Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    4.3 taken at mid-off. Tries to recreate the magic from the last ball. Tries to pull off that inside out loft down the ground again. But two things are amiss. One, the length is shorter. And two, Rauf has pushed this ball so much more into his body, meaning he just does not have the leverage to go over the top. Poor shot selection and he's gone 40/1
    7.2 knocks him out! Oh this is lovely bowling. It's the magic of the wobble seam. You don't let it stay upright. You make it dance as the ball comes out. And when it pitches on the surface, it does whatever it pleases. Here, it decks in off a good length, cuts Seifert in half, and takes out his off stump. The on-the-up drive was the worst shot he could play given the trap that was being set. Ashraf has been brilliant today! 58/3
    5.3 chops on! That's happened a few times before. It's short. It's wide. And oddly enough, his footwork, moving back and across, works against him here because he gets too close to the ball and ends up reducing the room he had to cut the ball. That little reduction is enough to secure the inside edge onto his stumps. Williamson hunches over his bat and stares at the pitch as if it's betrayed him. Maybe he thought that ball would come onto the bat more, bounce more? 45/2
    19.3 and Conway finally falls. Top edge gives extra cover an easy chance, and a magnificent innings from Conway ends. There was concern about the slow start, but his 63 off 45 is what's held this innings together 169/7
    14.1 and Shaheen strikes first ball. Pakistan are pulling things back now. Looked like it was cleanly struck, but went higher that it did long. Slower ball does the trick as Haris Rauf has all the time in the world to get underneath it and sent the dangerous Phillips on his way 109/4
    16.2 clears the front leg and has a baseball-style swing at it. Neesham's not hitting any home run, though. It flies up into the air and Shadab completes the most straightforward catch 128/5
    18.3 and finally he falls, but NZ won't mind that. He's done his job. Tried to deposit that over the cow corner boundary once more but this time the timing was only good enough to find the fielder stationed there 159/6
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    TOTAL
    173/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)
    Did not bat: IS Sodhi, TA Boult
    Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Martin Guptill, 4.3 ov), 2-45 (Kane Williamson, 5.3 ov), 3-58 (Tim Seifert, 7.2 ov), 4-109 (Glenn Phillips, 14.1 ov), 5-128 (James Neesham, 16.2 ov), 6-159 (Scott Kuggeleijn, 18.3 ov), 7-169 (Devon Conway, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi4043210.7576100
    Mohammad Hasnain402907.25122200
    Haris Rauf4044211.0064201
    Faheem Ashraf402035.0091000
    Shadab Khan403609.0073100
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    19.2 this has gone straight up, and Pakistan lose Rizwan!This game is still alive. Rizwan thought it was in the slot and he looked to deposit it over cow corner like he's done so often this innings, but it goes high up. A glorious knock comes to an end, and Pakistan still need three 171/6
    5.2 that is a ripppaaaahhhhhhh! A one-handed rippppaaaahhhhhh! Guptill had just stepped away to take care of those fingers that must be burning right now. Daryl Mitchell came in as a sub and immediately he has pulled off the impossible. A back of a length ball that stops on the pitch gets a leading edge as Haider, who plays with hard hands, who succeeds with hard hands, here watches the ball spoon over the off side infield. He might think he's got enough on it to beat the man tracking back. But Mitchell keeps his eye on it as he runs sideways and back from cover, then propels himself further with an acrobatic dive and finally thrusts his right hand up and behind him and it sticks. IT STICKS! 40/1
    13.3 and he strikes. Huge, huge blow for Pakistan - is that the one that seals the whitewash? Drove him on the up without quite getting it out of the middle and Phillips on sweeper cover gratefully pouches it. Massive, massive blow for Pakistan 112/2
    16.2 but Neesham strikes back, and this is still game on. Short and wide, Khushdil tried to loft him over the long third man boundary. Who but Daryl Mitchell lies in wait to take that catch? 141/3
    18.1 gets the wicket of Faheem! Is there life in this contest still? Nothing special about that ball, short and wide and there to be hit, but he only manages a faint edge, and Pakistan lose their fourth 163/4
    18.2 Two in two! Shadab gone for a golden done. A little too close to cut and he only manages to get an edge through to Seifert. Are Pakistan going to blow this? 163/5
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    TOTAL
    177/6 (19.4 Overs, RR: 9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Haider Ali, 5.2 ov), 2-112 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.3 ov), 3-141 (Khushdil Shah, 16.2 ov), 4-163 (Faheem Ashraf, 18.1 ov), 5-163 (Shadab Khan, 18.2 ov), 6-171 (Mohammad Rizwan, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    TA Boult4043010.7566030
    TG Southee402526.25103000
    KA Jamieson2.402218.2593100
    SC Kuggeleijn4040210.00103300
    IS Sodhi10606.0020000
    JDS Neesham403719.2551300

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

New Zealand won the 3-match series 2-1

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

22 December 2020 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st40Mohammad RizwanHaider Ali
2nd72Mohammad HafeezMohammad Rizwan
3rd29Mohammad RizwanKhushdil Shah
4th22Mohammad RizwanFaheem Ashraf
5th0Mohammad RizwanShadab Khan
6th8Mohammad RizwanIftikhar Ahmed
7th6Iftikhar AhmedHussain Talat