Summary

  • New Zealand move closer to semi-finals

  • Aus 134-9: Khawaja 38 (27), McClenaghan 3-17

  • NZ 142-8: Guptill 39 (27), Elliott 27 (20)

  1. Aus 66-3 (target 143)published at 10 overs

    New Zealand introduce their seventh bowler (and third spinner) in 10 overs, in the shape of leg-spinner Ish Sodhi. Glenn Maxwell is the new batsman, he and Warner are capable hitters but they can only take four runs from the over. We're at the halfway mark - 77 needed from 60 balls.

  2. Postpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Craig Cumming
    Former New Zealand batsman

    "Khawaja is the man who had been doing all the damage. Dear oh dear Australia. What does that mean in the context of this run chase? It will definitely get harder now."

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 9 overs

    Khawaja run out 38 (27 balls) - Aus 62-3

    The full-length dive isn't enough, the throw from Adam Milne is good, Elliott takes the bails off - Khawaja goes, are the Aussie wheels coming off? They need 81 more from 11 overs.

  4. Third umpirepublished at 9 overs

    The floodlights are on, but it's still (mostly) clear blue skies in the foothills of the Himalayas as wicket-taker Santner is yanked after one over and Grant Elliott returns. But when Warner looks for a second run, New Zealand think they've run Khawaja out at the bowler's end...

  5. Simultaneous stumpings?published at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Ireland have lost their first wicket - Cecelia Joyce stumped. At almost exactly the same time as Steve Smith...

  6. Postpublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Craig Cumming
    Former New Zealand batsman

    "The body language has improved, there's a spring in the step of these New Zealand players. Kane Williamson will not have been happy with the first three overs, but now's he's got options."

  7. Aus 55-2 (Khawaja 33, Warner 3)published at 8 overs

    Spin from both ends as captain Kane Williamson introduces his own (remodelled) off-breaks into the attack. Khawaja has been a little becalmed of late, and with little or no pace on the ball, Williamson rattles through his over at the cost of only three runs.

  8. Aus 52-2 (target 143)published at 7 overs

    David Warner in at the unfamiliar position of number four - it doesn't stop him characteristically adjusting the velcro on his gloves between deliveries. He's off the mark with a single.

  9. Postpublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Scott Styris
    Former New Zealand all-rounder

    "Just like in Nagpur, it's Mitchell Santner with the turn. Steve Smith, the big wicket, has run past one!"

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 6.4 overs

    Smith st Ronchi b Santner 6 (Aus 51-2)

    One brings two! With the fielding restrictions lifted, New Zealand turn straight to left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, and he deceives Smith who comes down the track and is easily stumped by Luke Ronchi.

  11. Aus 50-1 (Khawaja 31 from 20 balls, Smith 6 from 4)published at 6 overs

    Captain Steve Smith in at three - he plays and misses at his first ball, but laces his second through the covers for four with a classical drive straight out of the MCC coaching manual. 50 up, powerplay over, and New Zealand can send some more men out to the boundary.

  12. Postpublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Scott Styris
    Former New Zealand all-rounder

    "Watson was too full and couldn't get underneath it. He's got to depart. McClenaghan, included instead of Nathan McCullum, has been very good in this match."

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 5.2 overs

    Watson c Williamson b McClenaghan 13 (Aus 44-1)

    McClenaghan gets a second over, and the move pays off as Watson tries to break the shackles with a big hit and smacks him straight to mid-off.

  14. Aus 42-0 (target 143)published at 5 overs

    Anderson returns as captain Kane Williamson continues to shuffle his bearded seamers. No sign of spin as yet in the powerplay - the slow bowlers weren't successful for Australia earlier. Good news for NZ is that Anderson manages to dry the boundaries up, bowling cutters with pace off the ball, and only yields five singles.

  15. Women's World T20 - updatepublished at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    New Zealand's women have finished their innings in Mohali - racking up 177-3 from their 20 overs against Ireland, mainly thanks to captain Suzie Bates who made 82 from 60 balls, hitting seven fours and two sixes. It would be an astonishing feat if Ireland can chase that target down...

  16. Aus 37-0published at 4 overs

    Khawaja will punish anything short - pulling McClenaghan for four while balancing on one leg like a left-handed Gordon Greenidge. A fumble in the field by Anderson allows them a slightly risky single.

    That lbw call, by the way, is shown on the ball-tracker as being "umpire's call" for both impact on the pad and hitting the wickets.

  17. Aus 31-0published at 3.2 overs

    Another bowler, another beard, this time it's left-armer Mitchell McClenaghan - a bit of a T20 specialist - bowling round the wicket, and he has a big appeal for leg before against Khawaja... but English umpire Nigel Llong remains inscrutable. It hit him above the knee-roll so may be a little high.

  18. Postpublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2016

    Daren Ganga
    Former West Indies captain

    "These first three overs have been all Australia, there's a real partnership developing between Khawaja and Watson in response to New Zealand's 142."

  19. Aus 30-0 (target 143)published at 3 overs

    New bowler, different action, darker beard - it's right-arm medium-pacer Grant Elliott, bowling round the wicket to the left-handed Khawaja. But the man in form smacks another four through the covers. Watson gets a rare chance to face a ball - and waits for a slower ball which he chops through cover for four. Don't write him off just yet. He has six from four balls, Khawaja has 24 from 14, and the Aussies are off to a flier.

  20. dropped catch

    CLOSE!published at 2 overs

    Aus 19-0 (target 143)

    Khawaja goes aerial again - lifting right-arm quick Adam Milne just over the leaping mid-on fielder, before threading his fourth boundary square of the wicket. A difficult man to bowl to when he can hit all round the park like this. A single allows him to nick the strike again - his partner Watson has only faced one delivery.