END OF OVER:20 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | PAK: 130/7 | RR: 6.50
- Asif Ali25 (20b)
- Mohammad Wasim1 (2b)
- Tim Southee4-0-31-2
- Blair Tickner3-0-27-0
4.31pm "It's nice to get on a ground with big boundaries and wind going away from it," Michael Bracewell tells Spark Sport. I wouldn't say there was a huge amount of turn, but it was gripping and bouncing which creates a bit of illusion. We sort of have all bases covered and GP is also a great bowler in his own right. We would have taken anything under 150 and we will strap ourselves in for another tight run-chase."
NZ rifled through their spin options to keep Pakistan to 130 for 7 in their 20 overs. Bracewell set the tone with 2 for 11 in his four overs before Santner and Sodhi also made timely strikes for NZ. Our stats whiz Shiva Jayaraman tells us that this is the first completed T20I innings in NZ without a six in 77 games.
19.6
1
Southee to Asif Ali, 1 run, off-stump yorker, jammed down to long-on
19.5
0
Southee to Asif Ali, no run, slower cutter floated wide of off, swish and a miss
19.4
1
Southee to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, on a length and angling into off, toe-ended down to long-on
19.3
0
Southee to Mohammad Wasim, no run, off-stump yorker, Wasim somehow digs it out to avert the hat-trick
