END OF OVER:10 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 141/4 | RR: 14.10
- Mark Chapman0 (0b)
- Taskin Ahmed2-0-24-1
- Shoriful Islam2-0-21-1
10.05pm Phew, my fingers need some rest after that shellacking from Allen, Guptill and Mitchell. Must say Bangladesh have been rather poor on the field, putting down as many as five opportunities. Only Shoriful came away with something to take away. The rest were pretty ordinary. Join Vishal on the other side of this break for the chase. Can Bangladesh take something back home or will be another series whitewash for the hosts?
Finn Allen is down for a quick chat to Spark Sports: Felt good, nice to get it out of the middle to get us to a competitive score. I was obviously nervous, playing in front of my home crowd and all, but credit to Guptill for calming me down. It was awesome batting with him, good fun! We wanted to start as if we were having a 20-over match, give us a couple of balls to get in but once we hit a few, we decided every ball has to go. They may have missed a trick by bowling too full, we'll take that on board. It's a good batting wicket, we'll have to bowl really well.
DJ Mitchell run out 11 (11m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 183.33
Watch the ball hard, hit the ball hard: the Finn Allen mantra. Here's a recent interview of Allen looking ahead to the IPL as well
FH Allen c sub (Mehidy Hasan Miraz) b Taskin Ahmed 71 (51m 29b 10x4 3x6) SR: 244.82
END OF OVER:9 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 131/2 | RR: 14.55
- Finn Allen71 (28b)
- Daryl Mitchell1 (1b)
- Shoriful Islam2-0-21-1
- Mahedi Hasan2-0-34-1
But Shoriful has shown in his two overs that he's more than a handful. And can be unfrazzled under pressure
Mitchell at No. 4