Well, that's about it from the first T20I. Thanks so much for joining us, and we look forward to having you back on Sunday. Take care!
"Great performance from the lads. Started out brilliantly with the ball," Santner says. "When guys come in and step up like Jacob did today, it's great. It looked like a tough surface and our bowlers gave an excellent account of themselves. The energy in the field was outstanding. We'll take the momentum into Hamilton with some of our big players coming back. We're looking forward to the World Cup in India and want to give guys opportunities. We'll make at least four changes next game and let's see how we go."
In the start, we lost too many wickets. If you lose the Powerplay in T20s, it gets very difficult to come back," Shadab says. "We have youngsters in the top order and they will learn quickly. The wicket was a bot two-paced and bouncy and it took some time for our batsman to adjust. We looked a bit rusty today and in the next game, we're determined to do better."
Jacob Duffy is Player of the Match for his four wickets. "It was very daunting at Eden Park. The lads have been awesome and made me feel comfortable above and beyond," Duffy says.
Right, so Pakistan did well to post 153 after that horror start, but this is the sort of pitch you'd want to put 200 on the board for. 20 for 4 doesn't give you much room for error, and neither do New Zealand. Pak may take positive but this is a clinical, ruthless win for New Zealand. And they have their best players coming back for the second game
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs | NZ: 148/5 (6 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 3.00)
- Mitchell Santner4 (3b)
- James Neesham15 (10b)
- Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-27-2
- Haris Rauf4-0-29-3
Liam: "I don't think those extra 2 runs will have as much of an impact as the extra 8 runs the drop of Chapman cost Pakistan.." Yep
"Don't say it! Please... don't anybody say it!" Apologies, Ben.
Mahd: "I have a feeling those 2 less runs are going to make a difference today" NZ will feel they're due some luck after, you know, those extra runs in the final over of that World Cup final
END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 133/5 (21 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.82, RRR: 7.00)
- Mitchell Santner3 (2b)
- James Neesham3 (5b)
- Haris Rauf4-0-29-3
- Wahab Riaz3-0-37-0
Gaurav Sharma: "*Giggles at Champan typo*" Can I pass it off as a pun? Probably not...