T20 World Cup 2021 Live Score, PAK vs NZ: New Zealand lose wickets in quick succession

New Zealand on the other hand, found it tough. A few of their batters got starts but none went onto make a significant score. The wicket of Williamson probably hurt them a lot. It was just before the wicket momentum seemed like shifting but once he fell, the batters who came later failed to adapt to the surface and in the end, they have fallen well below where they would have wanted to be.

They did not pick a lot of wickets in the Powerplay but the key was wickets at regular intervals. They really made excellent use of the surface and bowled accordingly. Really can’t point a single bowler out as it was a combined effort. However, Rauf yet again and as in his element with a four-fer. He though received some support from the rest. Had Pakistan fielded like they did in the last game, they could have restricted the Kiwis to a lower total.

End of a really good effort with the ball by Pakistan yet again! They have justified their skipper’s decision of bowling first.

Haris Rauf to Mitchell Santner, OUT! Cleaned up! Haris Rauf gets his fourth wicket and finishes the innings off in style. The change of pace again works wonders. This is on a length, around middle and is slowed up. Mitchell Santner takes a big swing at it across the line but gets undone by the lack of pace. The ball goes onto hit top of off stump and Haris Rauf ends with figures of 4-0-22-4. New Zealand FINISH WITH 134/8!

Haris Rauf to Mitchell Santner, FOUR! Full again, around off and at 149 kph. Mitchell Santner makes room and creams this one through cover for a much needed boundary.

Haris Rauf to Ish Sodhi, Full, on off and driven towards cover for a single.

Haris Rauf to Mitchell Santner, BYE! Swing and a miss. Slower one, around off. Santner misses it completely but does get the bye.

Haris Rauf to Mitchell Santner, Was that a chance? Fullish ball, on off and Mitchell Santner looks to go over mid off. Santner hits it aerially to the right of mid off, where Babar Azam puts in the dive but can't get to the ball. The batters race back for the couple.

Haris Rauf to Ish Sodhi, Back of a length, around off and dabbed down towards third man for a single.

Who will come out now? Ish Sodhi it is.

Shaheen Afridi to Tim Seifert, OUT! CAUGHT! The change of pace has done the trick for Shaheen Afridi and he has his first wicket of the match. Slower one, on middle and angled across. Tim Seifert gives himself room and looks to swing across the line. In the end, Seifert gets a top edge which loops up towards backward point. Mohammad Hafeez takes the simplest of catches over there.

Shaheen Afridi to Tim Seifert, FOUR! Wow! A yorker, on middle. Tim Seifert walks right across his stumps and sweeps it right off the middle stump and into the backward square leg fence. 

Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Santner, LEG BYE! Very full and around leg stump, going on with the angle. Santner looks to flick it on the leg side but misses. The ball goes off the pads on the leg side and they get a leg bye.

Review. After a lot of talk, Babar Azam decides to take an lbw review. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows the impact is outside leg. The on-field decision of not out stands. Pakistan lose a review here.

Shaheen Afridi to Tim Seifert, In the air...safe! A length ball, on middle and Tim Seifert lifts this one over mid-wicket. The fielders from deep mid-wicket and long on converge but neither can get to it. They get a single in the end.

Shaheen Afridi to Tim Seifert, A yorker, at the toes of the batter. Seifert can't do much about it and gets hit flush on the toe. That must have hurt. It's a review at the last moment from Pakistan and the replay clearly indicates that the ball pitched a long way outside leg stump. NOT OUT!

Shaheen Afridi to Tim Seifert, Well bowled. Afridi deceives the batter with a slower delivery. On a length, on middle and angled across. Seifert looks to swipe it across but gets undone by the lack of pace.

Haris Rauf to Tim Seifert, Full and straight, at 145 kph. Seifert drives it nicely down to long on for a single. Just 3 runs and a couple of wickets off the over.

Haris Rauf to Tim Seifert, Rauf hits the length hard, around off stump. Seifert hops to defend it out.

Haris Rauf to Tim Seifert, On middle and worked through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.