BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chad Bowes	st †Sharma b Aayan Afzal Khan	21	21	-	2	1	100.00

Tim Seifert	b Muhammad Jawadullah	7	6	-	0	1	116.66

Mitchell Santner	b Aayan Afzal Khan	1	4	-	0	0	25.00

Dane Cleaver †	b Aayan Afzal Khan	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Mark Chapman	c sub (EC D'Souza) b Zahoor Khan	63	46	-	3	3	136.95

Cole McConchie	c Ansh Tandon b Mohammed Faraazuddin	9	14	-	0	0	64.28

James Neesham	c Muhammad Waseem b Ali Naseer	21	17	-	2	0	123.52

Rachin Ravindra	lbw b Muhammad Jawadullah	2	4	-	0	0	50.00

Kyle Jamieson	not out	8	6	-	0	0	133.33
Tim Southee (c)	not out	4	2	-	0	0	200.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 3)	6
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 7.10)	142/8
Did not bat: Ben Lister
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Tim Seifert, 2.5 ov), 2-27 (Mitchell Santner, 4.2 ov), 3-27 (Dane Cleaver, 4.3 ov), 4-38 (Chad Bowes, 6.2 ov), 5-65 (Cole McConchie, 11.3 ov), 6-118 (James Neesham, 16.5 ov), 7-121 (Rachin Ravindra, 17.5 ov), 8-138 (Mark Chapman, 19.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Muhammad Jawadullah	4	0	16	2	4.00	14	0	0	1	1
2.5 to TL Seifert, cleans him up! Back of a length delivery that pitches on middle and leg, and skids through. Seifert opens up his stance and tries to hack it away but is beaten by the extra pace and the angle. The ball zips past the flailing blade and smashes into the top of off stump!. 14/1 17.5 to R Ravindra, huge appeal, and given! Full and hurtled into middle and off. Ravindra walks across his stumps, trying to tickle it fine past the keeper. Plays all over it, though, and gets pinned on the back pad. The umpire has a think about it before raising his finger! Unless Ravindra hit it, that looked pretty adjacent!. 121/7
Aayan Afzal Khan	4	0	20	3	5.00	9	0	1	0	0
4.2 to MJ Santner, castled! The Santner experiment falls flat on its face! Another length delivery that pitches just outside off, grips and spins back sharply. Santner tries to make room for himself and access the off side. Because the ball has spun so prodigiously, though, he fails to get bat on it and hears the death rattle soon after!. 27/2 4.3 to D Cleaver, two in two for Aayan! Length delivery angled into off stump. This keeps awfully low and Cleaver, looking to cut it (perhaps too square) gets nowhere close to it. Sneaks under his bat and thunders into off stump!. 27/3 6.2 to CJ Bowes, Aayan has three! Slowed up nicely on a length outside off and that might have been a response to Bowes shaping for the reverse too early. Has to fetch it slightly and only connects with fresh air. In that process, he also drags his back foot outside his crease and the keeper does the rest behind the stumps!. 38/4
Ali Naseer	3	0	25	1	8.33	5	1	1	1	0
16.5 to JDS Neesham, holes out to long on! Full and speared into leg stump. Neesham gives himself a bit of room, trying to go over long on. The ball, though, is just full enough to prevent him from getting the requisite elevation. Arrows it straight down long on's throat in the end! The umpires did check for a No ball but Naseer had something behind the line!. 118/6
Zahoor Khan	4	0	35	1	8.75	8	1	2	1	0
19.4 to MS Chapman, taken brilliantly at long on! In the slot on middle and leg stump. Chapman gets his front foot out of the way and has a massive swing at it. Mistimes it, though, and he slices it towards long on. The fielder runs to his left, dives forward and completes a smart catch!. 138/8
Mohammed Faraazuddin	4	0	37	1	9.25	4	4	1	0	0
11.3 to CE McConchie, McConchie bites the dust! Given a bit of air and hung outside off, meaning that McConchie, who has stepped out, has to fetch it from outside his hitting arc. Tries to go over long off but because he has to reach out, he cannot generate the power he is after. Slices it and long off does the rest!. 65/5
Basil Hameed	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0

United Arab Emirates (T: 143 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aryansh Sharma †	c Neesham b Southee	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Muhammad Waseem (c)	c Southee b Santner	55	29	-	4	3	189.65

Vriitya Aravind	b Jamieson	25	21	-	3	2	119.04

Asif Khan	not out	48	29	-	5	1	165.51
Basil Hameed	not out	12	12	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
TOTAL	15.4 Ov (RR: 9.19)	144/3
Did not bat: Ansh Tandon, Ali Naseer, Aayan Afzal Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Zahoor Khan
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Aryansh Sharma, 0.3 ov), 2-40 (Vriitya Aravind, 5.5 ov), 3-96 (Muhammad Waseem, 10.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Southee	3.4	1	32	1	8.72	10	3	2	0	0
0.3 to A Sharma, edged and taken! What a stunner by Neesham at slip! Full delivery outside off and this leaves the batter late. This is not full enough to drive but Aryansh, fresh off a half-century, goes chasing it. Gets a thick outside edge that, for the longest while, feels will evade Neesham. Well, until he flings out his right mitt and grabs it clean down to his right!. 0/1
Ben Lister	2	0	17	0	8.50	5	3	0	0	0
Mitchell Santner	3	0	26	1	8.66	6	2	1	0	0
10.6 to Muhammad Waseem, Waseem perishes! Tossed up outside off and Waseem's eyes light up. This time, though, he tries to hit it too hard and loses his shape completely. Skies it off the outside half of the bat and Southee does the rest at extra cover!. 96/3
Kyle Jamieson	3	0	30	1	10.00	4	1	2	1	0
5.5 to V Aravind, chops it on, oh dear! Back of a length delivery angled into the batter on leg stump. Aravind backs away and tries to glide it towards third man. Gets a decent chunk of it but because he has backed away so much, he ends up guiding it straight into off stump. A weird dismissal to cut short a promising innings but Jamieson is absolutely pumped - he knows the importance of this breakthrough!. 40/2
Cole McConchie	1	0	14	0	14.00	1	1	1	0	0
James Neesham	3	0	24	0	8.00	4	2	0	2	0

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MATCH FLOW

New Zealand innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 3 wickets)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: New Zealand - 58/4 in 10.0 overs (MS Chapman 17, CE McConchie 8)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 4
MS Chapman: 50 off 35 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (MS Chapman 29, JDS Neesham 21, Ex 0)
Innings Break: New Zealand - 142/8 in 20.0 overs (KA Jamieson 8, TG Southee 4)

United Arab Emirates innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
United Arab Emirates: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: United Arab Emirates - 85/2 in 10.0 overs (Muhammad Waseem 46, Asif Khan 12)
Muhammad Waseem: 50 off 27 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (Muhammad Waseem 40, Asif Khan 14, Ex 0)
United Arab Emirates: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 3

MATCH DETAILS

Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Toss	United Arab Emirates, elected to field first
Series	New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2023
Player Of The Match	Aayan Afzal Khan
Series result	3-match series level 1-1
Match number	T20I no. 2203
Hours of play (local time)	18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days	19 August 2023 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Aasif Iqbal Shiju Sam
TV Umpire	Akbar Ali
Reserve Umpire	Suneej K Thottathil
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft