END OF OVER:20 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 147/8 | RR: 7.35
- Trent Boult2 (2b)
- Tim Southee1 (2b)
- Mohammad Wasim4-0-20-2
- Haris Rauf4-0-28-3
Ghulam Mustafa: "Last 4 overs 22 runs and 5 wickets. This is some collapse."
ShahSafeer: "These bowlers have improved their variations and skills of death bowling. Credit goes to Shaun Tait! "
8.50pm If you're a Pakistan fan, you would've had a wonderful Saturday afternoon after that bowling performance from your side. New Zealand opted to bat, and at 70 for 1 after ten, you would've thought the hosts were setting the base for a big score. However, the wickets just kept tumbling in the back half of the innings. And at the end of it all, the hosts have a below-par total. Both Conway and Williamson got thirties, however, both knocks were bit of a struggle, that leaves Mark Chapman (16-ball 32) as the pick of the batters.
As for the bowling unit, Nawaz got the two wickets of the set batters after the drinks break, Rauf picked up three in the 19th to put a dent in NZ's final total and Wasim continues to impress with his pace and accurate yorkers. Shadab Khan did a quiet but tidy job of going under six in his four-over spell. See you on the other side.
Saad : "Impressed with Muhammad Wasim…very good control on his line and Yorkers…Dhani will be the weak link once Shaheen is back"
WAQAR Durrani: "22 of 15th over and still below 150 total, tells you pitch is not easy to score on... Pakistan must keep running more often than waiting for the sloggers if they are to win this"
Mark Chapman: "Credit where credit is due. Pakistan bowled really well. We would've liked a few more runs but we've got a strong bowling line up."
Raza A: "This is a first match after 35 matches that Pakistan has not conceded a wide or a No ball .. good stuff coaches .." -- some stat!
Mr Flamingo bat is here.
IS Sodhi b Mohammad Wasim 2 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Quite the collapse, eh? Here's the No. 9 Southee, at the non-striker's since the wicket fell off the last ball of an over.
END OF OVER:19 | 5 Runs 3 Wkts | NZ: 142/7 | RR: 7.47
- Ish Sodhi1 (1b)
- Haris Rauf4-0-28-3
- Shahnawaz Dahani3-0-22-1
MS Chapman c Mohammad Wasim b Haris Rauf 32 (31m 16b 3x4 2x6) SR: 200.00
Zeeshan: "Set batter at one end watching like a spectator while others playing ridiculous shots...just take a single and get him on strike...he is hitting at the rate of 200"
Moazam: "Keep in view context of situation, dhani's over was very critical as previous over went boundaryless .. must appreciate him for ro complete his over without conceding much runs "
on a hat-trick.
Ali Hasni: "Harif Rauf is gem but Pak has extremely become reliant on him in the absence of Shaheen. In the next matches though Pak might loose but Rauf deserves some rest i believe"
MG Bracewell lbw b Haris Rauf 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Bracewell. Another left-hander.
Afeef: "James Neesham and David Miller have the cleanest of bat swings when they're looking to hit a six"
JDS Neesham b Haris Rauf 5 (6m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
Syed: "Cricket is so easy according to some people. Just make all the right decisions, take all the wickets and don't go for runs. And the opposite when you're batting"
Two overs still left. Haris again. Around the stumps with the two lefties. Only four sixes in this innings. NZ will want a couple more in the last 12 balls.
END OF OVER:18 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 137/4 | RR: 7.61
- Mark Chapman28 (14b)
- James Neesham5 (4b)
- Shahnawaz Dahani3-0-22-1
- Mohammad Wasim3-0-16-1
Khalid Kundi : "@Shahid! A wicket is after all a wicket. Let the boy celebrate "
Shreyas HM: "Forecaster has been around 160 throughout the innings. Looks like that's where we'll end up at this rate."
Shahid: "Dahani need to be selective in celebrations. This wicket was a lucky one for him, didn't deserve such celebrations. Shouldn't get carry away"
Saim: "6 overs remaining of Fast Bowlers why not bowl them instead?" -- Are we still discussing the Nawaz over? Probably because NZ batters love pace bowling as a generalisation.
GD Phillips c Asif Ali b Shahnawaz Dahani 18 (28m 17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 105.88
END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs | NZ: 130/3 | RR: 7.64
- Glenn Phillips18 (16b)
- Mark Chapman26 (13b)
- Mohammad Wasim3-0-16-1
- Haris Rauf3-0-23-0