Rashid misses an opportunity now! Phillips didn’t quite middle it on this occasion. Rashid keeps his eyes on the ball while running back from the 30-yard circle but ends up losing his footing right at the final moment.
Latham anticipates the slower delivery and pulls it towards backward square leg. He moves within a single off his half-century. He eventually gets to the mark with a single.
Back over the bowler’s head… Latham coming into his own. Six! That’s another, the shackles have come off. Afghanistan’s good work is coming undone. The 250 comes up with an audacious scoop from Latham. One bounce and into the boundary.
Phillips falls to a poor full toss from Naveen. Finally, a successful catch, as Rashid shows others how it is done. You’ve got to feel for him; he had had quite a few drops off his bowling today.
TWO IN THE OVER! The sticks light up as Latham looks to go for the scoop again. Santner joins Chapman.
Time for a Santner special in front of his home (IPL) crowd? Naveen bowls a slower one to cap off an excellent over. Three runs and two wickets off the 48th.
Chapman greets Azmat and his misdirected full toss with a four. It is a no ball as well, salt to the wound. The free hit though is only worth a single. With the long-off standing white, Chapman throws his bat at one and it races away to the rope. Picked up and carted over the leg-side. Bowled right in the slot, and it was meant to disappear the moment it came off the bat.
Rashid’s committed effort in the deep keeps it down to 2 off the first ball of the last over. Naveen is mixing it up well to keep the boundaries from coming. Santner ends the innings with a four. New Zealand would be happy to have rescued itself from the precarious place it once found itself in.