PAK VS NZ Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: Asif Ali-Malik late blitz, Rauf take Pakistan to 5-wicket win vs New Zealand
Pakistan vs New Zealand Highlights: Pakistan bagged their second win on the trot by defeat New Zealand by 5 wickets in Sharjah. In chase of 135, Pakistan got to 30/1 by the end of the Powerplay. Tim Southee bagged his 100th T20I scalp as he removed skipper Babar Azam on 9. Then, Ish Sodhi, after being hit for a huge six, got his revenge as he trapped Fakhar Zaman LBW plumb in front. PAK got to 58/1 after 10 overs. The Men in Green lost three more wicket in the next four overs to stutter to 91/5. The highlight of the phase of Devon Conway's freakish, outrageous boundary-line catch to help Mitchell Santner dismiss Mohammad Hafeez. Eventually, the duo of Asif Ali (27* off 12) and Shoaib Malik (26* off 20) put up a winning 48-run stand to take their side home with 5 wickets and 8 balls to spare. Earlier in the first innings, New Zealand started steady as they reached 42/1 by the end of the Powerplay. Martin Guptill, 17 off 20, was cleaned up Haris Rauf in the 6th over. In the next four overs Imad Wasim removed a dangerous-looking Daryl Mitchell and Mohammad Hafeez sent Jimmy Neesham packing on 1 as the Black Caps reached 60/3 after 10 overs. Skipper Kane Williamson stitched a few boundaries and just as a stand with Devon Conway started to build, Hasan Ali caught Kane short of his crease with a direct throw. NZ reached 100/4 after 15 overs. Eventually, Haris Rauf removed Conway, Phillips in the same over and finished with a four-wicket haul. NZ posted 134/8 in 20 overs....Read More
PAK vs NZ: And that's a wrap. Thank you so much!
That's all we have you today. Thank you so much for joining us on a double-header day. Congratulations to South Africa and Pakistan on the wins. We have another double-header tomorrow; England vs Bangladesh and Scotland vs Namibia. We hope to see you tomorrow.
Until then, this is Shivansh Gupta bidding you goodnight. CIAO!
Pakistan's Babar Azam, the winning captain, speaks
“Feels great to win and we'll look to carry forward the confidence. The spinners started off brilliantly, and Haris and Shaheen carried it through. I would like to compliment our fielding, that has carried us through here. I thought we gave 10 runs too many. But this cricket and it happens. While batting, there were wickets early on and we needed a partnership. Malik showed experience and Asif Ali contributed too. Every match is crucial. There is no easy match. We'll look to play it day by day and game by game.”
Kane Williamson, the losing captain, speaks
"It is very disappointing. We were optimistic at the halfway stage. It was going to be really tough, we were a boundary or two at being above par. There were small margins, but we couldn't nail it at the back end. Credit to Pakistan, they are a strong side and were very smart. I thought our bowlers were outstanding for 80% of the game. Quite tough to swallow. We were going into the second half, but this is a very good Pakistani side and are a team to watch. It is a game of small margins, we go to a different venue against India. We will have conversations and play accordingly. There were a few good decisions, but there are very small margins in these low-scoring games."
T20 World Cup Live Score: Haris Rauf is the Player of the Match
“I am happy with the performance, thanks to the team, the fielding unit, the support staff and the fans for all the support they've given us. There's competition in the bowling unit, we talk with each other, assess the conditions and we do get confidence from each other. The wicket of Guptill in the powerplay was the best amongst the four wickets. Thankful to everyone, keep supporting us right through”
PAK vs NZ T20 Live: Pakistan remain at the top of the table
They top the table with 4 points in 2 matches +0.74 NRR.
T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: 2 in 2 for PAK
AFTER BEATING INDIA BY 10 WICKETS, PAKISTAN BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY 5 WICKETS
A special record for Shoaib Malik. No batter has remained unbeaten in a winning chase more than Malik. 18 games where he has remained not out in the end.
PAK vs NZ Live: PAKISTAN WIN BY 5 WICKETS
TAKE A BOW, ASIF ALI! He remains unbeaten on 27 off 12 balls as Pakistanget home with 8 balls to spare
AND WITH THIS, PAKISTAN GET THEIR REVENGE! For NZ cancelling the tour of course.
PAK vs NZ Live Score: 19th over
TRENT BOULT TO BOWL THE PENULTIMATE OVER
18.1 – 1 run
LATE SIGNS OF CONCUSSION, AS IT LOOKS LIKE! The physio is back out and Asif Ali is probably showing late signs of concussion. Hope he is okay
Pak need 8 from 11. I am sure he would try his best to stay out there and finish the job.
Right, he is good to go!
18.2 – DOT BALL
18.3 — SIX! DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE INJURY HE SAYS. Short from Boult and he muscles the pull shot over cow corner for 6
18.4--- 2 RUNS AND PAK WIN
PAK vs NZ T20 Live: THE EQUATION
PAKISTAN NEED 9 RUNS FROM 12 BALLS
PAK vs NZ Live Score: Malik joins the attack
Asif Ali is fine and we are back underway!
FOUR! Short, slow and wide from Santner. The experience of Malik allows him to cut it past point for 4.
SIX! THAT IS HIGH INTO THE NIGHT SKY AND IT LANDS IN THE STANDS! Tossed up again and Malik goes down the ground and hits it right over the bowler's head for a six. Full face of the bat.
PAK are 126/5 after 18 overs.
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Score: ASIF ALI GOES 6, 6
SIX! Slower ball, half volley and bang! INTO THE STANDS! Asif Ali has come out with a very linear yet clear mindset today. Southee delivers a gift and Asif accepts it. A flat six over long off.
SIX! A slower ball which is short and outside off, Ali waits for the ball to sit up, goes deep into the crease and TONKS THE BALL OVER LONG ON. The crowd has erupted! Wow!
OUCH! Next ball, he is hit on the box. NZ appealed for LBW. Not out given. They review it out of desperation and lose it.
OUCH! HIT ON THE HELMET! One eventful over. A short ball that skidded onto Asif. He went for the pull and the ball came off the edge and hit him on the helmet. He is receiving a concussion test
PAK are 111/5 after 17 overs, need 24 from 18
ISH SODHI IS DONE, THE EQAUTION NOW IS:
4-0-28-2. Ish Sodhi ends his night with an impressive spell.
PAK now need 37 runs from 24 balls.
PAK vs NZ Live Score: FOUR AND GONE, PAK IN DEEP TROUBLE
FOUR! Slower bouncer, Imad Wasim makes room and flat bats it over mid off for four! A welcome boundary for the Men in Green.
OUT! GONE NEXT BALL! he goes for a reverse ramp and is struck plumb just above the knee, where there is no protection. he hobbles off in pain/
He is gone for 11. PAK are 87/5 after 14.5 overs.
FOUR! OH, HELLO! A half tracker outside off and the new batter Asif Ali opens the face of the bat and guides it past short third for 4.
PAK are 91/5 after 15
Ladies and gentleman, the DEVON CONWAY WONDER CATCH
The catch you've been wanting to see. Stand up and applaud
T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: New Zealand continue fight back
6 from Sodhi's third over. PAK are 82-4 after 14 overs
PAK vs NZ: Neesham applies further breaks
PAK are 75/4 after 13 overs. 5 from the Neesham over. Southee does well to dive to his left at mid off and prevent the ball from scampering through.
The equation
PAK need 65 from 48 balls. Imad Wasim and Shoaib Malik are in the middle.
Both are currently on 1 off 2
PAK vs NZ T20 Live: OUT! MORE MISERY FOR PAK AS RIZWAN DEPARTS
OUT! PLUMB LBW! Another ball that skids on from Sodhi. Off the backfoot, Rizwan looks to play across the line, misses the ball and is gone.
PAK are 69/4 after 11.4 overs
Pakistan vs New Zealand: CONWAY WITH AN OUTRAGEOUS CATCH
5 SINGLES, the pressure is building
OUT! THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CATCHES YOU'LL EVER SEE. Conway takes an outrageous diving catch at the boundary to remove Hafeez. Dances down the track to Santner, makes room and goes inside out, looking to clear long on. He doesn't get the desired elevation and Conway runs to his left from long off and takes a stunning catch. He was parallel to the ground
PAK ARE 63/3 AFTER 11 OVERs
PAK vs NZ Live: Halfway Stage
PAK are 58/2 after 10 overs, need 77 runs from 60 balls
T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: Hafeez arrives and goes big first ball
SIX! The new batter in, Mohammad Hafeez, is off the mark with a six over extra cover. First ball from Neesham sits up nicely and he goes inside out.
GONE! SODHI GETS HIS REVENGE
NOT OUT! REVIEW! OUT! What a comeback and he has the last laugh. A sharp leg spinner and the ball struck Zaman's pads. Umpire gave it not out but NZ reviewed the replay showed all 3 reds and that it was pad first, not bat.
PAK are 48/2 after 8.2 overs
NEW BALLS, PLEASE!
SIX! GOING…GOING…GONE! THAT IS ONTO THE ROOF AND PROBABLY ON THE MAIN ROAD. A juicy, tossed up delivery into the slot. Zaman gets underneath the bounce and sweeps it out of the ground for a HUGE SIX over cow corner.
PAK vs NZ Live Score: Jimmy Neesham is brought into the attack
All-rounder Jimmy Neesham scored 1 with the bat. Time for him to shine with the ball. He does begin well though, concedes 3 off it.
PAK are 39/1 after 8 overs.
T20 World Cup Live Score: A tight over from Santner
After bowling the first over, Santner returns for his 2nd and concedes just 6 off it.
PAK are 36/1 after 7 overs.
PAK vs NZ, T20 World Cup: END OF POWERPLAY
Pakistan are 30/1 after 6 overs.
Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman in the middle
BOWLED HIM! BABAR AZAM IS GONE
OUT! BOWLED HIM AND THE STADIUM HAS GONE SILENT! The middle stump has gone for a walk as Babar pays the price for playing a straight ball across the line. 100th T20I wicket for the Kiwis veteran.
PAK are 28/1 after 5.1 overs
T20 World Cup: Rizwan looking dangerous tonight as well
FOUR! Using the pace, the angle and piercing the gap for 4. Boult, from over the wicket, is taking the ball away from the right-hander. The third man is inside the circle. Rizwan opens the face of the bat and finds the gap past backward point easily.
PAK are 28/0 after 5 overs
Tim Southee continuing
FOUR! Rizwan picks up four with a boundary through fine leg. Just short of length and once again, it's a pickup shot. Half sweep-half pull through 4.
PAK are 22/0 after 4 overs.
PAK vs NZ: TRENT BOULT INTRODUCED INTO THE ATTACK
FOUR! SWATTED! SLAPPED! RIZWAN HAS ARRIVED! He made a misery of India's bowler's with the flat-batted swat, the swivel pull against India. And he has begun the same destruction today.
Slightly short from Boult and he creams the ball through cow corner for 3
PAK are 14/0 after 3 overs.
T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: Tim Southee from the other end
Tim Southee is sharing the new ball
He starts well, conceding just 2 from it
PAK are 9/0 after 2 overs
PAK vs NZ: BABAR AZAM BEGINS WITH A FOUR
FOUR! Picking up where he left off from. Tossed up outside off from Santner. Babar Azam goes down on one knee and lofts the ball over mid-off for 4.
PAK are 7/0 after 1 over
CHASE BEGINS: ENTER RIZWAN, BABAR
Heroes from two nights ago, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are out to open. Mitchell Santner to open the attack.
135 NEEDED FROM 120.
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Score: NZ post 134/8 in 20 overs
Right then! A superb bowling effort from Pakistan. Their star performers
Rauf: 4/22 in 4 overs
Afridi-:1-21 in 4 overs
Imad-:1-24 in 4 overs
Shadab: 0/19 in 3 overs
Hafeez - 1/16 in 2 overs
PAK vs NZ Live Score: 20th over
19.1 -- 1 RUN
19.2 -- DROPPED! Santerlooks to clear mid off but mistime sit. Babar Azam dives forward but drops it. Batter run 2
19.3 -- 1 BYE
19.4 – 1 RUN
19.5 – FOUR! SANTNER CREAMS THE BALL THROUGH EXTRA COVER FOR 4
19.6 – BOWLED HIM! HARIS RAUF FINISHES WITHA FOUR-FOR
PAK vs NZ: FOUR AND GONE, IS SEIFERT
IN THE AIR AND SAFE! Tim Seifert looks to go big over long on but there is no timing on it. The ball falls just short of the incoming Hasan Ali.
FOUR! THAT IS A SUPERB SHOT, TIM! Another yorker from Shaheen. Seifert gets inside the line of the ball, meets the ball before it pitches with a ramp shot and clears the fine leg fielder for 4
OUT! AND HE IS GONE NEXT BALL! CHANGE OF PACE, SLOWER BALL, Seifert goes for a good-old slog. The ball ballooned to point off the outside edge.
He is gone for 8. NZ are 125/7 after 19
Ish Sodhi is the new batter in
2 overs to go
NZ are 119/6 after 18 overs. What a night Haris Rauf is having. Can NZ get to 145?
PAK vs NZ T20 Live: WHAT AN OVER FROM HARIS RAUF, 2 WICKETS
OUT! Pakistan keep chipping in with wickets. This time, it's Conway, who departs on 27. He holes out to Babar Azam
NZ are 116/5 after 17.1 overs
Tim Seifert joins in next
OUT! MAKE THAT 2 IN THE OVER. Slower ball, Phillips pulls it to deep mid-wicket but doesn't time it.
NZ are 116/6 after 17.3 overs
Pakistan vs New Zealand: Shaheen Shah Afridi returns
RIGHT THEN! Afridi returns for the final spell. Haris Rauf also 2 overs remaining.
So, it's likely to be Afridi, Rauf, Afridi, Rauf
NZ batters are timing the ball better but finding the fielders in the deep
FOUR! AT LAST! Just short of length and straight. Phillips clears the front leg and smacks the ball past long off for 4.
NZ are 116/4 after 17 overs
PAK vs NZ Live Score: 4 OVERS TO GO, Ali keeps it tight
NZ are 107/4 after 16 overs.
7 from Hasan Ali's 3rd over.
5 OVERS TO GO! HOW MANY MORE CAN THEY GET?
5 overs to go! NZ have just crossed 100. How many more can they get?
NZ are 100/4
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Score: Haris Rauf returns
1/6 after 1 over. Haris Rauf is back for his second spell and will go all the way to the end now.
100 for NZ as Conway knocks the ball to deep mid-wicket
PAK vs NZ Live Score: GONE! WILLIAMSON RUN OUT
CONFUSION! DIRECT HIT! OUT! Williamson bunts the ball to short cover and took off for a quick single. Conway sent him back and Hasan Ali quickly got to the ball and nailed a direct hit. NZ are 90/4 after 13.1 overs
Glenn Phillips it the new batter in
NZ are 95/4 after 14 overs.
Misfield, late cuts and back-to-back boundaries
FOUR!CAN'T BELIEVE IT SOME MORE MISFIELD! WHAT WAS THAT, ASIF ALI? SHADAB KHAN . A nonchalant sweep from Conway to deep square leg. Asif Ali gets there comfortably and looks to release it quickly. However, the balls slips past him for 4.
FOUR! TO THIRD MAN! Back-to-back boundaries as he cuts it last past short third.
15 off it. 27 from the last 2 overs. NZ are 90/3 after 13 overs.
T20 World Cup Live Score: DRS SAVES WILLIAMSON
HOWZAT? OUT! KANE AND NZ REVIEW! Hafeez pitches it in line of the stumps. Williamson, looking to make thigns happen, attempts a reverse sweep. Umpire gives it out but Kane sent it up straightaway.
NOT-OUT! INSIDE EDGE! Slow-mo replay and ultra-edge shows there was an inside edge.
FOUR! Short and Williamson swivel-pulls it through cow corner for 4. Didn't time it but the ball had enough legs on it to pierce through the rather massive gap.
SIX! This is much better and more convincing. He charged down the track and sends the ball 78m.
NZ are 75/3 after 12 overs
PAK vs NZ Live Score: Shadab Khan continues to impress
Another 2-run over from Shadab Khan. His figures read 0/4 after 2 overs.
Some tensed faces in the NZ pavilion as the camera points to a concerned Shane Bond and worried-looking Tim Southee
HALFWAY STAGE- PAK ON TOP, FOR SURE
New Zealand are 60/3 after 10 overs. Conway and skipper Williamson now hold key as the Kiwis look to rebuild.
Four runs and a wicket from Hafeez's first over.
PAK vs NZ T20 Live: Mohammad Hafeez introduced and Neesham perishes
OUT! THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT, SAYS HAFEEZ! Jimmy Neesham is gone for 1 as "The Professor" Mohammad Hafeez strikes first ball. He tried to clear the deep mid-wiceket boundary. Ended up hitting it off the bottom of f the bat and holing out to Fakhar Zaman in the deep.
NZ ARE 56/3 AFTER 9.1 OVERS.
Devon Conway joins Williamson
WASIM FINISHES STAGGERING SPELL
1/24 in 6 overs.
What a sensational spell from Imad Wasim. A great night's work with the ball.
T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: SIX AND GONE, IMAD STRIKES
SIX! Daryl Mitchell decided to go big and clears the long off boundary with a flat six.
OUT! ONE SHOT TOO MANY! HOW MANY TIMES DO WE SEE A SIX AND A WICKET. Fired in short of length and straight from Wasim. Mitchell skies to it short long on.
NZ are 54/2 after 8.3 overs.
Jimmy Neesham is the new batter in
