NZ vs UAE Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Seifert, Allen's dominant stand powers NZ to 10-wicket win

New Zealand vs UAE T20 World Cup Live Score: Alishan Sharafu hit it over Matt Henry to hit a boundary, while he pulled another one over mid-wicket for another four to showcase his class. 14 runs came off Henry's over as UAE have upped the ante despite losing an early wicket. UAE 28/1 in 3 overs

New Zealand vs UAE T20 World Cup Live Score: Jacob Duffy draws the first blood in his first over with a short ball, which Aryansh Sharma went for a pull shot but ended up mistiming to get caught by Glenn Phillips - the safest hands in world cricket. UAE 12/1 in 1.3 overs

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Matt Henry delivered a tight first over with just six runs coming off it. The UAE openers have a tough task ahead of themselves to set up the tone in the powerplay against a quality pace attack. Meanwhile, the Kiwis will look to stamp their authority early. UAE 6/0 in 1 over

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: UAE players go first, followed by New Zealand.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Ian Smith and Sunil Gavaskar gave a report of the pitch. The humidity is around 62-63 per cent with a nice breeze coming across the ground. Talking about the dimensions, the one down the ground is 75 metres, the deep-midwicket is 78 metres, and the square in the wickets is 73 metres, implying that the other side is just 60 metres. Also, the third man pocket is 59 metres. And hence, the use of bowlers will be crucial on this ground.

"The pitch, it's a new one. This looks like a very, very good pitch to bat on. No wonder the captain of UAE decided after winning the toss that he would bat first because it's a hard pitch. The ball will come onto the bat quite nicely. Even on the practice pitches where we just saw both the teams practising, we saw there were very a good carry. And it's got to be pretty much the same as far as this match is concerned. There might just be a little bit of turn for maybe the team that is bowling second," read the pitch report.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Here are the two playing XIs…

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Aryansh Sharma(w), Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Mayank Kumar, Sohaib Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Arfan, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Rohid Khan

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert(w), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: It seem like Santner got what the team wanted after all. "It looks like a good wicket, we were thinking of batting as well. Same team, similar make up as the other day. That was the first day I've seen grass on the pitch. It was like, that's maxed off. This is a real source. So usually, you play it, so it's a little more bounce. But, again, it looks like pretty good looking today," he said after losing the toss.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: After winning the toss, Waseem explained: "We are going to bat first because the pitch is looking good, it will be the same for both the innings. Hopefully we put up a total on the board. We also want to show the world how we play T20. It is a tough group but we are ready for that challenge. We have come here with a different mindset and plan, we will take it one game at a time."

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Santner flips the coin. Waseem calls heads, and heads it is. UAE opt to bat first.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Despite the turmoil that has become the cynosure of the T20 World Cup, India and Pakistan-origin players in the UAE team remain united. Waseem said, "There is no India-Pakistan. We are playing for the UAE and we are always treating ourselves like a family. We are living like a family, friends. We are spending time together, eating together. There is no Indian-Pakistani in the UAE team to be honest."

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Captain Waseem is confident that the team can draw inspiration from their win against the Black Caps two years ago to repeat the same in a World Cup stagae. "Our strategy is very simple," he said in the pre-game presser. "We beat them before in UAE but this time it's a different venue, different tournament, different ground, and different game also. So we came with another plan right now. So yes, they are a good team and have experience also. But we work very well and we have prepared ourselves like a champion team. We will try to play good cricket against them tomorrow"

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: On the eve of the match against New Zealand, batter Muhammad Zohaib was sent back home by the Emirates Cricket Board for "disciplinary reasons." The absence of a top-order batter will put more pressure on the UAE line-up. The media release from the cricket board said "more details will be provided in due course."

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: On the eve of the game, New Zealand's batting coach confirmed that the game in Chennai will be played on a fresh red soil track and that is definitely going to be a major worry for the UAE batters. In the pre-tournament warm-up game against debutants Italy, the UAE were bowled out for just 81 runs.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: The UAE have played 46 T20I matches against Full Member nations over the last 12 years, winning 13, the last of which came against Bangladesh in Sharjah last May. They have been most successful against Ireland, securing seven wins in 13 matches, and against Bangladesh, two wins in four games.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: The UAE faced New Zealand three times in T20Is during a limited-overs series in August 2023, and they managed to secure a win against them. All the matches were played in Dubai.

1st T20I, Aug 17, 2023 - lost by 19 runs

2nd T20I, Aug 19, 2023 - won by 7 wickets

3rd T20I, Aug 20, 2023: lost by 32 runs

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Only 12 batters in the world have more than 3000 runs in T20 internationals. UAE captain Muhammad Waseem, the most experienced campaigner in the squad, is part of that elite list. He stands in the ninth position, with 3236 runs in 93 appearances, and is only 42 runs away from surpassing David Warner to take the eighth spot.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: UAE qualified as the third-placed side, behind Nepal and Oman, from the Asia-Pacific Regional qualifiers event. They beat Qatar and Malaysia in the group stage before finishing third in the Super Six round, where they won three of five games. They lost to Nepal by just one run, to Oman by five wickets.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: Four of the five teams have played at least one match in the tournament, with only New Zealand and South Africa having secured a win. The Proteas, the 2024 runners-up, beat Canada by eight wickets on Monday to stand at the top of the table.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: The biggest positive from the win against Afghanistan on Sunday was how Glenn Phillips showed patience in steadying the innings and acted as a perfect support for Seifert. The earlier version of Phillips would have resorted to brazen aggression to get out of trouble, but against the Afghanistan spin attack, he showed a welcome trait of getting a grip on the conditions and bowlers before freeing his hands.

"Glenn's world class. His experience in this country, he's had a lot of success in the last few weeks here playing against a very strong India side. I've got high hopes for him for the rest of the tournament," his teammate Lockie Ferguson had said in the post-match presser.

New Zealand vs U.A.E. T20 World Cup Live Score: In the 2024 edition of the ICC tournament, a loss to Afghanistan had sent New Zealand crashing out early. However, Mitchell Santner and his side ensured history did not repeat itself in Chennai last Sunday.

Gulbadin Naib’s brisk 63 laid the foundation for Afghanistan’s 182 for six after captain Rashid Khan opted to bat first. In reply, New Zealand suffered a top-order collapse, but Tim Seifert (65) and Glenn Phillips (42) steadied the chase, guiding the Black Caps home with 13 balls to spare.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Match 11 of the 2026 T20 World Cup, where New Zealand will take on the UAE in Chennai. Stay tuned for more updates!