Pakistan are currently in pursuit of a 135-run target posted by New Zealand in the 19th fixture of the T20 World Cup 2021 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Live score and commentary for the match appear in this thread. The page does not refresh automatically.
28-1 after 5.1 overs: Southee to Babar (9) OUT BOWLED
Babar Azam 9 (10) Mohammad Rizwan 17 (20)
28-0 after 5 overs: Boult to Babar, 1 run
27-0 after 4.5 overs: Boult to Babar, no run
27-0 after 4.4 overs: Boult to Rizwan, 1 run
26-0 after 4.3 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
26-0 after 4.2 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
26-0 after 4.1 overs: Boult to Rizwan, 4 runs
Babar Azam 8 (8) Mohammad Rizwan 12 (16)
22-0 after 4 overs: Southee to Babar, 2 runs
20-0 after 3.5 overs: Southee to Rizwan, 1 run
19-0 after 3.4 overs: Southee to Rizwan, 4 runs
15-0 after 3.3 overs: Southee to Rizwan, no run
15-0 after 3.2 overs: Southee to Babar, 1 run
14-0 after 3.1 overs: Southee to Babar, no run
Mohammad Rizwan 7 (13) Babar Azam 5 (5)
14-0 after 3 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
14-0 after 2.5 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
14-0 after 2.4 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
14-0 after 2.3 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
13-0 after 2.3 overs: Boult to Rizwan, 1 run WIDE
13-0 after 2.2 overs: Boult to Rizwan, no run
13-0 after 2.1 overs: Boult to Rizwan, 4 runs
Babar Azam 5 (5) Mohammad Rizwan 3 (7)
9-0 after 2 overs: Southee to Babar, no run
9-0 after 1.5 overs: Southee to Babar, no run
9-0 after 1.4 overs: Southee to Rizwan, 1 run
8-0 after 1.3 overs: Southee to Rizwan, no run
8-0 after 1.3 overs: Southee to Rizwan, 1 run WIDE
7-0 after 1.2 overs: Southee to Rizwan, no run
7-0 after 1.1 overs: Southee to Rizwan, no run
Babar Azam 5 (3) Mohammad Rizwan 2 (3)
7-0 after 1 over: Santner to Babar, no run
7-0 after 0.5 over: Santner to Rizwan, 1 run
6-0 after 0.4 over: Santner to Babar, 1 run
5-0 after 0.3 over: Santner to Babar, 4 runs
1-0 after 0.2 over: Santner to Rizwan, 1 run
0-0 after 0.1 over: Santner to Rizwan, no run
0-0 after 0 over: Start of Pakistan's run chase
Story at the break: Another excellent performance by Pakistani bowlers restricted the Black Caps to a total of just 134-8 — a target the Men in Green should have little trouble in tracking down.
The Kiwis did not lose the opening wicket till the sixth over but once Pakistan drew first blood, the floodgates opened up. Wickets kept on tumbling at regular intervals and even though multiple Kiwi batsmen got starts, none could hang at the crease for long.
Haris Rauf was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed his maiden four-for in T20Is.
End of the innings
134-8 after 20 overs: Haris to Santner (6) OUT BOWLED
134-7 after 19.5 overs: Haris to Santner, 4 runs
130-7 after 19.4 overs: Haris to Sodhi, 1 run
129-7 after 19.3 overs: Haris to Santner, 1 run
128-7 after 19.2 overs: Haris to Santner, 2 runs
126-7 after 19.1 overs: Haris to Sodhi, 1 run
Mitchell Santner 0 (1)
125-7 after 19 overs: Shaheen to Seifert (8) OUT CAUGHT
125-6 after 18.5 overs: Shaheen to Seifert, 4 runs
121-6 after 18.4 overs: Shaheen to Santner, 1 run leg bye
120-6 after 18.3 overs: Shaheen to Seifert, 1 run
119-6 after 18.2 overs: Shaheen to Seifert, no run
119-6 after 18.1 overs: Shaheen to Seifert, no run
Tim Seifert 3 (3) Mitchell Santner 0 (0)
119-6 after 18 overs: Haris to Seifert, 1 run
118-6 after 17.5 overs: Haris to Seifert, no run
118-6 after 17.4 overs: Haris to Seifert, 2 runs
116-6 after 17.3 overs: Haris to Phillips (13) OUT CAUGHT
116-5 after 17.2 overs: Haris to Phillips, no run
116-5 after 17.1 overs: Haris to Conway (27) OUT CAUGHT
Glenn Phillips 13 (13) Devon Conway 27 (23)
116-4 after 17 overs: Shaheen to Phillips, 4 runs
112-4 after 16.5 overs: Shaheen to Conway, 1 run
111-4 after 16.4 overs: Shaheen to Phillips, 1 run
110-4 after 16.3 overs: Shaheen to Conway, 1 run
109-4 after 16.2 overs: Shaheen to Phillips, 1 run
108-4 after 16.1 overs: Shaheen to Conway, 1 run
Glenn Phillips 8 (10) Devon Conway 24 (20)
107-4 after 16 overs: Hasan to Phillips, 2 runs
105-4 after 15.5 overs: Hasan to Conway, 1 run
104-4 after 15.4 overs: Hasan to Phillips, 1 run
103-4 after 15.3 overs: Hasan to Conway, 1 run
102-4 after 15.2 overs: Hasan to Phillips, 1 run
101-4 after 15.1 overs: Hasan to Conway, 1 run
6:59pm: Pakistan are the favourites for the match and New Zealand the underdogs.
Meanwhile, India, despite their lopsided loss to Pakistan, are still the betting favourites to win the tournament, although the gap between them and the chasing pack has decreased. Pakistan remain third-favourites.
6:54pm: The national anthems are being played.
6:37pm: Playing XIs are in.
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt.) 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 3 Fakhar Zaman 4 Mohammad Hafeez 5 Shoaib Malik 6 Asif Ali 7 Shadab Khan 8 Imad Wasim 9 Hasan Ali 10 Haris Rauf 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi.
New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill 2 Devon Conway 3 Glenn Phillips 4 Kane Williamson (capt.), 5 Tim Seifert (wk) 6 Daryl Mitchell, 7 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner 9 Tim Southee 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi.
6:32pm: Pakistan have named an unchanged side.
6:31pm: Babar Azam wins the toss and decided to field - just like he had in the win over India on Sunday.
6:27pm: Minutes before the match toss, New Zealand suffer a big blow as their pacer Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the World Cup.
6:11pm: These Pakistan versus New Zealand jokes are the pre-match banter you've been looking for
6:10pm: Read Dawn's editorial that says Pakistan will seek to avenge the damage caused by New Zealand's pull-out act
6:08pm: Kane Williamson expects no acrimony in Pakistan T20 World Cup match
6:05pm: Check out Syed Marahim Danial's 5 reasons why New Zealand should be very worried about tonight's match.
6:00pm: This is the start of Dawn.com's live thread.