New Zealand struggle after early wickets

June 26, 2019 17:56

NZ 79-4 (25 ovs) vs Pak | Scorecard

Neesham steers Shadad square on the off-side for a single and Williamson takes one in the covers, before the former takes two runs off the last ball.

Pakistan make a change as left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz comes into the attack to bowl the 22nd over, in place of Hafeez, who bowled seven overs for 22 runs.

Williamson defends the first two balls before he clips the third through square leg for two runs.

Williamson nearly perishes as he looks to slap a short ball through the off-side but gets an inside edge which narrowly misses the stumps and goes fine on the leg side for a four.

Riaz then gets the ball to slant away from Williamson, who is beaten, and does the same last ball to again go past the edge of the Kiwi captain.

Shadab bowls a tidy over, giving away just two singles in his third over.

Riaz tries to drag Williamson wide but the Kiwi captain is happy to let them go before he taps one off his body on the leg side for one.

The pacer then tries a short ball which Neesham lets go through to the wicketkeeper and is beaten last ball trying to cut it.

Shadab a touch short as Williamson slaps it through the covers for a single. Neesham defends watchfully before he is beaten trying to cut it before he clips the last ball through midwicket for one.

At the halfway stage, New Zealand are struggling on 79 for four in 25 overs.

Williamson has held one end up to score 40 from 64 balls, while Neesham has managed just 16 from 43 balls.

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