49.6: Blair Tickner to Graham Hume, Bye! That's it! It's a brilliant final over from Blair Tickner and New Zealand have managed to hang on. This is bowled from 'round the wicket and it is slower and into the pitch, wide of off stump. Graham Hume looks to thrash it through covers but is beaten by the lack of pace. The batters scamper through for a bye as Tickner celebrates in style. New Zealand win by 1 run!
49.5: Blair Tickner to Josh Little, On a length, on off. Little heaves it towards long on. The fielder there fumbles a bit but manages to throw the ball back in time to keep it to just a single. 3 needed now from last ball!
49.4: Blair Tickner to Craig Young, OUT! RUN OUT! Craig Young departs and the game just keeps on turning on its head. This is slower from Blair Tickner and bowled into the pitch. Young looks to launch it over long on but mistimes it badly. The ball is skied around the vacant mid on region. The ball falls safely as the batters push for two. Martin Guptill gets across from mid off and somehow manages to throw it towards the keeper. Tom Latham fetches the wide throw and whips off the bails. The replays show that Young was short depsite the dive and New Zealand are one wicket away from victory.
49.3: Blair Tickner to Craig Young, FOUR! Glenn Phillips drops his third catch of the game! Ireland are just one boundary away now from levelling the scores. A short delivery on off. Young pulls it towards deep mid-wicket and Glenn Phillips runs to his right and dives to take the catch. He gets his hand on it but the ball does not stick and goes over the fence.
49.2: Blair Tickner to Graham Hume, Just a single! Slower length ball, around off. Hume heaves it aerially but does not get any timing. The ball falls short of long on and a single is taken.
49.1: Blair Tickner to Graham Hume, Dot to start the final over! Short and outside off. Hume looks to slash it away but misses.
48.6: Matt Henry to Graham Hume, So a single off the final delivery and now Ireland need 10 from the last over! Back of a length, around off. Hume looks to push it away towards the leg side. He, however, gets an inside edge onto his pads and the batters steal a single as the ball rolls away from the strip.
48.5: Matt Henry to Craig Young, Single! Back of a length, around off. Young looks to push it away but gets the inside edge behind square on the leg side. A single taken. 350 up for Ireland!
48.4: Matt Henry to Graham Hume, Back of a length, on leg. Hume works it towards backward square leg for a single.
48.3: Matt Henry to George Dockrell, OUT! CAUGHT! George Dockrell departs and there is another twist in the tale here! Henry lands on a length, on off. George Dockrell sees this slot delivery and looks to slam it over long on. However, he does not get the middle of his blade and ends up hitting it straight down the throat of long on. Michael Bracewell there takes a pressure catch and Ireland now need 13 runs from 9 balls!
48.2: Matt Henry to George Dockrell, George Dockrell makes room again but this time Henry bowls a short ball, outside off. George Dockrell looks to get a bat on it but misses.
48.1: Matt Henry to George Dockrell, FOUR! This will help Ireland! George Dockrell makes room and Henry follows him. He bowls it full on the pads. George Dockrell just clips it wide of short fine leg for a boundary.
47.6: Blair Tickner to George Dockrell, Another single to end the over! Bangs it short on middle. George Dockrell makes room and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single 17 needed from 12 balls, Ireland just have to keep their composure here!
47.5: Blair Tickner to Graham Hume, Back of a length, around off. Hume manages to chop it away towards covers for a single.
47.4: Blair Tickner to George Dockrell, Blair Tickner with a slower short ball, around off. George Dockrell makes room and slaps it to long on for a single.
47.3: Blair Tickner to Graham Hume, Single! Back of a length, around off. Hume guides it towards short third man and takes a quick single.
47.2: Blair Tickner to George Dockrell, On a length, on middle. George Dockrell works it wide of short fine leg and takes a single. There is a direct hit at the batter's end but the batter is well in.
47.2: Blair Tickner to George Dockrell, WIDE! Short and outside off. It is slower in pace and George Dockrell leaves it.
47.1: Blair Tickner to George Dockrell, On the shorter side on off. George Dockrell pulls it to deep mid-wicket and comes back for the second run. Glenn Phillips at the deep makes a good stop there.
49.6: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, Excellent running! Short again and over middle, Mitchell Santner pulls it away towards deep mid-wicket and races back for the second. The throw from the deep is a bit too wide and Santner is able to get the dive in and slide his bat inside the crease in time. New Zealand finish on 360/6!
49.5: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, Good fielding! Banged in short and over middle, Santner pulls it hard and in front of deep mid-wicket. Gareth Delany runs around to his right from the mid-wicket fence and saves a couple of runs for his team.
49.4: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, FOUR! Length this time, on off stump. Mitchell Santner stands tall and muscles it right back over the bowler's head for a boundary.
49.3: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, And again! Bowled into the deck and around off, Mitchell Santner is just a bit too eager to get bat on ball and is once again early in his swing.
49.2: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, Nicely bowled! Pace off from Little, bowled into the pitch and around off. Mitchell Santner looks too pull it away but is way too early in his shot.
49.1: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, FOUR! Poor delivery from Little and with that 350 comes up for New Zealand! Full and drifting down leg, Mitchell Santner just about gets a fine tickle on it. The ball runs away into the fine leg fence.
48.6: Graham Hume to Michael Bracewell, Brilliant penultimate over from the debutant, just 5 runs come off it. Full and wide again, Michael Bracewell creams it through the cover region but Curtis Campher shows excellent agility in the deep to keep it down to a couple.
48.5: Graham Hume to Mitchell Santner, A low full toss of off, this is heaved away well in front of square on the leg side for just a single.
48.4: Graham Hume to Michael Bracewell, Good stop! Full and wide again, this time Bracewell hits it firmly and to the left of the man at extra cover but Andy Balbirnie over there makes an excellent stop to keep it down to a single.
48.3: Graham Hume to Michael Bracewell, Another golden dot ball! Full again and outside off, Bracewell can't get it through the extra cover region.
48.2: Graham Hume to Mitchell Santner, Full and wide, this is thrashed away to the man at deep cover for just a single.
48.1: Graham Hume to Mitchell Santner, Perfect length, around the top of middle, Santner blocks it out.
47.6: Josh Little to Mitchell Santner, Leg bye! Length this time and sliding down leg, Santner looks to flick it away but misses. The ball goes off the pads and towards short fine leg, they get a leg bye.
47.5: Josh Little to Michael Bracewell, Back of a length, around leg stump. Bracewell works it off his hips down to fine leg for a single.
47.4: Josh Little to Glenn Phillips, OUT! TAKEN! Really well held by Curtis Campher and Glenn Phillips departs just shy of his fifty! Josh Little deliver it on a length and wide outside off, inside the tramline. Phillips reaches out and tries to slash it over the point fence. Campher charges in from the backward point fence and holds onto it. Phillips departs after a fiery knock and Little does get a wicket.
47.3: Josh Little to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! Josh Little is proving to be really expensive! Length ball on middle, Glenn Phillips thumps it right back over the bowler's head for a boundary.
47.3: Josh Little to Glenn Phillips, WIDE! Full and wide, spilled beyond the tramline outside off, wide signaled.
47.2: Josh Little to Michael Bracewell, Banged in short and over middle, Bracewell takes it on and pulls it one bounce to the fielder at deep mid-wicket for just a single.
47.2: Josh Little to Michael Bracewell, WIDE! Attempted slower yorker at the toes but it is spilled way down leg, wide called.
47.1: Josh Little to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! Back of a length and on middle, Michael Bracewell hangs back and muscles it off the splice of the bat, back past the bowler and into the fence.