END OF OVER:20 | 11 Runs | NZ: 128/5 | RR: 6.40
- Tom Blundell30 (30b)
- Henry Nicholls36 (29b)
- Mustafizur Rahman4-1-29-1
- Mohammad Saifuddin4-0-28-2
5.35pm After stuttering through the middle overs, New Zealand have hit 46 in the last five overs to boost their total to 128 for 5. At the toss, Mahmudullah said he would be happy if his bowlers could keep NZ to 130-140. They've done that job although this pitch seemed better to bat on than the ones used for the first two T20Is. We will be back shortly for Bangladesh's chase. They need 129 to secure the series.
19.6
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Blundell, 1 run, fullish and outside off, Blundell, having shuffled across off, ramps it to the right of long leg for just a single
Having started to walk back, Blundell puts his gloves and returns to tackle the last ball
19.5
0
Mustafizur Rahman to Blundell, no run, 131.4ks, on-pace yorker from Mustafizur, pins Blundell in front. He plays across the line, misses and is struck on the back pad in line with off stump. No bat involved. The tracker indicates that it pitched outside leg. Blundell's review proves successful
Sakib: "I think Saifuddin learn lot of things from Fizz.. Specially his cutters... Their cutters look like quite same... This will good for death bowling in WCT20.."
19.4
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, 1 run, just short of a yorker length and outside off, another on-pace ball, laced straight to extra-cover
19.3
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, FOUR, nicked between the keeper and short fine leg for four. On-pace yorker from Mustafizur, Nicholls jams his bat down and inside-edges it away to the fine-leg fence
19.2
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Blundell, 1 run, Dropped by Shakib. 113.1 ks whippy offcutter from Mustafizur, draws a leading edge. Shakib pedals back, but the ball keeps swirling away from him. He snatches at it and shells it in the end
Short fine leg whisked to the boundary now. Deep square leg comes in
19.1
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Blundell, FOUR, slower cutter from Mustafizur, Blundell shuffles across off, gets inside the line and smartly scoops it fine of short fine leg for four
END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs | NZ: 117/5 | RR: 6.15
- Tom Blundell24 (26b)
- Henry Nicholls31 (27b)
- Mohammad Saifuddin4-0-28-2
- Mustafizur Rahman3-1-18-1
18.6
1
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, 1 run, full-toss, angling into a leg-side whip to deep midwicket. Saif finishes with 2 for 28 in his four overs
18.5
0
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, no run, wide yorker from Saif, just inside the tramline, not called a wide. Blundell can't reach it, so he lets it go
18.4
2
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, 2 runs, off-stump yorker, which is squeezed down to long-on. Blundell hares back for the second. Looks he he's made it to the safety of his crease in time. Indeed, replays indicate Nurul had knocked off the bails before gathering the ball cleanly
18.4
1w
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, 1 wide, slower offcutter floating down the leg side for a wide
18.3
4
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, FOUR, another slower ball from Saif, he bowls it into the pitch, but it sits up for Blundell to pummel it away to the wide long-on boundary. Bam, Blundell shows he can manufacture his own pace
18.2
0
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, no run, 110.7ks wide cutter, Saifuddin sees Blundell jumping across off for the scoop over short fine leg and pushes it wider. Blundell can't touch it
18.1
1
Mohammad Saifuddin to Nicholls, 1 run, slower ball from Saif, he hides it away from Nicholls' swinging arc. Sliced away to wide long-off
END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs | NZ: 108/5 | RR: 6.00
- Henry Nicholls30 (26b)
- Tom Blundell17 (21b)
- Mustafizur Rahman3-1-18-1
- Mohammad Saifuddin3-0-19-2
17.6
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, 1 run, short and wide of off, Nicholls gets on top of it and cracks it to sweeper cover
17.5
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, FOUR, overpitched and outside off, Nicholls lines it up and drills it straight past Mustafizur for four. Impressive batting from Nicholls against one the world's best death bowlers in T20s
17.4
2
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, 2 runs, slower offcutter, which is heaved away to deep midwicket off the inner half
17.3
4
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, FOUR, thrashed up and over extra-cover. Slower ball into the pitch, sits up for Nicholls to belt it over the off-side infield
17.2
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Blundell, 1 run, another wide full-toss, Blundell can haul it away only as far as long-on
17.1
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholls, 1 run, shortish and slanting into the hips, picked off to deep midwicket
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | NZ: 95/5 | RR: 5.58
- Tom Blundell16 (20b)
- Henry Nicholls18 (21b)
- Mohammad Saifuddin3-0-19-2
- Shakib Al Hasan4-0-24-0
M MAK: "Thats why Shakib is so successful in the international arena. He never stopped learning and he never stopped delivering new thing from his armory. For the first time I am seeing someone from Bangladesh trying chinaman thing and that too at the age of 34. Bravo…"
16.6
4
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, FOUR, low full-toss just a shade outside off, Blundell clears his front leg and spanks it straight past Saifuddin for four. There's the release for NZ
16.5
0
Mohammad Saifuddin to Blundell, no run, Blundell rushes down the track, heaves and misses an incoming full ball
16.4
1
Mohammad Saifuddin to Nicholls, 1 run, near-yorker length delivery, dips at Nicholls, brushes the pad and rolls away towards point
