semi -finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, has not yet fit all. Not only this, Matt Henry was also hurt on the left leg knee, due to which he will not be able to play T20 series matches against Pakistan.

Let us tell you that when New Zealand Cricket announced his squad for the T20 series against Pakistan, Matt Henry was selected for only the last two matches. He felt that Henry would recover soon and would once again create a blast in the Jersey of New Zealand, but it has not happened.

Significantly, Matt Henry took 10 wickets in 4 matches for New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament. He was the most successful bowler in the tournament, so it is clear that his absence for the T20 series against Pakistan is a big setback for the Kiwi team.

Also know that 22 -year -old fast bowler Zakari Faulks has now got a place in the Kiwi team in place of Matt Henry, who was also called to the squad for the first three matches.

Fallks have been selected for the last two matches while electing the team. At the same time, there has been another change in the team and fast bowler Will Oorauke has got a place in the team in place of Kyle Zamison.

New Zealand is 2–1 in T20 series

Talk about the T20 series between New Zealand and Pakistan, then the hosts have won two matches and have a 2–1 lead over Pakistan. The Kiwi team won the first match of the series by 9 wickets and the second match by 5 wickets.

However, Pakistan's return in the third match was seen and he got the dust of New Zealand's 205 runs in Auckland at the loss of just 16 overs and one wicket. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether the Pakistani team can repeat the same charisma in the fourth match. If Pakistan's team wins this match, then the fifth and last match of the series will become many times exciting.

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