Summary

  • Pakistan with eight balls to spare

  • Asif 27* (12), Shoaib 27* (20)

  • Asif & Shoaib add 48 off 23 balls

  • Rizwan 33 (34); Sodhi 2-28

  • Conway takes stunning diving catch

  • NZ 134-8: Rauf 4-22; Conway 27 (24)

  • Mitchell 27 (20), Williamson 25 (26)

  • NZ's Ferguson out of T20 World Cup

  • Super 12s, Group 2, Sharjah

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews, Ffion Wynne and Amy Lofthouse

  1. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    To be fair to the umpires, that looked stone dead live. We're seeing it in slo-mo. That's difficult for the umpire to see.

  2. Not out

    Yep. Inside edge.

    No blame to the umpire there, in fairness - there was a lot going on as Williamson got in a right tangle.

  3. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    He signalled to the umpire that it hit his glove.

  4. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Kane Williamson has immediately reviewed it - whether because he thinks it's not out or he knows the value of his wicket.

  5. New Zealand review

    Kane Williamson has been given out lbw going for an awkward reverse sweep - but he reviews it straight away.

    Has he hit it?

  6. Let's just say they could do with a few more of these.

  7. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    You feel New Zealand are short of any sort of impetus.

  8. NZ 63-3

    Shadab is playing a fine hand here. He's bowled two overs for just four runs as Devon Conway takes a big swing and a miss at his final ball that they are able to scamper a single from.

    Can New Zealand get through this period of pressure?

  9. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Williamson hasn't looked quite his fluent best in this innings.

  10. NZ 61-3

    Thanks, Callum.

    On that note, Williamson is beaten by a beauty that spins past his outside edge from Shadab. He's not been at his best so far but he's not a player you want to write off at all.

  11. NZ 60-3

    Devon Conway is up and running straight away with a single, but his captain Kane Williamson is struggling at the other end.

    He's on 12 from 18 balls so is chewing up some balls. He's going to make sure he's there at the end.

    Ffion Wynne will be able to tell you if he is...

  12. Devon Conway is the new batter. He's used to opening the batting so it'll be interesting to see how he does in the middle order.

  13. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Neesham knows his role is to go out there and get on top of the bowlers. Does he take the chance now or rotate the strike? It's always a bit of a condundrum for a pinch hitter.

  14. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special

    That wasn't the best shot in the world...

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Neesham c Fakhar b Hafeez 1 (NZ 56-3)

    And Mohammad Hafeez strikes first ball...

    Jimmy Neesham looks to flick into the leg side but he ends up just picking out Fakhar Zaman on the square leg boundary. It is another relatively simple catch for the Pakistan top-order batter.

    Pakistan are in control.

    Neesham caught for one off Hafeez's first delivery

  16. Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Jimmy Neesham opened the batting a few years ago in franchise cricket but he couldn't force his way into the New Zealand team. He's transformed his game in the last 12 months to being a number four.

  17. Another bowling change for Pakistan. Mohammad Hafeez replaces Shadab Khan.

  18. NZ 56-2

    Really good comeback from Imad Wasim after conceding that six first ball.

    Just two singles alongside the wicket and he is finished for the day, with the ball anyway, with figures of 1-24 from his four overs.

    Decent.

  19. New Zealand are chopping and changing their order.

    Jimmy Neesham is the new batter.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Mitchell c Fakhar b Imad 27 (NZ 54-2)

    The pressure tells.

    Daryl Mitchell tries to hit down the ground again, but just chips it straight down the throat of Fakhar Zaman at long-on.

    Simple catch. Pakistan are starting to take control.