Pakistan vs New Zealand, Cricket Score, T20 World Cup 2021 Match Highlights: Pakistan Maintain Winning Form, Defeat New Zealand By 5 Wickets

T20 World Cup 2021 Highlights, PAK vs NZ: Pakistan face a stiff challenge as they take on New Zealand at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Babar Azam in action© AFP

Pakistan, on Tuesday, defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets in the Super 12 fixture of the ongoing T20 World Cup, thanks to a late flourish from Asif Ali and Shoaib Malik in Sharjah. With this win, the Babar Azam-led side moved to the top of Group B with two wins from as many games. Chasing a target of 135, Pakistan won the game with 8 balls to spare. Earlier, Haris Rauf's four-wicket haul had restricted New Zealand to a total of 134/8. For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway had scored 27 each while skipper Kane Williamson contributed with a sluggish 26-ball 25. Initially, Pakistan had won the toss and elected to bat first.

T20 World Cup: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Highlights From Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Super 12 - Match 19, ICC World Twenty20, 2021, Oct 26, 2021

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Pakistan beat New Zealand by 5 wickets

October26202122:59 (IST)
END OF THE COVERAGE!
Thanks for joining us for the Super 12 fixture between Pakistan and New Zealand.
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October26202122:58 (IST)
IT'S ALL OVER!
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 5 wickets thanks to brilliant late flourish from Asif Ali and Shoaib Malik.
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October26202122:57 (IST)
SIX!
Asif Ali is enjoying this. Boult pitches it short and the batsman makes the most the pace and clears the boundary.
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October26202122:49 (IST)
SIX!
Malik rolls back the years. What a shot. That's gone miles away. It's all about the timing.
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October26202122:47 (IST)
FOUR!
Santner pitches it too short, too wide and Shoaib Malik cuts it between point to find the boundary.
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October26202122:42 (IST)
SIX!
It's that man again, ASIF ALI. This time over long-on. Southee gets punished for his short pitched delivery. Pakistan are back in the game:
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October26202122:41 (IST)
SIX!
Asif Ali! What a shot! That's a huge blow for New Zealand. Clears the long-off boundary.
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October26202122:39 (IST)
FOUR RUNS!
Shoaib Malik moves down the track and clubs it towards the square leg boundary. That's a poor delivery from Sodhi.
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October26202122:35 (IST)
FOUR!
First ball and Asif Ali gets off the mark in style.
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October26202122:34 (IST)
OUT!
That's hit him on the pad and it's given. Boult gets his revenge on Imad Wasim. Pakistan now 5 down. Big Big Wicket for NZ!
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October26202122:33 (IST)
FOUR!
Much needed boundary for Pakistan. Imad Wasim punishes Boult, who over pitches his delivery.
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October26202122:30 (IST)
RUN RATE IS INCREASING!
Just 7 runs off that over of Sodhi. Pakistan need 53 off 36 balls. The required run-rate is just under 9.
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October26202122:21 (IST)
OUT!
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October26202122:14 (IST)
OUT!
What a catch! Devon Conway! How good is that. Hafeez tries to clear the boundary wide long off boundary but Conway pulls off an absolute blinder, having covered a lot of ground.
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October26202122:07 (IST)
SIX!
Hafeez goes inside out over extra cover and just clears the boundary line. The classy stuff from the veteran Pakistan all-rounder.
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October26202122:03 (IST)
OUT!
That's a smart review from the Kiwis. That's a big wicket considering the context of the game. Pakistan now two down. Sodhi gets Zaman. The umpire shakes his head after an appeal for Lbw. The technology comes to the aid of NZ.
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October26202121:58 (IST)
SIX!
That's a crunching blow. Fakhar Zaman takes the aerial route and dispatches Sodhi's delivery, up and over the stands.
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October26202121:57 (IST)
TIDY FROM NEESHAM!
That's an excellent over from the New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham. Just a couple of extras and a single.
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October26202121:51 (IST)
FOUR!
Mohammad Rizwan gets a bit lucky there. He gets a slight knick to it and the fielder gets completely beaten by the pace on the ball.
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October26202121:44 (IST)
OUT!
Bowled him. Tim Southee gets the big wicket of Babar Azam. That might have taken a slight edge on to the stumps. Big breakthrough for the Kiwis.
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October26202121:42 (IST)
BOUNDARY!
That has class written all over it. Babar Azam you beauty. It's too easy for a batsman of his caliber. Cuts it and beats the player at short third man for a boundary.
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October26202121:38 (IST)
FOUR RUNS!
Mohammad Rizwan again. Southee misses his length and the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter punishes him with a fine shot.
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October26202121:33 (IST)
FOUR!
Mohammad Rizwan targets Trent Boult from the very first ball. Bowlers pitches it staright, short of a length, and the batsmen uses his footwork and beats the man at deep square leg.
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October26202121:29 (IST)
ONE RUN!
Excellent stuff from Tim Southee so far. Rizwan managed to take a single.
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October26202121:25 (IST)
DOT BALL!
Decent start for Pakistan. 7 off that first over of the innings.
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October26202121:23 (IST)
FOUR RUNS!
Babar Azam! What a shot! Makes the room and finds the boundary to get off the mark.
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October26202121:13 (IST)
OUT!
That's four wickets for Haris Rauf. He gets his redemption on Mitchell Santaner, who had smacked him for a four on the previous.
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October26202121:11 (IST)
FOUR!
New Zealand will take anything at the moment. Great short from Mitchell Santner.
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October26202121:08 (IST)
OUT!
Easy catch. Seifert is gone. Shaheen Afridi finally gets his first wicket. His spell is over. Excellent bowling from Pakistan's star pacer.
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October26202121:06 (IST)
FOUR RUNS!
That's cheeky. Tim Seifert finds the boundary out nowhere. Had he missed that shot, the ball was middle-stump-bound.
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October26202120:59 (IST)
OUT! GONE!
Another wicket for Haris Rauf. Another fine catch from the fielder. Glenn Phillips is the man to depart.
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October26202120:58 (IST)
OUT!
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October26202120:48 (IST)
TWO RUNS!
New Zealand need a boundary, desperately. Another tidy over from Hasan Ali. Just 7 runs from that 16th over.
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October26202120:44 (IST)
ONE RUN!
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October26202120:39 (IST)
ONE RUN!
That's a tidy over from Hasan Ali. Just 5 runs off it and the unfortunate dismissal of Kane Williamson.
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October26202120:33 (IST)
RUN OUT!
Williamson is gone. Hasan Ali hits the stumps, The batsman tries to get back but the replay shows that's he is just short. The Kiwi skipper departs.
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October26202120:31 (IST)
FOUR! MAKE IT THREE!
That's three in a row for Conway. Easy picking for the batsman.
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October26202120:30 (IST)
FOUR!
Conway sweeps Shadab towards the leg side and Asif Ali fluffs it. That's sloppy from him.
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October26202120:25 (IST)
FOUR!
After surviving an Lbw appeal, Williamson clubs it over fine leg for a boundary.
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October26202120:18 (IST)
NO RUN!
Hafeez starts his spell in some style. Wicket and just runs off that 10th over of the NZ innings.
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