Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 has that carried? Looks like it has! Back of a length delivery just outside off stump. This one skids through and hurries Bowes for pace, who is looking to swipe it away. Gets a faint tickle and the keeper does well to dive forward, get his gloves under it and complete the catch! 0/1
    7.1 and he immediately gets the better of Seifert! Length delivery just outside off. Seifert has made his mind up that he wants to reverse but this one just holds in the surface and bounces a tad extra. Skews off the top edge and Aayan completes a regulation catch at backward point. Massive, massive moment in the game! 60/3
    5.6 soft dismissal! Another beautifully disguised slower delivery that pitches on a back of a length on off stump and just does not arrive. Cleaver advances, plays two or three strokes before finally making contact with one. Can only slice it, though, and mid off takes the easiest of catches at mid off! 51/2
    12.1 edged and taken (finally)! First T20I wicket for Faraazuddin! Back of a length delivery just outside off. Chapman looks for the cut but picks a ball that is a tad too full and is not wide enough. Gets a faint tickle that Aryansh juggles multiple times before finally holding on! 85/5
    7.6 cleans him up, two in the over for Basil Hameed! Given a hint of air on a length on off stump. Santner, like the first ball he faced, is not to the pitch of the ball. Goes searching for it a little and this one straightens just a touch to sneak past the outside edge and crash into off stump! 64/4
    15.2 Siddique gets Neesham! Back of a length delivery on leg stump that sticks in the surface. Neesham has a hack at it but because he is early into the stroke, the ball spoons up off the top edge. Naseer settles himself at deep backward square leg and does the rest. Siddique is pumped, and that is a vital wicket at this stage! 109/6
    not out
    31
    24
    1
    0
    129.16
    not out
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    11
    1
    1
    190.90
    Extras
    2 (w 2)
    TOTAL
    155/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.75)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Chad Bowes, 0.1 ov), 2-51 (Dane Cleaver, 5.6 ov), 3-60 (Tim Seifert, 7.1 ov), 4-64 (Mitchell Santner, 7.6 ov), 5-85 (Mark Chapman, 12.1 ov), 6-109 (James Neesham, 15.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Junaid Siddique403528.7561110
    Aayan Afzal Khan201206.0061000
    Ali Naseer3040013.3311300
    Zahoor Khan402315.7591010
    Basil Hameed403027.5042000
    Mohammed Faraazuddin301515.0050000
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 huge appeal, and gone first ball! Length delivery on middle and off stump that just nips back a shade. Waseem is caught on the crease and has a fence at it. The ball sneaks past the bat and pins him on the back leg, right in front of middle stump. The umpire raises his finger, and we have had first-ball dismissals at the start of both innings tonight! 0/1
    14.6 Aryansh bites the dust! Neesham with the breakthrough! Back of a length outside off. Aryansh stands tall and absolutely laces his back-foot punch. The only problem, though, is that he hits it uppishly and Bowes snares a sharp, low chance at short extra cover. A brilliant innings but Aryansh will be gutted he could not finish the job! 115/6
    2.4 top-edged and taken at fine leg! Dug into the track on off stump and Aravind does not seem ready for this. Has a hurried swipe at it but because of the extra pace, he only manages to skew it straight down Lister's throat at fine leg! 15/2
    6.6 what a catch, oh my days! Back of a length delivery at the stumps that just holds in the surface. Asif is early into the stroke and chips it to Santner's right. For the longest while, it seems that the ball will land safe. Well, until Santner flies to his right, flings out his right mitt and catches it clean, right in the centre of his palm! 62/3
    10.2 skies it and Santner gobbles it up! Hard length, just outside off. Tandon tries to swipe it away but cannot get on top of the bounce. The ball loops up off the splice and Santner settles under the high ball to complete the catch in the extra cover region! 84/4
    13.1 Southee breaks the game open! Back of a length delivery just outside off. Hameed thinks he can smash this over long on but does not get the timing he is after. Cloths it and Jamieson has the easiest of catches to complete at long on! Hameed is disconsolate but in simpler words, he has thrown it away! 101/5
    16.6 Santner gets Naseer! Is that the game as well?! Fired in full on leg stump and had Naseer stood still, that could have been launched over long on. Instead, Naseer pre-meditates the reverse and then ends up playing all over it. The ball goes past the bat and smashes into the pads. The umpire thinks about it before raising his finger. Did that pitch outside leg, though? Well, there is no DRS for this series, so guess we will never know! 126/7
    18.1 Southee has four! Full delivery on middle and off stump. This might have been a cutter because Aayan is a week early into the stroke. Gets it right off the toe-end and the ball touches the moon before coming back down and nestling in Seifert's palms at mid on! 132/8
    19.4 that will be that! New Zealand win by 19 runs! Length delivery at the stumps. Faraazuddin has an agricultural slog at it and skies it. Southee settles under it, and rather fittingly, deals the final blow to take New Zealand past the finish line! 136/10
    18.5 edged and taken! Five for Southee! Back of a length just outside off. Siddique continues swinging like a rusty gate and on this occasion, gets a feather through to the keeper! 134/9
    not out
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    Extras
    8 (b 1, lb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    136 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 6.91)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Muhammad Waseem, 0.1 ov), 2-15 (Vriitya Aravind, 2.4 ov), 3-62 (Asif Khan, 6.6 ov), 4-84 (Ansh Tandon, 10.2 ov), 5-101 (Basil Hameed, 13.1 ov), 6-115 (Aryansh Sharma, 14.6 ov), 7-126 (Ali Naseer, 16.6 ov), 8-132 (Aayan Afzal Khan, 18.1 ov), 9-134 (Junaid Siddique, 18.5 ov), 10-136 (Mohammed Faraazuddin, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    TG Southee402556.25134010
    KA Jamieson2.402017.5083010
    BG Lister302408.0063020
    MJ Santner402225.50140200
    CE McConchie201909.5021100
    JDS Neesham301525.00102010
    R Ravindra10808.0011000

Match Details

Toss

United Arab Emirates , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20

Match days

17 August 2023 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Muhammad WaseemA Sharma
2nd15V AravindA Sharma
3rd47Asif KhanA Sharma
4th22Ansh TandonA Sharma
5th17Basil HameedA Sharma
6th14Ali NaseerA Sharma
7th11Ali NaseerAayan Afzal Khan
8th6Mohammed FaraazuddinAayan Afzal Khan
9th2Mohammed FaraazuddinJunaid Siddique
10th2Zahoor KhanMohammed Faraazuddin