Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Short on off, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a run. 12 off this one. A decent start by the Black Caps.
Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Daryl Mitchell lofts this one over the bowler and they collect a couple before the fielder can cut the ball off this time.
Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! There was power on this shot, no enough timing, but still enough for the ball to run away to the ropes. Around middle and off, Brad Wheal hits the deck hard this time, Daryl Mitchell pumps this one past the mid on fielder for a boundary.
Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, WIDE. Short and down the leg side, DM leaves it after watching it closely. Wided.
Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Around middle and leg, the slower one, MG misses his tuck and the ball takes the pad and goes to the off side for a leg bye.
Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, In the air...safe! A touch shorter this time, around middle and leg, Martin Guptill looks to pull but mistimes it behind short fine leg. There is no one in the deep and it lands safe. Two taken.
Change. Brad Wheal is back on. Went for 13 runs in his first over.
Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Daryl Mitchell pulls this one in between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a single run.
Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, 9 off this one! On a length on off, defended out to the point region.
Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Around off, tapped to the off side now.
Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, FOUR! And again! The same delivery as the last one and Guppy dishes the same punishment! Width offered outside off, Martin Guptill smacks this through point again for a boundary.
Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, FOUR! BANG! That is what Guptill was waiting for! The width on offer is what Martin wanted and he got it! Outside off, Martin Guptill frees his arms and slaps this behind point for a boundary.
Alasdair Evans to Daryl Mitchell, A single now as this is pushed to the mid on region.
Alasdair Evans to Daryl Mitchell, On a length, around off, slower too, Daryl mistimes his shot, straight to the mid-wicket fielder.
Alasdair Evans is into the attack now.
Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Just a single off this over! A top start by Sharif. Outside off, on a length, sliced to the man at backward point again.
Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, No pace on this one, on a length around off, Martin taps this to backward point and looks for one, but is sent back.
Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Around off, slashed hard to the man at backward point.
Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Back of a length, on the pads, MG looks to tuck but misses and gets hit high on the pad.
Safyaan Sharif to Daryl Mitchell, Slightly shortish, around off, Daryl Mitchell looks to pull but gets an inside edge, back onto the pad, to the off side. They scamper through for a single.