Mark Chapman from New Zealand was really happy and excited because he hit the ball so well that he got 100 points! He was playing a game of cricket with Pakistan and the person who catches the ball, Mohammad Rizwan, was watching him. This happened on April 24, 2023, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.
Mark Chapman has been playing really well in a type of cricket called Twenty20 in Pakistan. Because of how well he’s been playing, he now has the chance to play in another type of cricket called One-Day Internationals for New Zealand in a really important tournament called the World Cup. But even though he’s doing well, he knows he still needs to work hard and not assume he’ll definitely get to play.
Chapman was a part of a cricket team called the Black Caps, and he was only supposed to play in a certain type of game called T20. After the team tied two games, he was getting ready to go home, but he had to check out of his hotel room first.
The person is going to play five more games of a sport in Rawalpindi, starting on Thursday.
Chapman went back to his room even though he already left and paid for it. He used to play for a team in Hong Kong and now plays in New Zealand.
I came back to where I am staying and had to get a new key to my room. Luckily, it was the same room as before. Now it feels like I am at home.
Chapman played a game called T20 five times and only got out once. He scored a lot of points, more than anyone has ever scored in five T20 games before! Because he did so well, he was chosen as the best player of all the games.
On Monday, a person on the New Zealand team hit a lot of runs really quickly and helped their team win. The coach said it was a really great performance.
New Zealand’s team is traveling to play games but their leader, Kane Williamson, can’t play because he hurt his knee in a different tournament. Some other players are also busy playing for different teams right now.
Chapman played a game of cricket against a team called Scotland. It was the last time he played this type of game and it happened in July of last year.
If he can keep doing really well against Pakistan’s strong team, he might get picked to play in a big tournament called the World Cup. But he’s not worrying about that right now.
“I haven’t thought much about it, to be honest,” he said.
We have five games to play in one day and that’s what we’re thinking about right now.