PAK-W vs NZ-W Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! TAKEN! THE WHITE FERNS HAVE DONE IT! Melie Kerr wraps things up with her third wicket. She flights it up, full and on middle, Sadia Iqbal looks to go for the big slog but her bat hits the ground first. As a result, she does not get any timing on that one as the ball loops to mid on where Suzie Bates once again takes an easy catch. NEW ZEALAND WOMEN WIN BY 54 RUNS!

A googly, full and on off, turns away, Sadia Iqbal looks to push it away but misses.

OUT! TAKEN! The skipper goes now! A good fight showed by her in difficult circumstances but it was really a lone battle. This is floated from Melie Kerr, full and around off, turns away, Fatima Sana Khan backs away to swipe it away but only manages to get a top edge. Suzie Bates at extra covers takes a dolly. Khan goes for 21 off 23 and the Kiwis are just one wicket away from the semis!

OUT! RUN OUT! Another one bites the dust! Tossed up, full and on middle, Fatima Sana Khan goes down and slogs it away. It lands in front of the incoming deep mid-wicket fielder and the batters decide to take the second run. Maddy Green fires in a bullet throw at the bowler's end where Melie Kerr breaks the stumps. Shah puts in a dive but that is not enough as she is just short of her crease. The replay confirms it as well. New Zealand Women are on the verge of the win now!

Flighted, full and on middle, Syeda Aroob Shah knocks it down the pitch. Just 1 run and a wicket off the over then!

Quicker, shortish and outside off, Syeda Aroob Shah looks to punch it away but misses.

Short and around off, Syeda Aroob Shah cuts it to point.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! A soft dismissal and the Kiwis go up in joy! Tossed up, full and on middle, turns in sharply. Omaima Sohail looks to push it with a straight bat but the spin back in means she can only lob it off the bottom edge towards the bowler where Eden Carson dives forward to take a fantastic catch. New Zealand Women three wickets away from the win now!

Flatter, full and on middle, Omaima Sohail tucks it to short mi-wicket.

Tossed up, full and around off, Fatima Sana Khan pushes it through covers for a single.

Googly, down the leg. Omaima Sohail turns it toward fine leg for a couple.

OUT! STUMPED! Brilliant piece of bowling from Melie Kerr and excellent work from Izzy Gaze behind the stumps. Tosses it full, just outside off. Nida Dar is drawn into the drive and drags her foot outside the crease. Izzy Gaze takes off the bails in a flash and Pakistan Women slide further.

Wrong'un, on the middle and leg. Nudged through mid-wicket for one.

Flighted, full, around off. Fatima Sana Khan makes room again for the drive but gets it off the inner half, toward the right of Kerr.

Floated on off. Fatima Sana Khan makes room and lofts it toward deep extra cover for a couple. 50 comes up for Pakistan Women.

Tossed up on middle. Dar sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Pace-off, full, on off. Nida Dar turns into the leg side for one.

WIDE! She has to reload it. Bowls it full and down the leg. Nida Dar lets it go. Wide signaled.

Slower and fuller at the stumps. Eased to mid-on for one.

Full and at the stumps. Fatima Sana Khan makes room and strokes it to mid-off.

Length ball on off. Defended onto the pitch.

FOUR! ELEGANT! Full-length delivery outside off. Fatima Sana Khan uses her feet and drives it aerially to the deep point region for a cracking boundary.

Length ball on off. Fatima Sana Khan defends it to backward point.

Floated,full, at the stumps. Eased to long on for one.

Wrong'un, on a length, on the leg pole. Nida Dar paddles it toward backward square leg.

Flatter leg break, around off. Knocked toward extra cover.

FOUR! Easy Pickings! Drifted down the leg. Nida Dar helps it past the short third fielder and into the boundary. Lea Tahuhu gives the chase and puts the slide but her foot touches the ropes.

In the air but safe! Tossed up on middle. Fatima Sana Khan lofts it back over the bowler and it falls in no man's land. Single taken.

Googly, on off. Fatima Sana Khan guides it to short third.

Touch short, on off. Knocked toward mid-off.

Low full toss again, on off. Eased to long-on for a single.

Low full toss, down the leg. Nida Dar gets across and helps it to long-leg for one.

Pitched full, outside off. Dragged toward mid-wicket for one.

Tossed up on off. Driven to long-off for one.

WIDE! Darted down the leg. Nida Dar misses the paddle. Wide signaled.

Tossed up on middle. Fatima Sana Khan comes forward and turns it off the inner half toward mid-wicket.

Length ball, at the stumps. Nida Dar turns it toward short fine leg and calls for the single. She is sent back and a direct hit would have been curtains for her.

Length ball, at the stumps. Dar knocks it toward mid-off.

OUT! BOWLED! Rosemary Mair strikes with a beauty! Slower and fuller delivery, at the stumps. Sidra Amin is deceived by the lack of pace and plays all around it. The ball crashes into the stumps. Sidra Amin walks back for a golden duck. Pakistan Women have lost half of their side in the Powerplay.

Full and at the stumps. Fatima Sana Khan advances and squeezes it off the inside edge toward backward square leg for one.

Pitched full, on off. Fatima Sana Khan strokes it into covers.

FOUR! Fine Shot! On a length, around off. Fatima Sana Khan plays it late and lofts the drive toward wide long-off for a classy boundary. Sophie Devine gives the chase but goes in vain.

OUT! RUN-OUT! A brilliant piece of fielding sees the back of Iram Javed. Fired in full, at the leg pole. Fatima Sana Khan looks to play across the line but misses and the ball rolls off the pad toward backward point. Lea Tahuhu comes in quickly and gets a direct hit off the underarm at the stumps. Iram Javed is not even in the frame and she knows it. Pakistan Women are four down and in a spot of bother.

Full and quick at the stumps. Iram Javed advances and turns it off the inner half toward mid-wicket for one.

Bowls it full, on the middle. Iram Javed shimmies down to clip it away but misses onto the pad.

Touch short on middle. Fatima Sana Khan cuts it through covers for one.

Arm ball again, slides past the leg pole as Fatima Sana Khan drives and misses.

OUT! CLEANED HER UP! Fran Jonas strikes off her first ball. Arm ball, on the middle and leg. Nips back in sharply as Sadaf Shamas misses the hoick and the ball cannons into the stumps. The pressure got to Shamas and she perishes. Pakistan Women are three down.

A maiden from Eden Carson. Flat and turning into the leg pole. Iram Javed gets across for the pull and misses.

Tosses it on a length, on middle. Iram Javed hacks it to short mid-wicket.

Touch short and turning in. Iram Javed pulls and misses onto the her pad.

Floated on off. Iram Javed drives it to mid on.

Floaty delivery, around off. Iram Javed uses her feet and drives it to extra cover.

Pitched full, on off. Drilled straight to Devine at mid off.

Back of a length on off. Sadaf Shamas guides it to short third for none.

Short of a good length, outside off. Sadaf Shamas cuts it past the short third fielder and races to the ropes. Eden Carson gives the chase and saves a couple.

OUT! BOWLED! Lea Tahuhu is pumped! Pitched full and shapes back into the middle stump line. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi looks to hack it across the line but misses and the ball clatters into the stumps. A quick cameo from the opener comes to an end. Pakistan Women are two down.

FOUR! SMACKED! Short of a length, angling into middle and leg. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi pulls it hard to the deep square leg region. It falls in front of the fielder and rolls into the ropes.

In the air but lands safe! Back of a length, outside off. Iram Javed slaps it off the cue end and falls in front of Devine at mid off.

Short of a length down the leg. Pulled to fine leg for a single.

Floated, full, down the leg. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi sweeps it aerially toward deep backward square leg for a single.

Tossed up on off. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi sweeps and misses.

FOUR! PUMPED! Floated, full, on the middle and leg. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi advances and lofts it over the bowler for a cracking boundary.

Tosses it on a length, around off. Iram Javed advances and drives it toward wide mid-off for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Eden Carson strikes! In the air and gone! Floated, full, around off. Aliya Riaz shimmies down to hit over the top but gets it off the toe end and gets caught by Sophie Devine at the mid off region. The move to promote Aliya Riaz does not work as she departs for a duck.

Time for some spin now as Eden Carson joins the attack! Tossed up on off. Aliya Riaz drives it to mid-off.

LEG BYE! Hard-length delivery angled on the pad. Aliya Riaz misses the tuck and it comes off the pad toward point. The batters sneak for a leg bye.

Full, around off. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi drills it past the bowler and down the ground for a single.

Full-length delivery around off. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi clears the front leg and lofts it toward long off for a couple.

Oh my word! How has that missed! Pitched full, just outside leg. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi gets across for the sweep but misses and the ball shaves past the stump.

Length ball, on the leg pole. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi pulls and misses. A loud appeal for the catch down the leg but the umpire is unmoved. The replays show that it has come off the thigh pad.

Pitched full, outside off. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi strokes it through extra cover region for a couple.

WIDE! Bowls it on a length but down the leg. Muneeba Ali Siddiqi lets it go. Wide signaled.