New Zealand vs Pakistan, 5th T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Jacob Duffy to Haris Rauf, 3 runs, dropped! Rauf finally puts bat on ball after missing four in a row. He gets it off the toe-end and the ball skies towards third man, O'Rourke comes in and never looked like taking the catch. The ball was swirling in the night sky and that didn't help O'Rourke. The batters scamper back for three

Neesham to Sufiyan Muqeem, out Caught by Michael Bracewell!! 5-fer for Neesham. Skipper Bracewell completes his catch and has his arms aloft. He enjoyed that more than Neesham. Some of the New Zealand players go across to congratulate the all-rounder. This was a length delivery and Muqeem completely miscues the loft, Bracewell comes in from long-on and takes a good catch. Sufiyan Muqeem c Michael Bracewell b Neesham 0(2)

Neesham to Salman Agha, out Caught by Chapman!! Gone! Neesham has a 4-fer. Agha picks out the sweeper and his fine knock comes to an end. Pakistan still have 9 balls left. Short of length delivery around off, Agha makes room and flays it into the off-side, he wanted to go squarer but ends up hitting it straight to sweeper, Chapman makes no mistake with the catch. Salman Agha c Chapman b Neesham 51(39) [4s-6 6s-1]

Neesham to Salman Agha, no run, dropped! Tough chance and Sears can't hold on. Neesham misses the yorker and dishes out a half volley, Agha drills it towards extra cover and Sears dives to his left, both hands outstretched and the ball hits the right hand before going to the ground. That would have been a stunner

Neesham to Salman Agha, FOUR, fifty for Agha. Second of the series for the skipper. He has been by far the standout player in this innings and now needs to stay till the end if Pakistan are to cross 140. Full pitcher around off, Agha stays leg-side and lofts it over extra cover, one bounce and over the ropes

Ben Sears to Salman Agha, FOUR, back to back fours. Full pitcher around leg, Agha makes room and lofts it inside out over extra cover. The sweeper does not bother to chase it down

Ben Sears to Salman Agha, FOUR, the onus is on Agha to get Pakistan to a competitive total. Slower ball outside off, Agha shuffles across and gets inside the line, helps it over short fine and starts the over with a boundary

Neesham to Jahandad Khan, out Caught by William ORourke!! Soft dismissal. Neesham has his third wicket. Pakistan back in trouble. Good length ball around off, Jahandad tries to loft it down the ground but gets it high on the bat, miscues it straight up and O'Rourke settles under it near mid-off and makes no mistake. Jahandad Khan c William ORourke b Neesham 1(2)

Neesham to Jahandad Khan, 1 run, direct hit and Agha was gone. Back of a length delivery, Jahandad plays it with soft hands into the off-side and Agha calls for a risky single, Neesham runs across and has a shy at the striker's end, he misses and Agha survives

Neesham to Shadab Khan, out Caught by Mitchell Hay!! Neesham breaks the partnership. Shadab is livid with himself. He punches his bat and walks away. This was full and right in the slot, Shadab looks to go down town but all he manages is a thick outside edge and Hay picks up another catch behind the wicket. Just when Pakistan were gathering momentum Shadab departs. Shadab Khan c Mitchell Hay b Neesham 28(20) [4s-5]

Neesham to Shadab Khan, 5 wides, now some runs gifted by Neesham. He sprays this way outside off, not sure the ball landed on the playing surface, beats a diving Mitchell Hay and races away to third man

Ish Sodhi to Salman Agha, FOUR, 30 off the last 2 overs. Pakistan on the move as they bring up the 100. Agha comes down the track, gives himself room and slices the loft over the point region

Ish Sodhi to Shadab Khan, FOUR, shot! This was the wrong 'un which is on the shorter side, Shadab waits and cracks the cut square of the wicket. He struck that hard and gave the sweeper no chance

Ish Sodhi to Shadab Khan, FOUR, boundaries are coming now.. Tossed up close to off, Shadab crouches low and gets under it, lofts it back over Agha and the ball beats the long-on fielder comfortably

William ORourke to Shadab Khan, FOUR, massive over, 16 runs. Just what Pakistan needed. Good length ball and Shadab lofts through the line, not off the middle but enough to clear mid-on and for the ball to trickle into the rope

William ORourke to Salman Agha, SIX, finally a maximum. It has almost taken them 15 overs to hit one. Short and outside off, Agha backs away and gets under the cut shot, slices it over backward point and the ball sails into the stands

Neesham to Shadab Khan, FOUR, 108.6ks slower ball outside off, fraction short and Shadab made the most of it, he makes room and cracks the cut square of the wicket, giving the sweeper no chance

Ish Sodhi to Shadab Khan, FOUR, floated up around off, Shadab makes room and drills the drive past a diving cover. The ball races away..

Neesham to Abdul Samad, out Caught by Mitchell Hay!! Neesham too gets into the wicket column. Not sure the umpire raised his finger because Neesham pointed at Bracewell to review and that's when Samad started to walk. Short and wide outside off, bit of away swing as well and Samad chases after it with laden feet, gets a thick outside edge and Hay takes a simple catch behind the wicket. Abdul Samad c Mitchell Hay b Neesham 4(9)

Ish Sodhi to Abdul Samad, 1 run, not quite short and hence Samad mistimes the pull past mid-wicket

Ish Sodhi to Usman Khan, out Caught by Mitchell!! Sodhi strikes in his first over. Usman stands there with his hand on his hip. He cannot believe it. This was a drag down and Usman has picked out the fielder perfectly. He goes back to play the pull but does not get it off the middle, mistimes it towards long-on and Mitchell takes a simple catch. Pakistan slip further.. Usman Khan c Mitchell b Ish Sodhi 7(7) [4s-1]

Ish Sodhi to Usman Khan, FOUR, Sodhi greeted with a boundary. Short and outside off, Usman reaches and slaps it in front of square. Sweeper does not even bother to chase that down and that's how hard Usman had struck that

Ben Sears to Salman Agha, FOUR, not sure he intended it to go that fine. Short of length and climbs sharply, Agha tries to steer it to third man but gets a thick top-edge and the ball flies over Neesham at slip

Ben Sears to Salman Agha, FOUR, that's better. Short and wide outside off, Agha gets hand low and that allows him to get the cut over backward point, couple of bounces and over the rope

Jacob Duffy to Omair Yousuf, out Caught by Mitchell Hay!! Second wicket for Duffy. There was a deflection off the thigh pad but the ball had brushed the glove before. Yousuf shuffles across to play the lap but the good length ball nips in, cramps him for room and the ball kisses the glove before going off the thigh pad to Hay who dives to his left and completes the catch. Omair Yousuf c Mitchell Hay b Jacob Duffy 7(11)

Ben Sears to Mohammad Haris, out Caught by Mitchell Hay!! Haris' struggles come to an end. He actually looks relieved as he walks back. Never got the hang of the surface and struggled to put bat on ball. This was a short of length delivery and Haris tries to fetch the pull from outside off, gets a top-edge and the ball flies towards short fine, Hay calls for it and goes across to complete the catch. This is not an easy surface especially for subcontinent batters who are not used to such bounce. Mohammad Haris c Mitchell Hay b Ben Sears 11(17) [4s-2]

Jacob Duffy to Mohammad Haris, FOUR, once again premeditates a shot and gets it away. Shuffles right across his stumps, gets under the back of a length delivery and laps it to the vacant fine leg region, one bounce and over the ropes

William ORourke to Mohammad Haris, FOUR, that's a hack. Haris shuffles across, swings across the line and drags it off the inner half backward of square leg

Jacob Duffy to Hasan Nawaz, out Caught by Neesham!! Once again Nawaz is gone early. His scores in this series - 0, 0, 105*, 1, 0. Third duck in 5 games. This was the magic ball Duffy was searching for - pitches on leg-stump and straightens, Nawaz closes the bat face to clip it into the leg-side and the leading edge flies wide of slip, Neesham dives across and takes a good catch. Hasan Nawaz c Neesham b Jacob Duffy 0(3)