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Match end!!!!
New Zealand have won the match by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare.
Mohammd Rizwan 90* (63) | Matt Henry 2/22 (4 Overs) Daryl Mitchell 72* (44) | Shaheen Afridi 3/34 (4 Overs)
Earlier in the day, New Zealand won the toss and put Pakistan to bat. The Pakistan team struggled through out their innings. It was Mohammad Rizwan who held things together for the visitors. Nawaz played a cameo towards the end and helped Pakistan reach a total of 158 for 5 at the end of their 20 overs.
In the chase, Pakistan started off brilliantly. They got two wickets in the first over and put New Zealand on the back foot. By the third over of the innings, New Zealand were reeling at 20 for 3. But from there on, it was all Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips (70* off 52). They chalked out an unbeaten partnership of 139 runs off 93 deliveries and took the team past the winning line with 11 balls to spare.
That is it!!! New Zealand have won this with 11 balls remaining in the game. The Michell-Phillips duo has done the job for the team.
18.1 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! NEW ZEALAND WIN! You'd feel that Sheen brought Rauf to just get himself out of this misery. Short and on a length, Mitchell swivels the pull to deep square leg! New Zealand come home with seven wickets in hand. The hosts would know they were lucky and Pakistan would know they were as bas as it gets in the field.
15 runs off that over and just four left to win this. The Mitchell and Phillips partnership have made a quick work of this target.
18
overs
155/3score
1
6
1
6
0
1
runs
Daryl Mitchell*
68(43)
Glenn Phillips
70(52)
Zaman Khan
0/30
17.6 Zaman Khan to Daryl Mitchell, full and wide outside the off-stump, knocked down the ground without timing
17.5 Zaman Khan to Daryl Mitchell, cutter on off, clipped to mid-wicket
17.4 Zaman Khan to Daryl Mitchell, SIX MORE! SMASHED! Goes full, ends up in the slot. Mitchell goes through with the lift and make sure it ends up past deep mid-wicket!
17.3 Zaman Khan to Glenn Phillips, length ball on the middle, pushed to mid-wicket for one
17.2 Zaman Khan to Glenn Phillips, SIX! SHOT OF THE DAY! Bumper flying high over the off-stump, he stands tall and absolutely crunches the upper cut up and over deep point past the longest boundary!
17.1 Zaman Khan to Daryl Mitchell, length ball on the off-stump, Mitchell drops it to point and goes to the other end
Zaman Khan [3.0-0-15-0] will be bowling his last over.
Rauf was subjected to the assault in that over. New Zealand have more or less sealed the deal with that 15-run over. They will now look to finish this off as quickly as possible.
17
overs
140/3score
1
6
1
4
2
1
runs
Daryl Mitchell*
60(39)
Glenn Phillips
63(50)
Haris Rauf
0/25
16.6 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, full on the leg-stump, digs it out to long on
16.5 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, length ball on the off, swats the pull to deep mid-wicket
16.4 Haris Rauf to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! Now both of them have got their timing right. Length ball on middle, Mitchell makes room and uses his his high elbow high back lift to drive it in the air down the ground
16.3 Haris Rauf to Glenn Phillips, full and on the off-stump, Philips creams the drive. Rauf falls in the follow through and it clips his knees to reach long off
16.2 Haris Rauf to Glenn Phillips, SIX! SMOKED! Picks it off a length on the off-stump, it's the slower one and he sits deep to thump it in the air over deep square leg!