Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, 1 run.
Ish Sodhi to Azam Khan, 1 run.
Ish Sodhi to Azam Khan, Flatter, short once more, outside off, Azam Khan leaves it alone thinking it is a wide. No signal from the umpire.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Short again and outside off, Babar Azam cuts it through cover-point for a run.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Short and around off, Babar Azam punches it towards covers.
Ish Sodhi to Azam Khan, Tossed up, full and on middle, Azam Khan works it off the inner half of the bat through square leg for a single.
Lockie Ferguson to Azam Khan, Back of a length and on off, Azam Khan dabs it through point for a single.
Azam Khan comes in at number 5 for Pakistan.
Lockie Ferguson to Fakhar Zaman, OUT! TAKEN! Lockie Ferguson strikes! Another big wicket for New Zealand! This one is bit fuller, outside off, angling away, Fakhar Zaman tries to heave it to the leg side, but has to drag this one and his bat also turns in his hand. As a result, he slices it up in the air and Mitchell Santner at extra covers takes a fine catch. Pakistan three down now!
Lockie Ferguson to Fakhar Zaman, Lockie Ferguson sees the batter move across and bowls this on a good length, outside off, Fakhar Zaman goes for the scoop, tries to adjust again but misses it completely.
Lockie Ferguson to Babar Azam, Full again and on middle, Babar Azam tucks it through mid-wicket for one.
Lockie Ferguson to Babar Azam, FOUR! Nice shot! Lockie Ferguson serves this full and on off, Babar Azam steps across, opens the face of the bat slightly and lofts it over extra covers for a lovely boundary.
Lockie Ferguson to Fakhar Zaman, On a length and on off, Fakhar Zaman uses his feet and adjusts to steer it towards deep point for a single.
Lockie Ferguson to Fakhar Zaman, Lockie Ferguson bangs in a quick bouncer, on middle, Fakhar Zaman leaves it alone, it is a bit too high for the liking of the umpire. Wided.
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Drinks! Pakistan have lost a couple of wickets, but they are not out of this game. Babar Azam is set and Fakhar Zaman is hitting the ball cleanly, but the thing is that these two need to bat at least for another 5-6 overs to have a chance of chasing this down. New Zealand know that they just need to do the basics right as the batters will need to take risks which will give them opportunities to get the breakthroughs. Lockie Ferguson is now back into the attack.
Mitchell Santner to Babar Azam, Bowls this one shorter and slower at 79.4 clicks outside off, Babar Azam tries to whip it across the line but gets beaten.
Mitchell Santner to Fakhar Zaman, Fuller on a length outside off again, Fakhar Zaman heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Fakhar Zaman, WIDE! A shorter delivery, going wide of off.
Mitchell Santner to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! Powerful shot that. Mitchell Santner overpitches this one just outside off, Fakhar Zaman gets under the pitch of the ball and drills it over the bowler for a boundary.
Mitchell Santner to Babar Azam, LEG BYES! Santner darts this one quicker and into the pads, Babar Azam tries to flick it over short fine leg but fails to connect. The ball hits him high on the front pad and trickles down to short third for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Fakhar Zaman, Tossed up outside off, spinning in off the deck, Fakhar Zaman cuts it square on the off for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Babar Azam, Floats this one fuller and into the stumps wait no pace, Babar Azam presses forward and nudges it to long on for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! Beaty from Fakhar Zaman! He is starting it! Flighted, fuller outside off. Fakhar Zaman sits on one knee and heaves it across the line towards deep mid-wicket region. The ball is in air but into the gap and falls just short from the boundary.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Short and wide, Babar Azam extends his arms to reach the delivery and cuts it towards the point region for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Beaten! Googly once more, outside off. Babar Azam shuffles a bit to play it o his off side but gets beaten under his inner edge.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, FOUR! Beaty! Googly this time outside off. Babar Azam waits for the ball to arrive and cuts it through the point and gets a boundary.
Ish Sodhi to Fakhar Zaman, IN AIR.. BUT SAFE! Fuller delivery on the stumps. Fakhar Zaman goes for a slog sweep but gets a thick top edge. The ball is high up in the air but lands safe to the right of short third man.
Ish Sodhi to Fakhar Zaman, SIX! This is first one for Fakhar Zaman! Fuller delivery on leg. Fakhar Zaman stays on his crease and heaves it hard enough to loft it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum.
Mitchell Santner to Fakhar Zaman, Finishes off the over with a short delivery outside off, Fakhar Zaman rocks back and taps it to mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single.
Fakhar Zaman comes out to the middle now.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mitchell Santner gets his man anyway! No need of a review this time around. He bowls this one quicker, short and outside off, turns away a bit, Mohammad Rizwan stays back, opens the face of the bat to guide it away, but only manages to get a faint edge behind where Glenn Phillips moves to his right to take sharp catch behind the stumps. A huge wicket for New Zealand as the dangerous Mohammad Rizwan goes back to the hut now.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Pitches this one short and outside off just around the tramline, Mohammad Rizwan tries to cut it towards covers with no foot movement and gets beaten on the outside edge.
Mitchell Santner to Babar Azam, Tossed up and around leg, Babar Azam tucks it to square leg and gets a single.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Darted in fuller and into the stumps, Mohammad Rizwan sweeps it to short fine leg for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, An appeal for caught behind, but turned down! This is tossed up, full and on leg, Mohammad Rizwan goes down to sweep it away but loses the grip of his bat, as the ball loops off the pads, Glenn Phillips steps forward and pouches it. Santner takes the review. UltraEdge shows a spike when the ball is close to the glove. but it is not holding the bat and therefore cannot be given out. Ball Tracking also goes in favour of Rizwan. New Zealand lose a review!
Ish Sodhi to Mohammad Rizwan, Fuller outside off. Mohammad Rizwan goes for a sweep but connects the inner part of his bat and the ball rolls towards the short fine. They crossed.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Tossed up, fuller around off, another google. Babar Azam hangs back and pulls it, but the missing the proper timing towards the deep mid-wicker
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Googly, fuller outside off. Babar Azam falls for it as he tries to play it on his off side but misses it completely and gets beaten on the inner edge.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, FOUR! Here we go again! Fuller delivery on the stumps. Babar Azam goes down and slaps the delivery across, straight down the ground of a boundary.
Ish Sodhi to Mohammad Rizwan, Short delivery just outside off. Mohammad Rizwan hangs back and guides it towards the short third man and sets off for a quick single.
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, Fuller delivery to begin the over, around off. Babar Azam strides out and drives it towards the deep cover point for a single.
Halt! It looks like Babar Azam has an issue with his groin. He is receiving some treatment from the physio and a lot of stretching is going on. We are all set to continue. Also, Ish Sodhi comes into the attack now.
Matt Henry to Mohammad Rizwan, Pitched fuller this time and into the stumps, Mohammad Rizwan rocks back and tucks it to mid-wicket. The batters steal a couple of runs. A direct hit at the striker's end could have had Mohammad Rizwan walking back.
Matt Henry to Mohammad Rizwan, Oh my, Mohammad Rizwan runs with no bat. A short run is claimed. A hard-length delivery just around off, Mohammad Rizwan shuffles across and tucks it towards deep mid-wicket. He loses his bat in the process but sprints for the run without the bat. He tries to stretch and touch the crease at the non-striker's end but falls inches short as he takes off for the second run. They get only one here.
Matt Henry to Mohammad Rizwan, Clipped away nicely. Matt Henry tries to go full and into the blackhole. Mohammad Rizwan just presses forward and converts this one to a low full toss. Rizwan flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Matt Henry to Mohammad Rizwan, Jaffa! A great bouncer to Mohammad Rizwan. Matt Henry pitches this one short and hits the deck hard over middle and off. Mohammad Rizwan goes for a pull but gets beaten.
Matt Henry to Babar Azam, Pitches this one fuller and outside off, Babar Azam works it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Matt Henry to Babar Azam, FOUR! Stand and deliver. Matt Henry comes from over the wicket and pitches this on the hard length around middle and off, Babar Azam stands tall and lofts it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Nice start to the final over of the Powerplay.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, SIX! BOOM! This is tossed up, full and on off, Mohammad Rizwan gets down across and nails his slog-sweep over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Rizwan, Slower through the air, short and on middle, turns away, Mohammad Rizwan winds up for the slog, but adjusts and blocks it out in the end.
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