That's all from today, but we will be back again in less than 24 hours for the second match of the series. Don't go away too far.. or too long. Ciao ciao.

Shahid Afridi: "It's difficult to come back after a long time, but this is how it has been for the last 18 years of my career. I have handled challenges all along. We had a long batting line-up so we were confident. But the credit goes to the bowlers for bowling brilliantly, then Sarfraz played an excellent innings. He is in great form. The atmosphere within the team is great at the moment and if it continues like this, Pakistan will do better in the coming days."

Kane Williamson: "We want to improve on our performance. There were things that went wrong today: we lost wickets early today and then couldn't pick up wickets with the ball. It's great to have a look at all the players with so much cricket to come. They had a bit of dew when they were playing, but they just outplayed us."

Sarfraz Ahmed is the Man of the Match. He says, "I want to give the credit to Vicky Bhai [Waqar] and Shahid Bhai for sending me at the top of the order. It's difficult in this format to come late because you have to hit every ball but it's easier at the top as you have time to play yourself in. The sweep shot gives me confidence.

Although they took their time, Pakistan were never really tested in the chase. Sarfraz Ahmed struggled to get going against the searing pace of the NZ trio earlier but once he got set, there was no stopping him What a year he has been having! New Zealand, on the other hand, lost early wickets during their innings and a few in the latter half to end up with a middling total.

valiant: "Neesham : 6 runs scored 6 runs spent ... Brilliant "

talha Hameed: "With this victory, Pakistan becomes the 1st team ever to win 50 T20I matches. "

Neil: "Well done Neesham, ends up withan economy rate of 36.00 Runs per over!"

And Neesham shows up finally..

hadi: "will this come down to that one over where NZ would wish they had a Maxwell of their own in their team?"

Just 10 runs needed. Plenty of T20 time for those runs. Devcich comes in

Ali Tabba: "And with the form he is in, and considering his experience as a captain, I expect Sarfaraz to replace (not displace) Misbah as a captain upon the latter's retirement."

McClenaghan comes in to bowl his last

Irfan: "@farrukhshahzad...and hopefully because of that..Umar Akmal can solely focus on his batting and realize his potential and become a world class batsman!"