END OF OVER:20 | 14 Runs | PAK: 148/6 | RR: 7.40
- Imad Wasim14 (5b)
- Faheem Ashraf10 (8b)
- Tim Southee4-0-30-0
- Adam Milne4-0-28-2
9.30pm Pakistan will be happy with the recovery after it looked at one stage as if they'll probably fall well short of 140. The rescue act was led by Hafeez's industry after the openers fell early. That said, New Zealand would've taken 148 at the toss and will back themselves to chase this down. That said, doing it against a world class attack will take some effort. They've spent plenty of time acclimatising to these conditions through the shadow tour with New Zealand A, now is the time to reap rewards. Join Akshay in 10 minutes for the start of the second innings.
19.6
6
Southee to Imad Wasim, SIX, walks across and swings this juicy full toss from outside off to the grass banks at deep midwicket. Sends the crowd into a tizzy, 10 off the last two deliveries. Brutal hit, 88 metres. Bang!
19.5
4
Southee to Imad Wasim, FOUR, makes room and slaps this length ball to beat mid-off. Superb timing, hit so flat and hard that the fielder had no chance despite a full-length dive
19.4
1
Southee to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, belts this down to long-off, can't pinch more than a single
19.3
0
Southee to Faheem Ashraf, no run, beaten by this yorker length delivery that he tries to squeeze behind point.
19.2
1
Southee to Imad Wasim, 1 run, scooped, but Sodhi couldn't quite get to the ball running back. A very clumsy fall, mistimed jump and so the catch goes down. Williamson sees the funny side, was trying not to laugh
19.1
2
Southee to Imad Wasim, 2 runs, makes room and slaps this length ball into the gap at deep extra cover.
END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | PAK: 134/6 | RR: 7.05
- Faheem Ashraf9 (6b)
- Imad Wasim1 (1b)
- Adam Milne4-0-28-2
- Ish Sodhi4-0-24-1
18.6
6
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, this has been clobbered over deep midwicket. Picked the slower delivery, rocked back, used the length and deposited this deep into the grass banks.
18.5
0
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, no run, shapes to pull, plays too early. Beaten as this goes on the bounce to the keeper.
18.4
2
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, 2 runs, pulled in front of square, down towards deep midwicket
18.4
1w
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, 1 wide, looks to belt this slower delivery behind square on the leg side but misses. Wasn't far from the pad, wide called.
18.3
0
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, no run, cuts and misses. Beaten by the slower delivery.
Yaqzaan: "That run out. A clear lesson for all the young cricketers out there to not run with gloves in your hand. I believe it was more of Malik's fault there. Faheem was never committed for the second."
18.2
1
Milne to Imad Wasim, 1 run, dabs behind square on the off side for an easy single
18.1
1lb
Milne to Faheem Ashraf, 1 leg bye, full delivery that hits him on the pad and deflects to the off side as they take a leg bye. This was too full as it him him but may have pitched outside leg. Williamson went up for a review anyway, and replays confirm it pitched miles outside leg.
END OF OVER:18 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | PAK: 123/6 | RR: 6.83
- Faheem Ashraf1 (1b)
- Ish Sodhi4-0-24-1
- Tim Southee3-0-16-0
17.6
W
Sodhi to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run, OUT, squeezed down to the man coming in from long-on, but hang on, Malik's turned blind, only to be sent back and Corey Anderson, who can do no wrong. Hared in, picked the ball and fired a rocket throw direct at the striker's end. Comfortably beat Malik's dive by quite a long way. Stunning from Corey, did someone say he's returning from injury?
Shoaib Malik run out 8 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 114.28
17.5
1
Sodhi to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, whipped to deep square for an easy single.
17.4
W
Sodhi to Sarfaraz Ahmed, OUT, straight up in the air. So high that Corey Anderson, running to his right from long-off, almost to where long-on is, covers enough ground and then puts in a dive to pull off a magnificent catch. Eyes were on the ball all the way, balance was superb, control even better as he ensured the ball didn't bobble out. Sarfraz was deceived in flight as he stepped out to slog, Sodhi saw him advance and bowled it just a touch wider, Sarfraz ended up dragging it a little and that resulted in complete lack of timing. Big wicket.
Sarfaraz Ahmed c Anderson b Sodhi 34 (26b 3x4 1x6) SR: 130.76
17.3
6
Sodhi to Sarfaraz Ahmed, SIX, swung away, sounded superb. Clears deep midwicket. Nice flight from Sodhi, landed it on leg, Sarfraz was ready for the slog sweep as he cleared his front leg and gave it a wallop
17.2
1
Sodhi to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, makes room and cuts to deep point.
17.1
1
Sodhi to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, makes room and muscles this pull to deep midwicket
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | PAK: 113/4 | RR: 6.64
- Shoaib Malik6 (5b)
- Sarfaraz Ahmed27 (23b)
- Tim Southee3-0-16-0
- Ish Sodhi3-0-14-0
16.6
0
Southee to Shoaib Malik, no run, shapes to cut but misses, there's a stifled appeal.
16.5
0
Southee to Shoaib Malik, no run, has Southee dropped the ball and knocked the bails off? Yes, yes it looks like. And so he doesn't even appeal. This is a big opportunity gone begging. Sarfraz was struggling, he'd given up as Malik didn't want the run as he hit it straight to mid-on. Oh, dear. Big miss.
16.4
1
Southee to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, looks to slap this over midwicket, toe-ends it to cover as he's beaten for pace. They scamper through for a quick single.
16.3
2
Southee to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 2 runs, slower and fuller outside off, Sarfraz makes room and then opens the bat face late to steer this behind point. Munro with a sliding stop at deep point. Excellent improvisation.
