The Finn Allen opener ran to half a century when New Zealand scored 220-6 imposing on Sunday on the fourth Twenty20 against Pakistan on Mount Maunganui.
Tourists will pursue a goal from 221 to Bay Oval to level the series of five games 2-2.
Allen opened the way with the bat, breaking 50 of only 20 balls, after having put 59 for the opening position with Tim Seifert, whose 44 they took 22 deliveries.
Seifert was the first of three batters fired by sailor Haris Rauf, who claimed 3-27.
Rauf helped apply the brakes in the second half of the New Zealand entries.
With Allen hitting six four and three six, the local team ran to 134 of its first 10 overs, but decreased a bit during the second half, scoring another 86 races.
Captain’s great batting Michael Bracewell added a late impulse, publishing 46 not out of 26 balls.
Pakistan will expect the pattern of the series to continue, with the persecution team that won each of the first three games comfortably.
New Zealand made two changes in the team that lost the third game in Auckland on Friday for nine Wickts, presenting Zak Foulkes and Will O’Rourke for the fellow sailors Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears.
Pakistan named the Hasan Nawaz opener, whose maiden century fed his victory in Eden Park.
New Zealand made two changes of the team that lost the third game convincingly in Auckland on Friday for nine Wickts, leaving Pakistan after 2-1.
Both are in their sewing attack, with Zak Foulkes and Will O’Rourke replacing Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears.
Pakistan has not changed the team that won in Eden Park, highlighted by the Maiden Century of the Hasan Nawaz 105 not out of 45 balls.
The average score of the first tickets in the Oval of Mount Maunganui Bay since 2020 is 176, suggesting that Sunday’s game may not produce the fireworks that presented the excursion in Auckland. Although it can remain slightly cloudy, a meteorological interruption is not expected in the fourth game.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Hay, Michael Bracewell (Capt), Ish Sodhi, Zak Foulkes, Jacob Duffy, Will O’Rourke
Pakistan: Mohammad Haris, Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha (Capt), Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Khushdil Shah, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Ahmed Ahmed
Referees: Chris Brown (NZL), Wayne Knights (NZL)
Referee: Kim Cotton (NZL)
Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
