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5.5 : Ajaz Patel to Imam-ul-Haq, No run.5.4 : Ajaz Patel to Imam-ul-Haq, No run.5.3 : Ajaz Patel to Imam-ul-Haq, Outside off this time, Imam-ul-Haq punches it but finds the man at point.5.2 : Ajaz Patel to Imam-ul-Haq, Bowls it slightly shorter and on leg, Imam-ul-Haq flicks it to square leg for a brace.5.1 : Ajaz Patel to Imam-ul-Haq, Tossed up, on off. Imam-ul-Haq advances forward and lofts it to long on. The fielder chases it as well as the batters collect two runs.4.6 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Bracewell begins with a maiden! Flighted delivery on off, Masood is forward as he defends it to short extra cover.4.5 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Full and floated on off, defended to covers.4.4 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Flighted and on off, Masood walks forward and tries to drive. Only slices it towards point. What’s the rush?4.3 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Presses forward to a full ball and defends it to covers.4.1 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Gets on the front foot and pushes it defensively to point.4.2 : Michael Bracewell to Shan Masood, Fuller and on off, defended back to the bowler.3.6 : Michael Bracewell comes into the attack, spins from both ends now!

Ajaz Patel to Shan Masood, Better than Masood. Uses the depth of his crease and punches it through covers for three runs.3.5 : Ajaz Patel to Shan Masood, What’s going on? Spinning back in from outside off, Masood advances forward to heave it over the leg side but it turns and hits him on the back pad.3.4 : Ajaz Patel to Shan Masood, Fuller and on off, Masood defends it off the back foot.3.3 : Shan Masood is the new batter.

Ajaz Patel to Abdullah Shafique, out, STUMPED! Early success for the Kiwis. This is beautiful bowling from Ajaz Patel. He immediately got into the rhythm. A couple of great deliveries beat the bat of Abdullah Shafique and Ajaz smartly drags his length a bit back on the third delivery and keeps it just around off. Shafique tries to use his feet to smother the spin but fails to reach the pitch of the ball. He tries to defend but again the ball spins past his blade and Tom Blundell wastes3.2 : Ajaz Patel to Abdullah Shafique, And again! Nice loop from Ajaz Patel, he gets the ball to turn away from around off and Abdullah is beaten while trying to defend off the front foot.Â3.1 : Ajaz Patel to Abdullah Shafique, What a delivery! Spin, definite spin. A nicely tossed-up delivery, around off, Abdullah Shafique draws forward to defend but it spins past his blade.2.6 : Spinner comes into the attack as Ajaz Patel replaces Neil Wagner!

Tim Southee to Imam-ul-Haq, Full and around off, shaping away, Imam covers his stumps and allows it through.Â2.5 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Southee is certainly getting some movement from this new ball. Nipping into the batter from a length around off, Shafique tries to defend but it takes the inside edge once more. The ball dribbles wide of the square leg umpire and they cross.2.4 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Another inswinger and another inside edge. This time Abdullah’s defensive blade has sent the ball directly in the direction of the mid-wicket fielder.2.3 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Edgy from Abdullah Shafique. This time Tim Southee serves an inswinger, Abdullah tries to defend but it takes the inside edge of his blade. The ball finds its way into the gap at square leg and Pakistan get another two runs.2.2 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Uses the angle of the bowler and works it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.2.1 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Sliding down the leg side, on a good length, Abdullah Shafique lets it go to the keeper.1.6 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, Angles in a length ball around off, Imam covers the line and defends it solidly. This time it’s the end of the over.

Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, Edgy! Around off on a length, straightening a hint, Imam defends it from the outer portion of his bat to gully. It’s a late call for no ball as Neil has overstepped.1.5 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, Pitches it up and around off, in hope of some movement. There is none. Imam easily defends it off his front foot to mid off.1.4 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, FOUR, Imam-ul-Haq gets off the mark with a boundary. Neil Wagner offers width outside off, it’s short in length as well, Imam latches onto it and whacks it through backward point.1.3 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, Angling in from a length around off, Imam sticks back and defends it ahead of his front pad.1.2 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, Fuller and on off, Imam gets forward to meet the ball and defends it to the off side.1.1 : Neil Wagner to Imam-ul-Haq, A gentle delivery from the aggressive man. On a length and outside off, it’s left alone by Imam-ul-Haq.Â0.6 Neil Wagner to bowl from the other end.

Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Beauty from Southee. Hurls a length delivery around off and gets it to shape away a bit at the last moment. Abdullah Shafique is beaten all ends up while trying to defend the line of the delivery.0.5 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Pakistan have their first runs on the board, although a bit streaky. Full and on off, Abdullah Shafique goes driving at it with hard hands and slices it through the gap at point. He collects a couple of runs to open his account.0.4 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Fuller and on off, angling in, Shafique once again covers the line and dead-bats it towards mid on.0.3 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Keeps it full and on middle, very little movement, Abdullah brings down a straight bat and defends it back.0.1 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Southee begins with an outswinger! He delivers it on a fuller length outside off and gets it to swerve away a bit. Abdullah Shafique leaves watchfully. For how long will this movement last?0.2 : Tim Southee to Abdullah Shafique, Tim gets closer to off stump with his attempted outswinger, the length remains full. This time Abdullah Shafique is forced to get ahead and play at it. He does so and pushes it to covers.0.0 : Right then, we are done with the pre-match proceedings. The players and the umpire make their way to the center. Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq are the openers for Pakistan. Tim Southee starts the bowling for the visitors. Here we go…

We are all set for the game to begin. Both teams line up in the middle for their respective national anthems. First, it is the national anthem of New Zealand, followed by the national anthem of Pakistan.

New Zealand (Playing XI) – Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (WK), Michael Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (C), Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel.

Pakistan (Playing XI) – Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (C), Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (WK), Agha Salman, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Mir Hamza, Abrar Ahmed.Â

TOSS – Pakistan have won the toss and will BAT first.