- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 caught behind! His game is all about hard hands. His game is all in your face. Southee has sussed that up. He's also got the away swing working for him. So he pitches the ball up. He asks Rizwan to drive on the up. Rizwan does and nicks through to the keeper. Gorgeous bowling. Not so bright batting. 33/31.4 sucked in by his own momentum and he's gone! Oh all those big hits, all that gung ho-ness. Pakistan want so desperately to win this powerplay. To completely dominate it. But this wasn't the ball. It's full. It's tailing in. New Zealand had bolstered the leg side, so Haider looks to open up and go over mid-off. He miscues it. And Williamson at mid-off takes a simple catch 16/11.6 straight up and it's taken by the bowler! A top edge to a half-hearted pull shot - half-hearted because Southee does not give him the room for such shenanigans. It's poor shot selection. it's born of Pakistan's need to whack NZ out of shape after the collapse in the first T20I. And it results in a second very very easy wicket. 16/28.2 the short ball does him in! Shadab goes for the pull shot, but he doesn't have the swinging room. It's too close to his body. It's also rising on him. Gets the top half of the bat as he looks to heave ho and therefore no power in the shot. Simple catch to midwicket 56/415.6 and the wicket finally comes. It wasn't the best ball. Knee high full toss, but Khushdil's heave couldn't beat Guptill, who finally gets a catch this over 119/517.5 sliced it. Went high in the air and Williamson completes the easiest catch. Reckon even his newborn might have caught that. Faheem departs and Imad comes in 133/6Extras2 (lb 2)TOTAL163/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.15)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Haider Ali, 1.4 ov), 2-16 (Abdullah Shafique, 1.6 ov), 3-33 (Mohammad Rizwan, 5.4 ov), 4-56 (Shadab Khan, 8.2 ov), 5-119 (Khushdil Shah, 15.6 ov), 6-133 (Faheem Ashraf, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 33 0 8.25 10 6 0 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 21 4 5.25 13 1 1 0 0 KA Jamieson 4 0 43 0 10.75 8 5 2 0 0 SC Kuggeleijn 3 0 33 0 11.00 6 3 2 0 0 JDS Neesham 2 0 10 1 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 IS Sodhi 3 0 21 1 7.00 8 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 taken at deep square leg! The advantage of playing a decent sized ground. Even a batsman's big hit becomes a wicket. Ashraf goes short after being hit down the ground. Guptill loads up the front foot pull and picks out Rauf 35/1Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL164/1 (19.2 Overs, RR: 8.48)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Martin Guptill, 3.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 38 0 9.50 6 6 0 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 39 0 9.75 9 4 2 1 0 Faheem Ashraf 3.2 0 19 1 5.70 12 2 1 0 0 Wahab Riaz 1 0 19 0 19.00 2 0 3 0 0 Shadab Khan 4 0 24 0 6.00 8 2 0 0 0 Imad Wasim 3 0 25 0 8.33 4 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
20 December 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 3 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 1
- Mohammad Hafeez: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 37, Khushdil Shah 13, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 163/6 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 99, Imad Wasim 10)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 0
- TL Seifert: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (TL Seifert 41, KS Williamson 11, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 69 balls (TL Seifert 56, KS Williamson 44, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 2
- KS Williamson: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
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