New Zealand vs Pakistan, T20, 5th T20I, March 26, 2025 - Venue

Venue description: The Sky Stadium in Wellington is a multipurpose stadium. The first ODI played on this ground between New Zealand the West Indies in 2000 was abandoned, as a result of incessant rain. Since then, it has gone onto host 21 matches. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as "The Cake Tin" (source - Wikipedia) How does the pitch play? Rain has had a major say in most of the games played here. The Westpac Stadium uses a drop-in pitch like most venues in New Zealand. As with a majority of the drop-in pitches, it tends to side with the batsmen. What is a drop-in pitch? A drop-in pitch is a cricket pitch which is prepared away from the ground or venue in which it is used, and literally "dropped in" to place for a cricket match. This allows multi-purpose venues to host other sports and events with more versatility than a dedicated cricket ground would allow. (source: Wikipedia) For more about drop-in pitches, have a look at this link By Bharath Ramraj