04/11Result
3rd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 4 2018
Pakistan won by 47 runs
Player of the Match
Babar Azam
Babar AzamPakistan
04/11Result
3rd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Nov 4 2018
Pakistan won by 47 runs
Player of the Match
Babar Azam
Babar AzamPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs | PAK: 166/3 | RR: 8.30

  • Asif Ali2 (3b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez53 (34b)
  • Tim Southee4-0-30-0
  • Colin de Grandhomme4-0-41-2

Shah Safeer: "Mohammad Hafeez has been in brilliant form since his return to T20Is. Take a bow Professor."

MMChishti: "From last 2 years if you have observed, strike rotation has become better among green shirts. It's a positive signal for betterment."

9.26pm Pakistan have scored 54 in their last five overs. A good finish to an innings that steadily built momentum, and 167 seems like a pretty challenging target for New Zealand on a slow, grippy pitch. Varun will be back in ten minutes to bring you the start of the chase. This should be fun.

19.6
1
Southee to Asif Ali, 1 run, in the blockhole outside off, and all Asif can do is squeeze it out towards extra-cover. Pakistan finish on 166

Khalid: "Dear Saran, Even though I'm an Indian I prefer Pakistan to go for clean sweep of the series and for that I'm ready to sponsor you KFC, just send me your account details."

19.5
1
Southee to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, and again, the wide yorker against the big, premeditated front-foot stride across. Clipped to deep midwicket, didn't really middle it
19.4
2
Southee to Mohammad Hafeez, 2 runs, again looks for the short fine leg region, again Southee bowls a wide yorker, and he uses his wrists to whip it to deep square leg
19.3
1
Southee to Asif Ali, 1 run, oh my. Asif shuffled a long way across, ended up inside-edging the wide yorker and sent it rolling to Seifert. Sets off for the single, and Hafeez would have been run-out had Seifert managed to roll it onto the stumps, but he missed by a decent margin
19.2
1
Southee to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, full again, outside off, driven to extra-cover and he picks up one to get to a well-crafted half-century
19.1
4
Southee to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, shot! That's brilliant from Hafeez. Shuffled across once more, looking for that scoop past short fine leg. Southee saw him move and bowled it full and wide. Ended up as a low full-toss, but he had to reach a long way across for it, and he still manages to use his wrists and flick it to the left of short fine leg

One over to go. Can Pakistan get to 170? Here's Tim Southee.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 156/3 | RR: 8.21

  • Asif Ali0 (1b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez45 (30b)
  • Colin de Grandhomme4-0-41-2
  • Seth Rance4-0-22-0
18.6
0
de Grandhomme to Asif Ali, no run, slower ball again, full and outside off. Asif looks to launch it back down the ground, but swings too early and misses
18.5
1
de Grandhomme to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, full, at Hafeez's pads, clipped to deep square leg
18.5
1w
de Grandhomme to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 wide, Another offcutter, short, and this one spins down the leg side as Hafeez misses the pull

Asif Ali is quite a six-hitter. He's in with eight balls remaining.

18.4
W
de Grandhomme to Shoaib Malik, OUT, fuller now, another slower one, and Malik swings hard and hits it maybe squarer than he intended. Down the throat of deep square leg

Shoaib Malik c Ferguson b de Grandhomme 19 (13m 9b 3x4 0x6) SR: 211.11

18.3
4
de Grandhomme to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, slower bouncer, and it sticks in the pitch and takes ages to reach Malik. It bounces high and it's actually on its way down, towards Malik's head, when he swats it away past short fine leg
18.2
1
de Grandhomme to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, shorter now, heaved away to deep midwicket
18.1
4
de Grandhomme to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, oh, gorgeous timing, as is often the case with Hafeez. Steps out and CDG bowls it very full, but he clears his front leg and just meets the ball with a full face, hardly any follow-through, and easily clears mid-off

De Grandhomme to bowl the 19th.

Saran Hassan: "Although i'm Pakistani,but today i bet against Pak with my friend,,so New Zealand you better do well today,otherwise KFC gonna cost me lot of money."

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | PAK: 145/2 | RR: 8.05

  • Shoaib Malik15 (7b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez39 (27b)
  • Seth Rance4-0-22-0
  • Colin de Grandhomme3-0-30-1
17.6
2
Rance to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, full again, and Malik lofts it down the ground, on the bounce to the right of long-on
17.5
1lb
Rance to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 leg bye, Hafeez steps across his stumps even before Rance delivers, shaping for the fine scoop/sweep. Rance goes full and hits his front foot on the full
17.4
1
Rance to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, shortish slower ball wide outside off. Reaches out and chops it to the left of short third man, where Ferguson makes a good diving stop
17.3
1
Rance to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, full outside off, Hafeez drags a drive to long-on with a lot of bottom hand
17.2
4
Rance to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, low full-toss outside off, and that's a gimme ball for Hafeez - the line gave him enough width to hit through the line, and just chip the ball over extra-cover, into the wide open spaces at that boundary
17.1
1
Rance to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, in the blockhole just outside off stump, stabbed away gently towards backward point

Seth Rance is back in the attack. He has already bowled three.

Hassan: "Criticism on Babar is unjustifiable. I believe he is still developing his game especially power hitting. Still remember him making sweet 30's, 40's and get stuck and get out early in his career especially if you followed 1st season of PSL. He is improved lots since then. Give him little more time."

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 135/2 | RR: 7.94

  • Shoaib Malik11 (4b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez34 (24b)
  • Colin de Grandhomme3-0-30-1
  • Lockie Ferguson4-0-29-1
16.6
1
de Grandhomme to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, down the track again, clipped along the ground this time to deep midwicket
16.5
2
de Grandhomme to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, down the track now and Malik is... dropped by Glenn Phillips, running to his right from deep midwicket. De Grandhomme followed Malik with a full ball, forcing him to go leg-side, and Phillips put down a sitter - got both hands to it, at waist height

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4C MunroGD Phillips
2nd9C de GrandhommeGD Phillips
3rd83KS WilliamsonGD Phillips
4th1MS ChapmanGD Phillips
5th6LRPL TaylorMS Chapman
6th0LRPL TaylorTL Seifert
7th1LRPL TaylorTG Southee
8th3LRPL TaylorIS Sodhi
9th6LH FergusonIS Sodhi
10th6SHA RanceIS Sodhi