fullish on middle, tucked away through to the man at deep midwicket and they race through for the two runs that seals their highest successful chase in World T20
Netherlands vs New Zealand, 25th Match, Group 1 at Chattogram, Mar 29 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
151/4
(19/20 ov, T:152) 152/4
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
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end of over 197 runs
NZ: 152/4CRR: 8.00
James Neesham7 (7b)
Corey Anderson20 (14b 1x4 1x6)
Mudassar Bukhari 4-0-31-0
Ahsan Malik 4-0-43-0
6.45 pm This group still stays neck and neck, with New Zealand joining Sri Lanka and South Africa on four points. But that could change pretty soon with SA going up against England in just few minutes. Thank you for you company and comments here, this is Alagappan Muthu signing off.
"Definitely, Netherlands put up a really good fight," says
"It was a reasonably comfortable chase for NZ,"Peter Borren says. "Saying that it wasn't the easiest wickets to start on. Brendon got them through, but if we'd got him early something could have happened. [Batting circumspectly] I don't really know how to do that myself, I just play a lot of hockey shots. The bowling was decent, but we may have bowled a little too full tonight. Obviously, we've competed alright, but we were not favourite to win it. I reckon we still could get in one performance and I think it could be a replay of the 2009 win," he says with a coy grin. "We need to adjust our lengths and if we had done that, we could have competed tonight. I won't promise. It's always a roller coaster with us and we'll try and do our best"
6.35 pm Ended up a reasonably straightforward chase, despite Netherlands doing their best to pull pace off the ball and exploit a slow deck. Brendon McCullum became the first player to cross 2000 T20I runs during a well-composed half-century and though he couldn't stay till the end, his side completed a simple victory. Stay with us for the presentation
18.6
2
Bukhari to Neesham, 2 runs
18.6
1w
Bukhari to Neesham, 1 wide
digs it in short and his direction is all wrong. Goes way down leg
18.5
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Bukhari to Neesham, no run
shortish and outside off, Neesh cuts to point
One hit could finish it off
18.4
2
Bukhari to Neesham, 2 runs
full on middle, he's whipped it between midwicket and long-on
rama: "we need 2 Dale Steyns for Super Over fun" The original is training for South Africa's clash with England later today
18.3
•
Bukhari to Neesham, no run
back of a length and outside off, chops it to cover
18.2
1
Bukhari to Anderson, 1 run
full and wide outside off, slammed down the ground to long-off
18.1
1
Bukhari to Neesham, 1 run
good length ball outside off, pushed through to deep cover
end of over 1810 runs
NZ: 145/4CRR: 8.05 • RRR: 3.50
Corey Anderson19 (13b 1x4 1x6)
James Neesham2 (2b)
Ahsan Malik 4-0-43-0
Timm van der Gugten 4-0-30-3
17.6
•
Ahsan Malik to Anderson, no run
full on off stump draws him forward into a drive to the man at cover
17.5
1
Ahsan Malik to Neesham, 1 run
back of a length on off stump, turned away to the vacant midwicket area. Singles can do it for NZ and Borren is not bothering to pull his field up
17.4
1
Ahsan Malik to Anderson, 1 run
another slower ball on the pads, clipped away to deep midwicket
17.3
1
Ahsan Malik to Neesham, 1 run
fullish on off stump, driven down the ground to long-off
17.2
1
Ahsan Malik to Anderson, 1 run
full and just outside off, drives through the covers for a single
17.1
6
Ahsan Malik to Anderson, SIX runs
tonked over deep midwicket! These were happening every other ball in Queenstown! Slower ball on leg stump, but he allowed the batsman to get under it and Anderson has smoked it for a 93m six
Malik to bowl out. 17 off 18 needed
end of over 1712 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 135/4CRR: 7.94 • RRR: 5.66
Corey Anderson11 (9b 1x4)
James Neesham0 (0b)
Timm van der Gugten 4-0-30-3
Ahsan Malik 3-0-33-0
16.6
1
van der Gugten to Anderson, 1 run
slower ball, into the block hole on leg stump, Pushed down to long-on
Jimmy Neesham joins Corey Anderson in the middle.
16.5
W
van der Gugten to McCullum, OUT
slower ball swallows McCullum! Teases him with a fuller one outside off and he went into the shot too early. Slices it into the and the fielder from the deep runs in and picks up a lovely tumbling catch around the cover area. Things just got murky for New Zealand
Brendon McCullum c Mudassar Bukhari b van der Gugten 65 (45b 4x4 3x6 61m) SR: 144.44
16.4
4
van der Gugten to McCullum, FOUR runs
right through point! Baz makes a bit of room to try and find the gap between backward point and cover point. Succeeds
16.3
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van der Gugten to McCullum, no run
shortish and just outside off, cut away to point
Run-a-ball now. No extra cover. There's three behind the wicket on the off side
16.2
6
van der Gugten to McCullum, SIX runs
there she goes! Length ball picked up and smacked over square leg. Hit flat and hard
The SA bowling attack is stretching behind the boundary
16.1
1
van der Gugten to Anderson, 1 run
full and wide of off stump, Anderson is on the front foot and drills it to long-on
29 off 24 now, Netherlands desperately need a wicket. Here's van der Gugten
BHUPINDER: "although this match is foregone conclusion once Ned. bat 1st , hope few more wickets fall to make it exciting"
end of over 1616 runs
NZ: 123/3CRR: 7.68 • RRR: 7.25
Brendon McCullum55 (41b 3x4 2x6)
Corey Anderson9 (7b 1x4)
Ahsan Malik 3-0-33-0
Mudassar Bukhari 3-0-24-0
15.6
2
Ahsan Malik to McCullum, 2 runs
change of pace as this is a good length ball on leg stump, worked away for a couple to long leg
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