NZ VS PAK - 4th T20I, Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2024

22:32 Local Time, 09:32 GMT, 15:02 IST: An emphatic record 93-ball 139-run unbroken stand has sealed this game in New Zealand's favour. They looked to be in big trouble when they were reduced to 20 for 3, thanks to a triple wicket burst from Shaheen Shah Afridi, but that was as good as it got for the visitors. Mitchell and Phillips started cautiously, ran hard and then made sure that the bad balls weren't left unpunished. The former was dropped twice and he made Pakistan pay. Phillips got to his fifty first, his 10th in T20Is and the latter followed suit, making his 7th. Except for the two chances off Mitchell, the pair looked relatively untroubled. Pakistan's bowlers struggled to make a mark with Haris Rauf proving very expensive once again. Earlier, Rizwan's unbeaten 90 gave them a fighting chance, but it turned out to be another simple win for the hosts, who are now on the verge of a 5-0 whitewash. The two teams will be back here in a couple of day's time for the final T20I, which will be a day game. Do join us for all the action. For now, cheers and bye..

Haris Rauf to Mitchell, FOUR, New Zealand go 4-0 up - short and just outside off, Mitchell gets on top of the bounce and then hammers the pull over square leg, bounces away to the ropes

Zaman Khan to Mitchell, 1 run, slower ball around off, Mitchell mistimes the heave and the ball bounces down to long-on

Zaman Khan to Mitchell, no run, change of pace from Zaman, slower ball on off - Mitchell is early into the hoick and miscues it to mid-wicket

Zaman Khan to Mitchell, SIX, they're finishing this is a hurry - Zaman misses the yorker, Mitchell gets his left leg out of the way and then clouts bit high and wide of long-on for another maximum

Zaman Khan to Glenn Phillips, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped away past square leg for a single

Zaman Khan to Glenn Phillips, SIX, cracking shot, short and wide of off - Phillips gets onto his toes, rides the bounce and then cuts it up and over point - Wasim steadies himself and then watches it sail into the grass banks for a maximum

Zaman Khan to Mitchell, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off, pushed to backward point for a single

Zaman Khan [3.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack

Haris Rauf to Mitchell, 1 run, 15 off the over, has this over killed the contest? Was full and just outside off, driven hard into the ground and back over the bowler's head - New Zealand need run-a-ball now

Haris Rauf to Mitchell, 2 runs, slower short ball from Rauf - Mitchell swivels across and pulls it over mid-wicket, lands in the gap wide of the fielder and he's back for the second

Haris Rauf to Mitchell, FOUR, cracking shot, on a good length and at the stumps, Mitchell clears his front leg, presents the full face of the bat, high elbow and a straight bat, back over the bowler's head and bounces away to the ropes

Haris Rauf to Glenn Phillips, 1 run, full and just outside off, drilled back at the bowler who gets in the way, off his ankle and rolls down to long-off

Haris Rauf to Glenn Phillips, SIX, massive, length ball at the stumps, Phillips swivels across, picked the length early anmd then set the pull, high and deep into the stands at square leg

Haris Rauf to Mitchell, 1 run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander, a cramped Mitchell manages to pull it past square leg for a single

Haris Rauf [2.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

New Zealand need 34 off 24 balls, this should be a coast

Shaheen Afridi to Glenn Phillips, no run, the yorker from Shaheen - Phillips jams the bat down and squeezes it back at the bowler

Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell, 1 run, streaky, full and pushed across the right-hander, Mitchell went hard on the drive, lost his shape and the thick slice lobbed over backward point

Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell, SIX, smashed, back of a length and angling into the right-hander, Mitchell swivels across and then deposits the pull, high and over backward square leg for a maximum - brings up his fifty, his 7th in T20Is