NZ vs UAE 2023: New Zealand vs United Arab Emirates Match Preview

1st T20I • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

New Zealand

155/6 (20)

United Arab Emirates

136 (19.4)

NZ won by 19 runs

Info

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Scorecard

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Playing XI

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Date & Time

17 Aug, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

1st T20I,

New Zealand Tour of United Arab Emirates 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Aasif Iqbal (United Arab Emirates), Akbar Ali (United Arab Emirates), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

United Arab Emirates elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

150Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

UAE

0- 0

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

United Arab Emirates

New Zealand

Player of the Match Tim Southee

5/25

UAE

Info

New Zealand

155/6 (20)

Batters

Chad Bowes

0.00

c A Sharma b J Siddique

Tim Seifert

161.76

c AA Khan b B Hameed

Dane Cleaver

57.14

c AA Naseer b Z Khan

Mark Chapman

83.33

c A Sharma b M Faraazuddin

Mitchell Santner

66.67

b B Hameed

Jimmy Neesham

113.64

c AA Naseer b J Siddique

Cole McConchie

129.17

Not out

Rachin Ravindra

190.91

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.75)

155/6

Did not Bat

Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Lister

Bowlers

EXT

Junaid Siddique

8.75

Aayan Afzal Khan

6.00

13.33

5.75

7.50

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Chad Bowes

c A Sharma b J Siddique

1-0

0.1

Dane Cleaver

c AA Naseer b Z Khan

2-51

5.6

Tim Seifert

c AA Khan b B Hameed

3-60

7.1

Mitchell Santner

b B Hameed

4-64

7.6

Mark Chapman

c A Sharma b M Faraazuddin

5-85

12.1

Jimmy Neesham

c AA Naseer b J Siddique

6-109

15.2

United Arab Emirates

136/10 (19.4)

Batters

Waseem Muhammad

(C)

0.00

lbw b T Southee

Aryansh Sharma

139.53

c CJ Bowes b J Neesham

Vritiya Aravind

130.00

c BG Lister b T Southee

Asif-Khan Lala

130.00

c & b M Santner

Ansh Tandon

100.00

c M Santner b J Neesham

Basil Hameed

71.43

c KA Jamieson b T Southee

Ali Naseer

114.29

lbw b M Santner

Aayan Afzal Khan

50.00

c TL Seifert b T Southee

Mohammed Faraazuddin *

50.00

c T Southee b KA Jamieson

Junaid Siddique

33.33

c D Cleaver b T Southee

Zahoor Khan

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 6.92)

136/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

6.25

Kyle Jamieson

2.4

7.50

8.00

5.50

9.50

5.00

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Waseem Muhammad

lbw b T Southee

1-0

0.1

Vritiya Aravind

c BG Lister b T Southee

2-15

2.4

Asif-Khan Lala

c & b M Santner

3-62

6.6

Ansh Tandon

c M Santner b J Neesham

4-84

10.2

Basil Hameed

c KA Jamieson b T Southee

5-101

13.1

Aryansh Sharma

c CJ Bowes b J Neesham

6-115

14.6

Ali Naseer

lbw b M Santner

7-126

16.6

Aayan Afzal Khan

c TL Seifert b T Southee

8-132

18.1

Junaid Siddique

c D Cleaver b T Southee

9-134

18.5

Mohammed Faraazuddin

c T Southee b KA Jamieson

10-136

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

17 Aug, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

1st T20I,

New Zealand Tour of United Arab Emirates 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Aasif Iqbal (United Arab Emirates), Akbar Ali (United Arab Emirates), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

United Arab Emirates elected to bowl

0 0 1 6 0 W

Over 17

Runs: 7

1 1 1 1wd 1lb 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 6

W 1 1 0 W 0

Over 19

Runs: 2

1 1b 0 W

Over 20

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Tim Southee

5/25

Commentary

Alright then, UAE came very close knocking the door of a famous victory over New Zealand, but the visitors showed why they are one of the superior side in the world. Join us for more cricketing action tomorrow, until next time, this has been Pradeep along with Abhishek, signing off. Stay safe and take care!

Tim Southee is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: Was a good game of cricket, we kind of expected that from UAE, they are a growing side and showed it tonight. Number of players playing different cricket around the world, we knew it's going to be hot and we needed to quickly adapt, couple of days training and get used to the conditions. They're a quality side, they're improving and we've seen in the ILT, youngsters coming in here and playing with freedom. There's number of moving parts, people coming and going, in these sort of conditions and surfaces similar to like in India, it's only a good thing.

Mohammad Waseem [UAE captain]: It's an honor to play against New Zealand, but didn't quite pull off a win as we were close to a victory. We have to take deep, we lost early wickets and many in the middle overs. I'm very happy with the performance today, we can take the confidence from here and try to win in the next game.

New Zealand win by 19 runs!

Aryansh Sharma - 60 (43b) | Tim Southee - 5/25
Ali Naseer - 16 (14b) | James Neesham - 2/15

UAE were in touching distance of pulling off an upset but lost their footing in the last three overs. Just like New Zealand, UAE lost a wicket in their very first ball with Muhammad Waseem getting trapped in his legs. Southee would go on to take the wicket of Vriitya Aravind in his next over as he smacked two boundaries but was able to notch only 13 runs in total.

The 47 run partnership for the third wicket allowed UAE to believe for a win as Aryansh Sharma and smacked boundaries all over the park in the powerplay. Asif Khan and Ansh Tandon played the role of the anchor nicely as Aryansh got his half-century in his debut.

Southee came back into the attack and dismissed Aayan Khan. Aryansh lost his wicket at 60 as James Neesham got his wicket. UAE were ahead of New Zealand till the 18th over. But, unlike the blitzkrieg of the away side who notched 25 runs in the final two overs, UAE could pull only 4 runs and lost the last three wickets in the process.

If it were not for Tim Southee's heroics, UAE would have pulled this win quite comfortably. The only other mistake they made was not to push hard for quick singles and couples. They kept on aiming for the boundaries and did not focus on finding the gaps in the long Dubai ground. Small margins but that is T20 cricket for you.

19.4 Kyle Jamieson to Mohammed Faraazuddin, OUT! IT'S ALL OVER! Absolute capitulation this from the UAE, a golden chance of pulling off something remarkable goes begging for them. Back of a length on the stumps, Faraazuddin swings across the line but has skied it and Southee fittingly takes a good catch at cover point.

20 needed to win off 3 now.

19.3 Kyle Jamieson to Mohammed Faraazuddin, back of a length over the off-stump, Faraazuddin has a big swing across the line and makes no connection again.

19.2 Kyle Jamieson to Zahoor Khan, bangs in the short delivery over the batter's head on the leg-stump, Zahoor has a wild swing and a miss but they steal a bye!

19.1 Kyle Jamieson to Mohammed Faraazuddin, back of a length on the middle and off, Faraazuddin walks across off-stump to ramp, gets enough bat to send it past the diving keeper, they pick up a single as Faraazuddin slips!

Kyle Jamieson [2-0-19-0] to bowl the final over.

Tim Southee's five wicket haul bails New Zealand. The man has struck in all his overs. If not for him, UAE could have dreamed for an upset.

overs

134 /9 score

runs

Zahoor Khan *

0 (1)

Mohammed Faraazuddin

2 (3)

Tim Southee

5 /25

18.6 Tim Southee to Zahoor Khan, length delivery on the leg-stump, Zahoor backed away and swings across the line, but gets the inside edge back on to the pad.

Zahoor Khan comes out to bat next.

18.5 Tim Southee to Junaid Siddique, OUT! FEATHERS IT TO THE KEEPER! Southee picks up a FIFER, what a spell from the skipper, leading from the front. Back of a length on the fourth stump, Junaid has a wild swing but takes a thinnest of edged to the keeper and has to go.

Junaid Siddique c Dane Cleaver b Tim Southee 1 (3b, 0x4s, 0x6s)

18.4 Tim Southee to Junaid Siddique, back of a length, angled in over the leg-stump. Junaid skips down the track and has a wild swing across the line and misses.

18.3 Tim Southee to Mohammed Faraazuddin, bangs in the short delivery, Faraazuddin gets rushed as he mistimes the pull past the square-leg region for one.

18.2 Tim Southee to Junaid Siddique, length delivery, Junaid backed away and gets followed and he whacked it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Junaid Siddique, RHB, comes out to bat next.

18.1 Tim Southee to Aayan Khan, OUT! MILES UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Southee strikes again and picks up his fourth wicket of the game. Length delivery on the stumps, Aayan launches it into the night sky and Seifert takes a sitter at mid-on as UAE slide further in this run chase.

Aayan Khan c Tim Seifert b Tim Southee 5 (10b, 0x4s, 0x6s)

Tim Southee [3-0-23-3] to bowl the 19th over.