Tim Seifert etched his name in the history books during the fifth T20 against Pakistan on Wednesday (March 26) at the Sky Stadium in Wellington as New Zealand thumped the Salman Ali Agha-led side by nine wickets to seal a 4-1 series win in the five-match series despite the absence of several key players, who are playing in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) currently.

In the last match of the series, the Pakistan batting unit failed again and was bowled out for just 128 runs despite a fighting knock of 51 in 39 balls by skipper Agha. The home team completed a nine-wicket win after chasing down the total in just 10 overs, marking the joint quickest run-chase of more than 130 runs against a Test-playing nation in T20I cricket. The record is also held by the Black Caps, who chased down a total of 147 in 10 overs against Sri Lanka in 2016 at the Eden Park in Auckland.

Tim Seifert Creates History

Seifert was the star of the show for New Zealand in their win at Wellington with a stunning unbeaten knock of 97 in 38 balls at a strike rate of 255.26, which included six boundaries and 10 sixes. This is only the second instance of 10 sixes being hit in a T20I innings, which was not a century.

Seifert's knock is the quickest 90+ score in a run-chase in T20I history by or against a full member nation team. No player has ever hit a score of more than 90 while batting second at a strike rate of more than 250 before. In fact, Travis Head's 80 runs of 25 balls against Scotland is the only other instance of a player scoring 80 or more runs at a strike rate of more than 250 among full-member nation players while chasing a total. Tristan Stubbs's 28-ball 72 is the second-highest score with a 250+ strike rate in a run chase by any player against a Test-playing nation.

Highest SR With 90+ Score In Second Innings Of T20I Match (Full Member Nation Players)

Player	Runs	Strike-Rate	Team	Opponent	Venue	Year
Tim Seifert	97	255.26	New Zealand	Pakistan	Wellington	2025
Liam Livingstone	103	239.53	England	Pakistan	Nottingham	2021
Hasan Nawaz	105	233.33	Pakistan	New Zealand	Auckland	2025
Richard Levi	117	229.41	South Africa	New Zealand	Hamilton	2012
Lendl Simmins	91	227.50	West Indies	Ireland	St. Kitts	2020

Highest Scores In T20I Run-Chase With 250+ SR (Full Member Nation Players)

Player	Runs	Strike-Rate	Team	Venue	Year
Tim Seifert	97	255.26	New Zealand	Wellington	2025
Travis Head	80	320.00	Australia	Edinburgh	2024
Tristan Stubbs	72	257.14	Scotland	Bristol	2022
Jonathan Charles	69	265.38	West Indies	Kingston	2024
Nicholas Pooran	65	250	West Indies	Tarouba	2024

Overall, they have been seven knocks (all in the first innings) higher than Seifert's 97 at a strike-rate of more than 250 in T20I cricket (full-member nation players). All of these instance saw a player score a century.

Seifert finished the series wth 249 runs in five innings at an average of 62.25 and strike-rate of 207.50. His run tally is the second most in a bilateral T20I series with a strike-rate above 200 behind Abhishek Sharma, who made 279 runs in five innings against England earlier this year at an average of 55.80 and strike-rate of 219.68.

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