END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs | NZ: 152/4 | RR: 8.00
- James Neesham7 (7b)
- Corey Anderson20 (14b)
- Mudassar Bukhari4-0-31-0
- Ahsan Malik4-0-43-0
6.45 pm This group still stays neck and neck, with New Zealand joining Sri Lanka and South Africa on four points. But that could change pretty soon with SA going up against England in just few minutes. Thank you for you company and comments here, this is Alagappan Muthu signing off.
"Definitely, Netherlands put up a really good fight," says
"It was a reasonably comfortable chase for NZ,"Peter Borren says. "Saying that it wasn't the easiest wickets to start on. Brendon got them through, but if we'd got him early something could have happened. [Batting circumspectly] I don't really know how to do that myself, I just play a lot of hockey shots. The bowling was decent, but we may have bowled a little too full tonight. Obviously, we've competed alright, but we were not favourite to win it. I reckon we still could get in one performance and I think it could be a replay of the 2009 win," he says with a coy grin. "We need to adjust our lengths and if we had done that, we could have competed tonight. I won't promise. It's always a roller coaster with us and we'll try and do our best"
6.35 pm Ended up a reasonably straightforward chase, despite Netherlands doing their best to pull pace off the ball and exploit a slow deck. Brendon McCullum became the first player to cross 2000 T20I runs during a well-composed half-century and though he couldn't stay till the end, his side completed a simple victory. Stay with us for the presentation
One hit could finish it off
rama: "we need 2 Dale Steyns for Super Over fun" The original is training for South Africa's clash with England later today
END OF OVER:18 | 10 Runs | NZ: 145/4 (7 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.05, RRR: 3.50)
- Corey Anderson19 (13b)
- James Neesham2 (2b)
- Ahsan Malik4-0-43-0
- Timm van der Gugten4-0-30-3
Malik to bowl out. 17 off 18 needed
END OF OVER:17 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 135/4 (17 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 5.66)
- Corey Anderson11 (9b)
- James Neesham0 (0b)
- Timm van der Gugten4-0-30-3
- Ahsan Malik3-0-33-0
Jimmy Neesham joins Corey Anderson in the middle.
BB McCullum c Mudassar Bukhari b van der Gugten 65 (61m 45b 4x4 3x6) SR: 144.44