Mohammad Ali to Seifert, out Caught by Shaheen Afridi!! Seifert falls for 45. Was a slower ball, the ball climbed on him a little. Lost his shape, the ball went off the higher part of the blade and there was no power infused into the shot. Shaheen used his height and took it over his head. Trekked back and took it easily. First one down but Seifert has done his job after playing the first over as a maiden. Maiden T20I wicket for Mohammad Ali. Seifert c Shaheen Afridi b Mohammad Ali 45(22) [4s-3 6s-5]
Mohammad Ali to Seifert, FOUR, fuller length delivery, Seifert stays deep in his crease and muscles that over cover. Held his shape and hit that hard to send it into the gap
Mohammad Ali to Seifert, no ball, he has lost it! Mohammad Ali is under immense pressure. Looks to bowl a leg-cutter and bowls it outside the 22 yards for it to be called as a no-ball. Free-hit coming up
Mohammad Ali to Seifert, wide, miles outside off and slower as well. The batter looked to run down at that and misses. Did it land outside the 22 yards? Just inside..
Mohammad Ali to Seifert, FOUR, slower, outside off, Seifert backs away to thwack it and edges the ball wide of the man at short third man for a four. The fielder at short third - Rauf, failed to dive and stop it. Was a slower ball well wide outside off
Mohammad Ali to Seifert, SIX, fetch that! Short ball, angled in, Seifert was ready for the short ball and pulled it over deep mid. The ball is out of the ground. Is this range hitting practice going on? They are hitting home runs for fun now.
Khushdil to Seifert, 1 run, pulled down to deep mid. Was hit flat and landed on the bounce to the fielder in the deep. That was angled in from Khushdil and he would be happy that he wasn't punished much in that over. Only 6 runs off that
Khushdil to Seifert, no run, backs away and punches the ball down to cover off the back foot
Khushdil to Seifert, no run, backs away and crunches that! Hit that hard and found the man at cover. Excellent over still for Pakistan as the PP is on
Khushdil to Seifert, FOUR, quicker, flatter, Seifert goes back and slams the pull wide of the man at long-on for a four. He hit that hard and into the gap
Khushdil to Seifert, no run, tossed up delivery, the batter looks to reverse slap it but misses as the ball turned down leg
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, SIX, on a short of length spot and that has gone out of the ground. 26 off the over. That's extremes for Shaheen Afridi. He bowled a maiden and now has gone for 26. The batter maintained his shape and slammed the ball over deep square. That was a mighty blow and NZ have raced to 44
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, SIX, six more! Oh stop it. Was a length delivery, the ball angled in, Seifert was behind the ball and smashed it over deep mid for another maximum. He got into a good position and that allowed him to hit it long
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, 2 runs, fuller length delivery, well outside off, Seifert squeezed it out and the man at cover point dived to stop it. They get a brace
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, back of a length delivery, angled in, Seifert stabs it down into the deck
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, SIX, length, wide outside off, Seifert gets the freedom and slams it over cover. That was a solid blow again. Five scoring shots from the hosts and they have raced to 30. The openers now off to a flier. The line was wrong and Seifert is not holding back after playing a maiden
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, SIX, length delivery, outside off, angled across, Seifert clears his front foot and slams it down the ground. That ball has gone the full journey. Was a length delivery and Seifert just went after that without any inhibitions
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, on a length, outside off, angled across, Seifert looks to scoop it and misses. Excellent start from Shaheen Afridi as he has taken his confidence from his batting into his bowling. One maiden and the required rate has jumped from 9 per over to almost 10 per over. It is a short game and the batters need to be careful about this
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, and five dots! Angled across, just hits him high on the pad. The ball never had room on it and Seifert wanted to slog it across the line. The ball is nipping around and Seifert is all at sea
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, was a length delivery and mowed across the line to find the man at mid-wicket. Wasn't timed well from Seifert
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, nothing on UltraEdge and Seifert survives. Was a length delivery, landed on the seam, nipped in and Seifert was late on the push. The ball kissed the back pad and that created the noise. They also checked for LBW but it landed outside leg. Poor review there
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, angles in, from a back of a length spot, the batter looks to defend and the ball thuds into the ribs. He will feel winded for some time. That shaped in late and Seifert failed to get behind the line of the delivery. Has taken some time off
Shaheen Afridi to Seifert, no run, back of a length delivery, Seifert stays back and stabs it down into the off-side