Pakistan vs New Zealand, 4th T20I at Lahore, Apr 25 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Wow, Neesham gets the job done. Bowls it full on a tighter line outside off, he scythes it away to deep cover-point and Pakistan fall short of four runs, New Zealand win second match in a row. What a thriller we had which has brought tears in the eyes of some young fans in the aisles, emotions getting better of some spectators. New Zealand live up to their motto and ethos; once again they fought till the very end and edged out Pakistan in their fortress. It was a high intensity tug of war that went right till the last ball

Mows this downtown and Pakistan will need six off the last ball! Fuller on off, gets right behind the line and dumped down the ground, he's very strong down the ground, let's see who holds his nerve

Bowls it full and it's tailing away from the guideline on off, that'll help Pakistan

Nails the yorker but he still manages to dig it out to wide long-on and is hustling through for the second, gets back on strike!

On a length just outside off with not much pace on offer, hammered away to deep point and brings Imad on strike

Tremendous riposte! Rams the yorker in the blockhole and he goes for a full-blooded swing towards the leg side, ball sneaks through and shatters the stumps, off his pads and onto the stumps, gotta go

Usama Mir joins the party! Missed the yorker and he skewed it up and over backward point for a four, it's down to 14 off 5! Magnificent shot, lots of muscle behind that

Four away from deep third and deep backward point, just gets enough on the bat to get a boundary, gave too much width on this occasion, he put everything behind it and got lucky as well. This is going right down to the wire! Imad did it for Islamabad on a couple of occasions in PSL 9, can he get Pakistan over the line ?

Another fabulous yorker just outside off, pats it to wide mid-off, Pakistan need a boundary

Terrific comeback, bowls it in the quiet full zone into the legs, can't swing it away properly, only carried off the inside edge to square leg

lands it fuller and it came in from outside off, shanks it away into the covers but can't beat the fielder

Round the wicket, misses the target, low full-toss wide of off, swings hard and gets a thick outside edge that runs down the hill and away from short third, just keeping them in the hunt

Over the wicket, harmless full-toss outside off slapped straight to mid-off, Abbas didn't respond to the call and gets run-out, sacrifices his wicket and rightly so, Imad was halfway down and Abbas took a few steps and then stopped

Touch too full and straight, misses the yorker and Imad calmly smacks it through the line bisecting long on and long off for a four, that boundary also brings up 150 on the board, it's not over yet!

Darts in a back of a length delivery outside off, drags a pull cross the line square of midwicket

Has he got enough? No, he hasn't. Is that the game? Searing yorker on the legs, chipped in the air and straight into the hands of Foxcroft who catches it brilliantly. Huge moment in the game. Fakhar cannot believe it, crowd cannot believe it.

Effort delivery thumped hard into the surface and it climbs off a shortish length at middle, lifts his front leg and pulls it away from square leg, brings the set batter on crease

Looking for the yorker, slightly leg-sidish, whipped away to midwicket

That flies over mid-off's head and away she whistles to the boundary, full and wide, he sits deep, it's in his hitting arc and he doesn't miss out, couple of bounces over the rope

Once again fires it full and wide and the plan is working to perfection, tried to jab it away but got late in jamming his bat down, ends the over with a dot, finishes his spell, returns 3/27