Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    5.4 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. 33/3
    1.4 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 16/1
    1.6 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. 16/2
    not out
    99
    57
    86
    10
    5
    173.68
    8.2 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 56/4
    15.6 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 119/5
    17.5 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 133/6
    not out
    10
    5
    11
    2
    0
    200.00
    Extras
    2 (lb 2)
    TOTAL
    163/6 (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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    TA Boult403308.25106000
    TG Southee402145.25131100
    KA Jamieson4043010.7585200
    SC Kuggeleijn3033011.0063200
    JDS Neesham201015.0061000
    IS Sodhi302117.0082100

Match Notes

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