Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, 1 run, now slips the wrong 'un onto the pads, Azam nurdles it backward of square leg
22.3
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, no run, googly around off, Azam prods forward and defends it back
22.2
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, FOUR, to sweeper cover
22.1
Ish Sodhi to Babar Azam, FOUR, fifty for Azam. Typical knock from the Pakistan skipper but he needs to up the ante. He raises his bat and acknowledges the applause. Sodhi gifts a long hop down leg, Azam swivels and pulls behind square on the leg-side
Ish Sodhi [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
21.6
Boult to Fakhar Zaman, no run, 136.6ks very full delivery on off, Zaman digs it to the left of Boult and he gets a hand
21.5
Boult to Fakhar Zaman, no run, back of a length close to off, Zaman pats it to the off-side and wants a single, sent back
21.4
Boult to Fakhar Zaman, no run, short of length around off, Zaman rides the bounce and knocks it to backward point. Boult goes down in his followthrough
We are back.. The players are walking out to the middle. Zaman and Azam are making their way as well. The break came at the right time for New Zealand and not so much for Pakistan. The equation is quite gettable in the T20 day and age. But how has the momentum effected the two teams?
18:00 Local Time, 12:30 GMT: The players are starting to warm-up again. "Ish Sodhi is the first player out here, bowling on one of the side pitches," updates Pratyush, who's also at the venue. "Followed by Glenn Phillips," adds Purnima.
17:51 Local Time, 12:21 GMT: Crowd cheers as supersoppers start their rounds. The corner covers are being peeled off now. And the loudest hooting is for when the staff picked up the big cover off the square. The one on pitch still remains but the big cover is off," pings Purnima.
17:35 Local Time, 12:05 GMT: "Ground staff steps on (the field), and there's a section cheering for them. One of the onfield umpires have stepped in also. With an umbrella though. Ground staff in position to take the covers off but no activity yet as such. A very faint drizzle but there's proper dark cloud overhead, therefore the wait I guess," latest update from Purnima.
17:22 Local Time, 11:52 GMT: "Still drizzling, covers intact," latest ping from Purnima, who's at the ground. We are still close to 20 minutes away from losing overs.
16:50 Local Time, 11:20 GMT: The umpire collects the ball. Boult had already taken his cap and off go the players. The players are coming on. "There's a breeze blowing across and that should be a good sign," says Sanjay Manjrekar on air. ICMYI, Pakistan are ahead as per DLS.
21.3
Boult to Fakhar Zaman, no run, low full toss around off, Zaman digs it with a closed bat face to mid-wicket
21.2
Boult to Fakhar Zaman, no run
It has started to rain
21.1
Boult to Babar Azam, 1 run, fullish delivery outside off, Azam drives square and sweeper keeps it to a single