Although the points of the two teams are equal in the points table, Pakistan U19 team is slightly ahead in net run rate. The match between Pakistan U19 team and New Zealand U19 team is going on in the field now. New Zealand won the toss and entered the field to bat. Pakistan have been bowling brilliantly, especially Ubaid Shah with twenty runs in six overs, sending three of New Zealand's top order batsmen to dressing room. Mohammad Zeeshan also took a wicket. New Zealand's score is currently 54/4 over 15. Pakistan is advancing a lot in the match, New Zealand needs a big partnership to turn around. I think New Zealand will be stuck below 220 runs.
NZ lost 4 early wickets today but good thing is there is unbeaten 50 runs partnership going on between Oliver Tewatiya and Lachlan Stackpole. Pakistan need to break this partnership as quickly as possible because Lachlan Stackpole is getting aggressive 42(35). Ubaid Shah got 3 early breakthrough and now its responsibility of remaining bowlers to get the wickets. U19 games are low scoring and target of 225 is not easy to chase.
Ubaid Shah active his firing mood, he took first three wickets, and what bowling, he out two batsmen with the same yorker and the wicket of Tom Jones is like a wicket that Naseem Shah picked in the 2022 Asia Cup against India on his debut match second ball, and he out KL Rahul from that ball but the difference is that Naseem Shah bowled him and here Ubaid Shah bounce more and touched to bat and goes to the keeper, but he did very good bowling, it's a dream bowling.
He picked the wickets of Tom Jones, Luke Watson, and Snehith Reddy. The all top-order destroyed by him. Pakistan is chasing this target in a style. They haven't lose any wicket.