Summary

  • Pakistan will face India or England, who meet in Thursday's semi, in Sunday's final in Melbourne

  • Babar, dropped on 0 by NZ keeper Conway, strokes 53

  • Rizwan top-scores with 57 as openers put on 105 for first wicket

  • New Zealand recover from 49-3 to post 152-4

  • Mitchell & Williamson put on 68 for fourth wicket

  • Allen falls in first over after overturning lbw decision the previous ball

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt and Ffion Wynne

  1. That will be decided tomorrow. Join us then.

    Today, though, is all about Pakistan.

    The cornered tigers roar again.

  2. Whoever Pakistan meet in Sunday's final, it is a superb story. Fierce rivals India, or England again, 30 years on.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan have got all the momentum. The way they have bounced back has been remarkable because they haven't been at their best throughout.

    They won't mind at all who they play in the final.

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  5. As a reminder, Pakistan now go on to play either England or India in the final. Their semi-final in Adelaide is tomorrow at 08:00 GMT.

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  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's just a matter of when we'll be saying goodbye to Tim Southee and Trent Boult, it won't be too long.

    But you've got to ask, has New Zealand's bowling been too predictable? Pakistan knew exactly what they were coming up against, who they'd be and when they'd bowl.

    Boult, Southee and Ferguson are outstanding, but in the world of analysis that we're in, Pakistan were able to know what to expect.

  8. 'It feels like we're playing at home'

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    Pakistan captain Babar Azam: "The team has performed so well in the last three matches and they followed that today. I want to thank the crowd, it feels like we are playing at home.

    "We had a really good start with the first six overs, we knew our spinners could then come on later. We were happy to chase 150.

    "We had a plan before the chase to attack the first six overs so we could get the momentum. And we knew later on the other players could chip in.

    "Mohammad Haris is a young guy showing us his aggression and he showed that again today. He is playing so well.

    "We will enjoy this moment but at the same time we have got to focus on the final. We don't know who we've got yet so we will be watching tomorrow, but we have got a few days to get together and discuss that game."

  9. 'They deserved to win'

    New Zealand captain Kane Williamson: "We were put under pressure early, they bowled really well and it was thanks to an unbelievable knock from Daryl Mitchell we got some momentum back.

    "At halfway, we thought it was a competitive total because we knew the pitch was a used surface, it was tough.

    "But it's really disappointing to not make Pakistan work harder for those runs, they were absolutely outstanding today and credit has to go to them.

    "It is a tough pill to swallow. Babar and Rizwan put us under pressure but if we are honest with ourselves, we should have been more disciplined. They deserved to be the winners of that game.

    "We have played a lot of good cricket, we have stuck to what has given us a lot of success but today we weren't at our best."

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  11. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    So often in these tournaments, it's not the team that starts well that goes on to win.

    England started brilliantly last year and faltered at the semi-final, South Africa started so well this year.

    Pakistan are getting there at the perfect time.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I really do believe that as the pitches get older and more tired, the inventive way Pakistan bowl and the way Babar bats at the top of the order makes them so hard to beat.

  13. 'We always keep fighting'

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    Player of the match Mohammad Rizwan: "Luckily I saved my first fifty of the tournament for the semi-final!

    "Me and Babar were struggling with the pitches, with the new ball and the swing. But we always believed in ourselves, we always keep fighting.

    "As soon as we crossed the boundary line, we wanted to take on the new ball. We knew the pitch was tricky, we thought 150 was a good total on that pitch but we knew we could take them on.

    "Our start was not good. But our guys believed the whole time."

  14. Dirk Nannes
    Former Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    You can pick holes in New Zealand's performance but Pakistan have just executed everything to perfection.

  15. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I'm not a man who believes in fate, but it feels a bit fatey, doesn't it?

  16. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It is just amazing. The way they've come back, it feels like it's written in the stars.

    It's a cliche, saying you never know what you're going to get from Pakistan, but what they have shown today is resilience, is strength, toughness, and when it really mattered they put everything together.

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    Pete Hotchkiss: Credit to Pakistan. A week ago looked like they were going to do their usual trick of choking when it counts. But they've shown just how good a side the are. Whoever they play in the final - they'll be very tough to beat

  18. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Wow, wow, wow. What a performance.

    They started fantastically with the ball before Babar and Rizwan came together. It is all about peaking at the right time, peaking when it matters.

    They are only here because the Netherlands beat South Africa but they've really made it count.

  19. It's the start of a party in Sydney. Spare a thought for New Zealand. They just can't get it done in the knockout stages of these tournaments.

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    Pakistan will return to the MCG, the ground where they won the 1992 World Cup, for the final on Sunday.

    Whether they play England or India, it will be some occasion.