Cricket Scorecard

... THE RUN CHASE ...

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, ! OMARZAI IS RUN OUT!

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Excellent bowling! A bouncer now, on off, takes pace off again. Mohammad Nabi swings for the hills, but goes through it decades early and misses it.

Lockie Ferguson to Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson comes around the wicket, bowls this full and on leg, Azmatullah Omarzai has a hoick across the line but goes through it early due to the lack of pace. It deflects off his pads towards point. A leg bye taken.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Hard length and around off, Mohammad Nabi slaps it wide of mid off for a single.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, A slower wide yorker, outside off, Mohammad Nabi leaves it thinking it will be a wide, but it is inside the guideline.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Six!

Will it be the spin of Rachin Ravindra to finish or the pace of Lockie Ferguson? Mitchell Santner has asked his front-line pacer, Lockie Ferguson to end this inning with the ball. 

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, ! That is a shot and a half!

Matt Henry to Mohammad Nabi, 1 run.

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, Back of a length and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai heaves it off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg for a run.

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, Bangs in a slower bouncer, on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai winds up for the pull but leaves it in the end. He has a look at the square leg umpire, who only signals one for the over.

Matt Henry to Mohammad Nabi, Fuller and on middle, angling in, Mohammad Nabi tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single.

Mohammad Nabi walks out to replace Darwish Rasooli in the 19th over. 

Matt Henry to Darwish Rasooli, ! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Matt Henry strikes now, and this is exactly what New Zealand wanted at this time.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, ! Clean strike! Rachin Ravindra bowls this a bit quicker and shorter, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai stands tall and dispatches it with a flat-bat over the long off fence for another biggie. So, 14 runs and a wicket from Rachin's over.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, No run.

Rachin Ravindra to Darwish Rasooli, Flighted, full and on middle, Darwish Rasooli swipes it to deep square leg for a run.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run.

Rachin Ravindra to Gulbadin Naib, ! TAKEN! Rachin Ravindra has the last laugh, and the gamble has paid off for Mitchell Santner.

Rachin Ravindra to Gulbadin Naib, ! BOOM! Rachin Ravindra gets greeted with a huge hit. He tosses it up, full and around middle. Gulbadin Naib clears his front leg away and tonks it right over the bowler's head for half a dozen. Naib moves to 63, his highest T20I career score.

Interesting ploy from Mitchell Santner. Rachin Ravindra has been called into action in the 17th over. 

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, ! The extra ball costs Lockie Ferguson here! He goes fuller and around off, pace on this time. Darwish Rasooli backs away and extends his arms to reach out for it. He crouches a bit low and carves it over extra covers for a boundary. Holds the pose for the cameras as well. That also brings up the 150 for Afghanistan!

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, WIDE! Tries the slower one, but spills this full and down the leg side, Darwish Rasooli fails to flick it away. Wided.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, 1 run.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, Fuller and around off, Darwish Rasooli pushes it through covers for a single.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, No run.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, ! Wow..that is massive!

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, Buzzers!

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Flighted, full and on off, Gulbadin Naib drills it to long off for one.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Shorter in length once more, on off, Darwish Rasooli backs away and cuts it through cover-point for another run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Dragged back and around off, Gulbadin Naib slaps it to sweeper cover for a run.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Short again and on off, Darwish Rasooli punches it towards long off for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Floated, short and well outside off, Darwish Rasooli backs away and leaves it but this goes inside the tramline.

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, Four!

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run.

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 2 runs.

A crucial breakthrough for New Zealand.

Jacob Duffy to Sediqullah Atal, ! c Tim Seifert b Jacob Duffy.

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, FIFTY FOR NAIB! Good length on middle and off, Gulbadin Naib pushes this through covers for a single to bring up his half-century. 

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, Wide!

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, ! This has been smashed over the ropes for a biggie from Naib. Back of a length around off, Gulbadin Naib stands and smashes this over the long on fence for a huge six. 

DRINKS!

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Fired into the batter, Gulbadin Naib goes deep inside the crease and works this through mid on for one.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Fired on off, Sediqullah Atal punches this down the ground to long off for a run. 

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Flighted wide outside off, Gulbadin Naib chips this to sweeper cover for one. 

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Pushed through on the pads, Sediqullah Atal smashes this to long on for a single. 

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Much slower around middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal looks for the sweep but gets it away off the inside edge to short fine leg. 

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Pushed through wide of off, Gulbadin Naib drives this down to long off for a run.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, A touch fuller, on middle and off, Gulbadin Naib tucks this through mid-wicket for a run. 18 runs off this Neesham over.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Even better this time from Naib. On a length around middle and leg, Gulbadin Naib plants his front foot to his leg and slogs this out of the park towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. 

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Boundaries are coming thick and fast again. Slower one, full and wide down the leg, Gulbadin Naib steps across and hits this behind the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Short and on off, Sediqullah Atal cuts this to deep point for a single. 

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Hard length on middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal tucks this through mid-wicket and takes two.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Four!

James Neesham comes back into attack.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Back of a length around off, Gulbadin Naib miscues the pull off the cue end and rolls this to the left of long on. The batters hustle back for two. 

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, On a length around the pads, Atal flicks this to the right of Jacob Duffy at short fine and takes a single. 

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Hard length on the pads, Gulbadin Naib dabs this to the right of short fine leg and rotates the strike again.

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, Back of a length around the pads, Sediqullah Atal works this through the short fine leg region for one.

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, On a length around middle and off, Sediqullah Atal pushes this through mid-wicket and runs a couple. 

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Good length around middle and off, Gulbadin Naib nudges this through square leg for one.

Change.

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, Glenn Phillips drags his length back and fires this around the pads of Naib. The batter tucks this through square leg for a run. 

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, ! That has been smashed out of the park. Fuller around middle and leg, Gulbadin Naib gets down on a knee and slogs this over the fence towards the cow corner region for a biggie. Naib has looked at ease evr since he has stepped out to bat.

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, Fired on the pads, Sediqullah Atal flicks this through mid-wicket for a strike rotation. 

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Darted down the leg. Sediqullah Atal looks for the sweep and misses. Atal loses his balance for a second but does well to drag his back foot back inside the crease in time. 

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, A lot quicker and flatter around off, Gulbadin Naib uses his feet, jumps down the track and milks this through square leg for a single. 

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, Floated around off, Sediqullah Atal punches this down to long off and rotates the strike.

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, Fired into the batter, around his pads. Gulbadin Naib flicks this through mid-wicket for a run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Gives this one some more flight, full and on middle, Gulbadin Naib clips it to deep square leg for one more.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Dragged back, on middle, turns in, Sediqullah Atal stays back and works it through square leg for one.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, ! Nice use of the feet! Flighted, full and on middle. Sediqullah Atal skips down the track to get to the pitch of it and thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, A loopy full toss, on off. Gulbadin Naib waits for it and swats it on the bounce to long on for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Floated, full and on off, angling in, Gulbadin Naib looks to push it away but gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, 2 runs.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Sloppy! Good length and on middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal flicks it away towards deep square leg and calls for the second. Mark Chapman charges onto the ball but fails to pick it up, and the batters complete the double easily.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Errs in line and serves this full but down the leg side, Sediqullah Atal fails to glance it away. Called a wide.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, No run.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Back of a length and around leg, Sediqullah Atal tucks it off his hips through backward square leg for a couple of runs.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Hard length and on off, angling in. Gulbadin Naib steps across but has no room to work with and stabs it down past the bolwer towards long on. They cross.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Up and over!

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, On a length and around off, Sediqullah Atal guides it through cover-point for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Flighted, full and on off, Sediqullah Atal uses his feet and drives it to long off for one more.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, 1 run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Slows it up, full and around off, Gulbadin Naib presses forward and taps it to short cover.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Drops it short and on middle, Sediqullah Atal pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 50 UP FOR AFGHANISTAN!

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, No run.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Flatter, short but way down the leg side, Sediqullah Atal lets it go. Wided.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Oh..a bit of turn! Floated, full and on middle, turns in a bit. Sediqullah Atal looks to work it across the line but gets a leading edge along the ground towards backward point.

Time for some spin as the skipper, Mitchell Santner, introduces himself into the attack. 

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Beaten! James Neesham hits the length hard and on the sixth stump line, gets it to shape away a shy bit. Gulbadin Naib pushes at it with hard hands but gets beaten on the outside edge.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Back of a length and around off, Gulbadin Naib dabs it down to point.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Good length and around leg, Sediqullah Atal nudges it through square leg for one.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Sticks to the fuller length, on middle, Gulbadin Naib flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for another run.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Pitched up and around off, Sediqullah Atal steers it away towards deep point for a run.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Fuller delivery, on off, Gulbadin Naib guides it to deep third for a single.

Sediqullah Atal is the next batter out in the middle. 

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! DRAGGED ON! Excellent change of pace from Lockie Ferguson, and he ends the over with a wicket as well.

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! Fine shot! Lockie Ferguson looks for the yorker, but just misses it, on middle. Rahmanullah Gurbaz backs away to access the off side and smacks it through covers for a boundary.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Short of a length and on middle, angling into the body of the batter. Gulbadin Naib gets rushed on his pull shot and mistimes it through square leg for a run.

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Gets off the mark! Much fuller delivery, outside off, Gulbadin Naib opens the face of his bat and squeezes it through point for a three runs.

Sediqullah Atal walks out to join Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the middle. 

Lockie Ferguson to Ibrahim Zadran, ! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Lockie Ferguson comes into the attack and strikes right away.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and into the batter, Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes for a pull but gets late and ends up splicing it to the left of the bowler. 

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length on middle and off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashes this towards deep mid-wicket for a couple. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, LEG BYE! Hard length on middle and leg, Ibrahim Zadran looks to play across the line but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad of the back foot. The ball rolls to point and they sneak a leg bye. Finn Allen tries to catch Zadran off-guard with a throw towards the non-striker's end but misses. 

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz clips this just behind the bowler for a dot. 

Is that out?

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Good length around middle and off, Ibrahim Zadran clips this to deep square leg for a brace here. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, ! Even Zadran joins the party. Full and onto theIbrahim Zadran stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. 

Will we see a bowling change?

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Four!

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! First biggie off the contest and it comes off the bat of Gurbaz.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz thumps this to covers for no run.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE! Good length, down the leg. Wided.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length, wide of off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to play the upper cut but misses. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is seemingly getting frustrated. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Cutter, into the deck, around off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scuffs the punch off his under edge.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length around the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets it tickled to short fine for a dot.

This has been a quiet start from Afghanistan, according to their standards.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, No run.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 3 runs.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and shaping it away from the batter towards his off-stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz shuffles across and goes for the pull but misses yet again. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Short and around leg, Ibrahim Zadran fends this through Finn Allen at short fine leg. A misfield from Allen and the batters cross for one.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Around that nagging length, on top of off. Ibrahim Zadran punches this off his front foot to mid on.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz cuts this to deep third for a single. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length on the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz steps inside the line and nudges this through square leg for a run to end the over. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short again, much wide of the off-stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz shuffles across and looks to pull this but misses out.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dabs this behind square on off side.

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, Short and on off, Ibrahim Zadran hops up on his toes and dabs this to the left of Finn Allen at short third. Allen does well to field this and keep it down to one. 

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, On a length around the pads, Ibrahim Zadran flicks this through the square leg region and by the time the dep square leg fielder cuts it off, the batters take two.

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, Hard length, around middle and off, Ibrahim Zadran keeps it out.

Who bowls from the other end?

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, No run.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz lofts this behind mid off for a brace.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 runs.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, LEG BYE! Good length, going down the leg, Ibrahim Zadran misses out on the flick and the ball has clipped off his pads towards square leg for a leg bye.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Pace off, back of a length, going down the leg. Ibrahim Zadran looks to dab this through square leg but misses and gets hit away off his pads.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run.

... THE RUN CHASE ...

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, ! OMARZAI IS RUN OUT!

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Excellent bowling! A bouncer now, on off, takes pace off again. Mohammad Nabi swings for the hills, but goes through it decades early and misses it.

Lockie Ferguson to Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson comes around the wicket, bowls this full and on leg, Azmatullah Omarzai has a hoick across the line but goes through it early due to the lack of pace. It deflects off his pads towards point. A leg bye taken.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Hard length and around off, Mohammad Nabi slaps it wide of mid off for a single.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, A slower wide yorker, outside off, Mohammad Nabi leaves it thinking it will be a wide, but it is inside the guideline.

Lockie Ferguson to Mohammad Nabi, Six!

Will it be the spin of Rachin Ravindra to finish or the pace of Lockie Ferguson? Mitchell Santner has asked his front-line pacer, Lockie Ferguson to end this inning with the ball. 

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, ! That is a shot and a half!

Matt Henry to Mohammad Nabi, 1 run.

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, Back of a length and on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai heaves it off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg for a run.

Matt Henry to Azmatullah Omarzai, Bangs in a slower bouncer, on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai winds up for the pull but leaves it in the end. He has a look at the square leg umpire, who only signals one for the over.

Matt Henry to Mohammad Nabi, Fuller and on middle, angling in, Mohammad Nabi tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single.

Mohammad Nabi walks out to replace Darwish Rasooli in the 19th over. 

Matt Henry to Darwish Rasooli, ! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Matt Henry strikes now, and this is exactly what New Zealand wanted at this time.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, ! Clean strike! Rachin Ravindra bowls this a bit quicker and shorter, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai stands tall and dispatches it with a flat-bat over the long off fence for another biggie. So, 14 runs and a wicket from Rachin's over.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, No run.

Rachin Ravindra to Darwish Rasooli, Flighted, full and on middle, Darwish Rasooli swipes it to deep square leg for a run.

Rachin Ravindra to Azmatullah Omarzai, 1 run.

Rachin Ravindra to Gulbadin Naib, ! TAKEN! Rachin Ravindra has the last laugh, and the gamble has paid off for Mitchell Santner.

Rachin Ravindra to Gulbadin Naib, ! BOOM! Rachin Ravindra gets greeted with a huge hit. He tosses it up, full and around middle. Gulbadin Naib clears his front leg away and tonks it right over the bowler's head for half a dozen. Naib moves to 63, his highest T20I career score.

Interesting ploy from Mitchell Santner. Rachin Ravindra has been called into action in the 17th over. 

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, ! The extra ball costs Lockie Ferguson here! He goes fuller and around off, pace on this time. Darwish Rasooli backs away and extends his arms to reach out for it. He crouches a bit low and carves it over extra covers for a boundary. Holds the pose for the cameras as well. That also brings up the 150 for Afghanistan!

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, WIDE! Tries the slower one, but spills this full and down the leg side, Darwish Rasooli fails to flick it away. Wided.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, 1 run.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, Fuller and around off, Darwish Rasooli pushes it through covers for a single.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, No run.

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, ! Wow..that is massive!

Lockie Ferguson to Darwish Rasooli, Buzzers!

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Flighted, full and on off, Gulbadin Naib drills it to long off for one.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Shorter in length once more, on off, Darwish Rasooli backs away and cuts it through cover-point for another run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Dragged back and around off, Gulbadin Naib slaps it to sweeper cover for a run.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Short again and on off, Darwish Rasooli punches it towards long off for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Darwish Rasooli, Floated, short and well outside off, Darwish Rasooli backs away and leaves it but this goes inside the tramline.

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, Four!

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run.

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 2 runs.

A crucial breakthrough for New Zealand.

Jacob Duffy to Sediqullah Atal, ! c Tim Seifert b Jacob Duffy.

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, FIFTY FOR NAIB! Good length on middle and off, Gulbadin Naib pushes this through covers for a single to bring up his half-century. 

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, Wide!

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin Naib, ! This has been smashed over the ropes for a biggie from Naib. Back of a length around off, Gulbadin Naib stands and smashes this over the long on fence for a huge six. 

DRINKS!

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Fired into the batter, Gulbadin Naib goes deep inside the crease and works this through mid on for one.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Fired on off, Sediqullah Atal punches this down the ground to long off for a run. 

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Flighted wide outside off, Gulbadin Naib chips this to sweeper cover for one. 

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Pushed through on the pads, Sediqullah Atal smashes this to long on for a single. 

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Much slower around middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal looks for the sweep but gets it away off the inside edge to short fine leg. 

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Pushed through wide of off, Gulbadin Naib drives this down to long off for a run.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, A touch fuller, on middle and off, Gulbadin Naib tucks this through mid-wicket for a run. 18 runs off this Neesham over.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Even better this time from Naib. On a length around middle and leg, Gulbadin Naib plants his front foot to his leg and slogs this out of the park towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six. 

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Boundaries are coming thick and fast again. Slower one, full and wide down the leg, Gulbadin Naib steps across and hits this behind the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Short and on off, Sediqullah Atal cuts this to deep point for a single. 

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Hard length on middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal tucks this through mid-wicket and takes two.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Four!

James Neesham comes back into attack.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Back of a length around off, Gulbadin Naib miscues the pull off the cue end and rolls this to the left of long on. The batters hustle back for two. 

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, On a length around the pads, Atal flicks this to the right of Jacob Duffy at short fine and takes a single. 

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Hard length on the pads, Gulbadin Naib dabs this to the right of short fine leg and rotates the strike again.

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, Back of a length around the pads, Sediqullah Atal works this through the short fine leg region for one.

Lockie Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, On a length around middle and off, Sediqullah Atal pushes this through mid-wicket and runs a couple. 

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Good length around middle and off, Gulbadin Naib nudges this through square leg for one.

Change.

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, Glenn Phillips drags his length back and fires this around the pads of Naib. The batter tucks this through square leg for a run. 

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, ! That has been smashed out of the park. Fuller around middle and leg, Gulbadin Naib gets down on a knee and slogs this over the fence towards the cow corner region for a biggie. Naib has looked at ease evr since he has stepped out to bat.

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, Fired on the pads, Sediqullah Atal flicks this through mid-wicket for a strike rotation. 

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Darted down the leg. Sediqullah Atal looks for the sweep and misses. Atal loses his balance for a second but does well to drag his back foot back inside the crease in time. 

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, A lot quicker and flatter around off, Gulbadin Naib uses his feet, jumps down the track and milks this through square leg for a single. 

Glenn Phillips to Sediqullah Atal, Floated around off, Sediqullah Atal punches this down to long off and rotates the strike.

Glenn Phillips to Gulbadin Naib, Fired into the batter, around his pads. Gulbadin Naib flicks this through mid-wicket for a run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Gives this one some more flight, full and on middle, Gulbadin Naib clips it to deep square leg for one more.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Dragged back, on middle, turns in, Sediqullah Atal stays back and works it through square leg for one.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, ! Nice use of the feet! Flighted, full and on middle. Sediqullah Atal skips down the track to get to the pitch of it and thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, A loopy full toss, on off. Gulbadin Naib waits for it and swats it on the bounce to long on for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Floated, full and on off, angling in, Gulbadin Naib looks to push it away but gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, 2 runs.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Sloppy! Good length and on middle and leg, Sediqullah Atal flicks it away towards deep square leg and calls for the second. Mark Chapman charges onto the ball but fails to pick it up, and the batters complete the double easily.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Errs in line and serves this full but down the leg side, Sediqullah Atal fails to glance it away. Called a wide.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, No run.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Back of a length and around leg, Sediqullah Atal tucks it off his hips through backward square leg for a couple of runs.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Hard length and on off, angling in. Gulbadin Naib steps across but has no room to work with and stabs it down past the bolwer towards long on. They cross.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, ! Up and over!

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, On a length and around off, Sediqullah Atal guides it through cover-point for a single.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Flighted, full and on off, Sediqullah Atal uses his feet and drives it to long off for one more.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, 1 run.

Mitchell Santner to Gulbadin Naib, Slows it up, full and around off, Gulbadin Naib presses forward and taps it to short cover.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Drops it short and on middle, Sediqullah Atal pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 50 UP FOR AFGHANISTAN!

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, No run.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, WIDE! Flatter, short but way down the leg side, Sediqullah Atal lets it go. Wided.

Mitchell Santner to Sediqullah Atal, Oh..a bit of turn! Floated, full and on middle, turns in a bit. Sediqullah Atal looks to work it across the line but gets a leading edge along the ground towards backward point.

Time for some spin as the skipper, Mitchell Santner, introduces himself into the attack. 

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Beaten! James Neesham hits the length hard and on the sixth stump line, gets it to shape away a shy bit. Gulbadin Naib pushes at it with hard hands but gets beaten on the outside edge.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Back of a length and around off, Gulbadin Naib dabs it down to point.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Good length and around leg, Sediqullah Atal nudges it through square leg for one.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Sticks to the fuller length, on middle, Gulbadin Naib flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for another run.

James Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, Pitched up and around off, Sediqullah Atal steers it away towards deep point for a run.

James Neesham to Gulbadin Naib, Fuller delivery, on off, Gulbadin Naib guides it to deep third for a single.

Sediqullah Atal is the next batter out in the middle. 

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! DRAGGED ON! Excellent change of pace from Lockie Ferguson, and he ends the over with a wicket as well.

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! Fine shot! Lockie Ferguson looks for the yorker, but just misses it, on middle. Rahmanullah Gurbaz backs away to access the off side and smacks it through covers for a boundary.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Short of a length and on middle, angling into the body of the batter. Gulbadin Naib gets rushed on his pull shot and mistimes it through square leg for a run.

Lockie Ferguson to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run.

Lockie Ferguson to Gulbadin Naib, Gets off the mark! Much fuller delivery, outside off, Gulbadin Naib opens the face of his bat and squeezes it through point for a three runs.

Sediqullah Atal walks out to join Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the middle. 

Lockie Ferguson to Ibrahim Zadran, ! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Lockie Ferguson comes into the attack and strikes right away.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and into the batter, Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes for a pull but gets late and ends up splicing it to the left of the bowler. 

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length on middle and off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashes this towards deep mid-wicket for a couple. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, LEG BYE! Hard length on middle and leg, Ibrahim Zadran looks to play across the line but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad of the back foot. The ball rolls to point and they sneak a leg bye. Finn Allen tries to catch Zadran off-guard with a throw towards the non-striker's end but misses. 

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz clips this just behind the bowler for a dot. 

Is that out?

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Good length around middle and off, Ibrahim Zadran clips this to deep square leg for a brace here. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, ! Even Zadran joins the party. Full and onto theIbrahim Zadran stays leg side to the pitch of the ball and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. 

Will we see a bowling change?

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Four!

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, ! First biggie off the contest and it comes off the bat of Gurbaz.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz thumps this to covers for no run.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE! Good length, down the leg. Wided.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length, wide of off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to play the upper cut but misses. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is seemingly getting frustrated. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Cutter, into the deck, around off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scuffs the punch off his under edge.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length around the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets it tickled to short fine for a dot.

This has been a quiet start from Afghanistan, according to their standards.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, No run.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 3 runs.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and shaping it away from the batter towards his off-stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz shuffles across and goes for the pull but misses yet again. 

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Short and around leg, Ibrahim Zadran fends this through Finn Allen at short fine leg. A misfield from Allen and the batters cross for one.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Around that nagging length, on top of off. Ibrahim Zadran punches this off his front foot to mid on.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz cuts this to deep third for a single. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Good length on the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz steps inside the line and nudges this through square leg for a run to end the over. 

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short again, much wide of the off-stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz shuffles across and looks to pull this but misses out.

Jacob Duffy to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Short and on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dabs this behind square on off side.

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, Short and on off, Ibrahim Zadran hops up on his toes and dabs this to the left of Finn Allen at short third. Allen does well to field this and keep it down to one. 

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, On a length around the pads, Ibrahim Zadran flicks this through the square leg region and by the time the dep square leg fielder cuts it off, the batters take two.

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, Hard length, around middle and off, Ibrahim Zadran keeps it out.

Who bowls from the other end?

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, No run.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz lofts this behind mid off for a brace.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 runs.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, LEG BYE! Good length, going down the leg, Ibrahim Zadran misses out on the flick and the ball has clipped off his pads towards square leg for a leg bye.

Matt Henry to Ibrahim Zadran, Pace off, back of a length, going down the leg. Ibrahim Zadran looks to dab this through square leg but misses and gets hit away off his pads.

Matt Henry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run.