9:25pm: Well, a pretty tame end to what had been an electric start to the series for England, but a rallying effort from New Zealand to salvage the series. Have either team garnered anything a month out from the 50-over World Cup? No doubt we'll learn more from Friday when the four-match ODI series gets going in Cardiff. We'll see you then!

9:15pm: Two captains in very different moods...

New Zealand's Tim Southee: "We were far from our best in those first two (matches). and the last two were performances were more what we were about. The first two games we were rotten in all three areas and the last two games we just played the way we know this team can play."

England's stand-in, Moeen Ali: "I thought we just lost momentum. Very disappointing because then we couldn't really catch up. We got a reasonable score but not good enough. We just couldn't get it right with the ball."

9:10pm: Player of the match is Mitchell Santner.

"Credit to the lads, we obviously came out pretty strong with the ball. We hung on in there and were able to take poles through the middle which was pretty key. He (Bairstow) is pretty tough to stop when he's going, but we knew the Power Play was the best time to bat."

Player of the series is Jonny Bairstow for 175 runs at 58.33, and a strike rate of 147. Thankfully, the shoulder injury that kept him off the field is nothing serious: "Yeah I'll be fine. It's just one of those things, it's precautionary. With everything we've got coming up, there was no point taking chances with it.

"It's been a bit of a while since I've played white ball cricket so it was just about getting rhythm with it. I was probably run a ball for a couple of the knocks and accelerated on from there."

9:02pm: Mark R: "Not one NZ batter had a strike rate of less than 150 whereas only 2 English batters strike rate exceeded that."

17.2

Moeen Ali to Ravindra, FOUR runs

What a way to win it... Or lose it, as Wood allows a cut from Ravindra to go through him for the winning runs. Convincing from New Zealand, winning by 6 wickets to square the series 2-2! Excellent hands from Seifert, Phillips and then Chapman at the end. England will lament throwing away Jonny Bairstow's positive start, but credit to Mitchell Santner (3-30) and Ish Sodhi (2-21) for applying the squeeze

17.1

•

Moeen Ali to Ravindra, no run

Full, on the stumps, Ravindra defends back to the bowler!

Moeen Ali has the "honour" of bowling this final over, with the field in...

end of over 1713 runs

NZ: 175/4CRR: 10.29 • RRR: 0.33 • Need 1 from 18b

Mark Chapman40 (25b 5x4 1x6)

Rachin Ravindra13 (7b 1x4)

Sam Curran 3-0-32-0

Adil Rashid 4-0-41-0

16.6

Sam Curran to Chapman, FOUR runs

Wow! Short delivery clobbered ferociously beyond Carse at deep midwicket. Carse didn't even have a long way to go. Superb striking and now the scores are level...

16.5

•

Sam Curran to Chapman, no run

Full, driven firmly, but straight to Moeen at cover

16.4

Sam Curran to Ravindra, 1 run

Short again, played into the ground down to fine leg once more

16.3

Sam Curran to Ravindra, 2 runs

Short again, this one a little sharper, but Ravindra plays this smartly, rolling his wrists as he swivels it down to fine leg

16.2

Sam Curran to Ravindra, 2 runs

Short, nicely pulled away in front of square where Wood runs around to field

16.1

Sam Curran to Ravindra, FOUR runs

Edged... and four! Genuine edge, this time off Ravindra's bat, as Curran gets a bit of nip away off the surface from a full-ish length

Alan: "Are England doing this deliberately so that they can produce the statement result in the 5th T20i?!" Hope not, considering this is the last match of the T20i series... Sam Curran into the attack

end of over 1612 runs
NZ: 162/4CRR: 10.12 • RRR: 3.50 • Need 14 from 24b
Rachin Ravindra4 (3b)
Mark Chapman36 (23b 4x4 1x6)
Adil Rashid 4-0-41-0
Moeen Ali 2-0-19-0
15.6
1
Rashid to Ravindra, 1 run
Length again, turning into middle and leg, worked around the corner

15.5
1
Rashid to Chapman, 1 run
Length, skidding into leg stump, worked away to long on off the back foot

15.4
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Rashid to Chapman, no run
Rashid is straighter, sharper, and Chapman defends back down the pitch

15.3
6
Rashid to Chapman, SIX runs
Gorgeous! A Gower-esque piece of timing and poise, skipping down to a length delivery and lifting it crisply over midwiket

15.2
4
Rashid to Chapman, FOUR runs
Easy as you like... Quality from Chapman - Rashid is short, across him, and the left-hander shows quick feet to move back and punch slap through extra cover

15.1
•
Rashid to Chapman, no run
Bit of a googly off a good length, Chapman fails to work it away to the leg side
Adil Rashid back in, wickets needed...

end of over 159 runs
NZ: 150/4CRR: 10.00 • RRR: 5.20 • Need 26 from 30b
Rachin Ravindra3 (2b)
Mark Chapman25 (18b 3x4)
Moeen Ali 2-0-19-0
Rehan Ahmed 4-0-27-2
14.6
2
Moeen Ali to Ravindra, 2 runs
Flight, bit of drift onto middle and leg, tucked away to midwicket for a couple

14.5
1
Moeen Ali to Chapman, 1 run
Similar to the previous delivery, slightly shorter, as Chapman comes down the pitch and finds a single into midwicket

14.4
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Moeen Ali to Chapman, no run
Fuller, straighter, defended full-face into the leg side

14.3
4
Moeen Ali to Chapman, FOUR runs
Out of the screws! Woeful delivery from Moeen, far too short, clubbed away through midwicket by Chapman, who finally gets one out of the middle

14.2
1
Moeen Ali to Ravindra, 1 run
Flight, outside off, and Ravindra nails a drive out to long on

14.1
1
Moeen Ali to Chapman, 1 run
Straight, bit of turn, and worked around the corner for a scampered single
Moeen on, around the wicket to the lefties

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Best performances - batters

Spike Graph

Wagon Zone

JM Bairstow
ENG
73 runs (41)
5 fours6 sixes

Productive shot

pull

18 runs

0 four3 sixes

Control

83%

TL Seifert
NZ
48 runs (32)
6 fours2 sixes

Productive shot

pull

14 runs

2 fours1 six

Control

78%

Best performances - bowlers

MJ Santner
NZ
O
4
M
0
R
30
W
3
ECO
7.5

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LEGOFF

LHB




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IS Sodhi
NZ
O
4
M
0
R
21
W
2
ECO
5.25

FTYFGSGS

OFFLEG

RHB




	1W
		1W

LEGOFF

LHB

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Match details

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	New Zealand tour of England
Season	2023
Player Of The Match	Mitchell Santner
Player Of The Series	Jonny Bairstow
Series result	4-match series drawn 2-2
Match number	T20I no. 2232
Match days	05 September 2023 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	David Millns Mike Burns
TV Umpire	Martin Saggers
Reserve Umpire	Alex Wharf
Match Referee	Chris Broad

Language

English

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New Zealand Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
FH Allen	bowled	16	6
TL Seifert	caught	48	32
DJ Mitchell	run out	14	7
GD Phillips	caught	42	25
MS Chapman	not out	40	25
R Ravindra	not out	17	9
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)
Total	179(4 wkts; 17.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
SM Curran	3	32	0	10.66
L Wood	2	28	1	14
BA Carse	2	27	0	13.5
AU Rashid	4	41	0	10.25
Rehan Ahmed	4	27	2	6.75
MM Ali	2.2	23	0	9.85

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	22	Tim Seifert	Finn Allen
2nd	53	Daryl Mitchell	Tim Seifert
3rd	8	Tim Seifert	Glenn Phillips
4th	58	Mark Chapman	Glenn Phillips
5th	38	Mark Chapman	Rachin Ravindra

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