New Zealand vs United Arab Emirates, 11th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, out Caught by Daryl Mitchell!! Has to be an outstanding effort in the field to break this partnership. Chapman - the man. Alishan Sharafu slogs this towards deep mid-wicket powerfully and Chapman at the edge of the boundary grabs it with a leap. He makes sure to parry the ball towards Mitchell who was the other fielder in the deep. Before he touched the cushions, he got rid of the ball and that's a fantastic tag-team effort. Alishan Sharafu walks back after playing a brilliant innings. Walks back to a standing ovation from his teammates and the crowd. Alishan Sharafu c Daryl Mitchell b Mitchell Santner 55(47) [4s-5 6s-2]

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, no run, loopy delivery outside off, spinning away from the batter, Alishan Sharafu goes for a reverse sweep and misses. The keeper was quick to dislodge the bails, but the batter's backfoot was inside the crease..

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, misfield. A rare misfield by Santner. This was slapped towards cover by Alishan Sharafu and the fielder fumbles, resulting in a single

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, advances down the wicket and slaps this shortish delivery towards long-off for one

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, no run, tad short on leg, Alishan Sharafu makes room and carves it towards point

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 117.8ks on a length and outside off, Sharafu drives behind square and Neesham tidies up. 100 stand up between the duo..

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, fuller and outside off, Sharafu drives square of the wicket and settles with a single

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, no run, charges down and has to reach for the slower ball, chops it back to Henry

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, SIX, fifty for Sharafu. He brings up in style. The entire UAE team are on their feet applauding. What a knock! Just a gentle raise of the bat to acknowledge the applause. Slower ball outside off, Sharafu shuffles across and sits down, mows the slog sweep towards cow corner and gets enough to clear the rope

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, charges down and is met by a short of length delivery, punched square and the deep point fielder tidies up

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, SIX, Ferguson was brought back for a wicket but he's going for a few runs. 140.6ks short of length delivery, Sharafu backs away and crouches low, opens the bat face and ramps it towards third man. The pace of Ferguson takes it all the way..

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, nicely done! 143ks full toss on off, Sharafu makes room and opens the bat face, uses the pace of Ferguson and slices it past short third. No stopping that..

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 145.5ks fullish delivery, Sharafu charges down and drives to sweeper cover

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, another good stop by Duffy. Slower and shorter, Sharafu slices it with open bat face to backward point and Duffy dives to his left, stops it with his left hand and keeps it to a single

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, shuffles across and has to wait for this ball, pats it gently to mid-wicket and settles with a single

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, flighted outside off, Sharafu shuffles across and sweeps to deep mid-wicket

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, fired into leg-stump, Sharafu clips it through mid-wicket and settles with a single

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, no run, tossed up on off, Sharafu pushes it to the right of Ravindra

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, no run, flighted delivery, Sharafu comes down the track and mistimes the drive to extra cover

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, slower and drifting in, Sharafu nudges it to square leg

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, no run, short of length on off, Sharafu makes room and knocks it back to Ravindra

James Neesham to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, walks down and is met by a slower delivery, turns it to the right of Neesham and calls for a quick single. Waseem had to hurry as Neesham gets around and has a shy at the striker's end

James Neesham to Alishan Sharafu, no run, off-pace delivery, Sharafu opens the bat face and guides it to backward point

James Neesham to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 126.6ks on a length and close to off, Sharafu dabs it towards short third

James Neesham to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, dismissive! Neesham is greeted with a crunching drive. Sharafu comes down the track, gives himself room and drills the drive through extra cover. It was uppish but well in the gap

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 93.1ks quicker and at the stumps, Sharafu makes room and drives to long-off

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, no run, backs away early and Santner follows him, cramps him for room and Sharafu tucks to short fine

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 80.4ks floated up on middle, Sharafu eases it to long-on

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, they are getting the boundaries regularly. Sharafu makes room and has to reach, but that works in his favor as he opens the bat face and slices it over point, no chance for the sweeper to stop that

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, 96.1ks quicker and fuller, Sharafu eases it down to long-off

Rachin Ravindra to Alishan Sharafu, no run, shortens the length and gets a bit of turn, Sharafu knocks it with soft hands to cover

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, fraction short and drifting in, Sharafu backs away and pulls to deep mid-wicket

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, slower and drifting in, Sharafu backs away and toe-ends the flat-batted hit to mid-on

Mitchell Santner to Alishan Sharafu, no run, short and at the stumps, Sharafu makes room and cracks it to extra cover

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, slower short of length delivery, Sharafu swivels and pulls to deep backward square

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, no run, that's fast and quick. 144.9ks Full and outside off, Sharafu is now late on the shot, he wanted to drive but the bat came down after the ball had gone past. It swings in late and Seifert does well to glove it

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, no run, once again Sharafu shimmies down and does not spot the off-pace delivery, he goes through with the big shot and misses. The ball beats the inside edge and dies down in front of Seifert

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, no run, shimmies down and is deceived by the slower ball, Sharafu is through the pull early and is struck on the hips, the ball rolls behind towards Seifert

Lockie Ferguson to Alishan Sharafu, 2 wides, sprays it down leg, Sharafu misses the glance and Seifert does not glove it cleanly, couple of extras

Jacob Duffy to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, back of a length around off, Sharafu plays it late and angles it to to deep backward point

Jacob Duffy to Alishan Sharafu, no run, width on offer, the length is tad fuller and Sharafu creams the drive straight to cover-point. Either side of Chapman and that would have been four more. Sharafu is looking in good touch

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, 2 runs, on a length and outside off, fraction short and Sharafu cracks it behind square, chase for third man and the duo pick up couple more

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, leg byes, FOUR, another appeal for LBW. But once again it was missing leg-stump. Sharafu looks to flick and does not make contact. The ball rolls towards mid-wicket and Neesham swoops down, collects the ball and scores a direct hit at the striker's end. Sharafu had taken a start but got back in before the direct hit. But the deflection races away through cover-point and Phillips hunts it down, but fumbles while picking up the ball, allowing the batters to scamper back for all four

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, smashed! Short of length delivery and Sharafu is quick to pounce, he transfers his weight back and uses his hands to get the elevation on the pull, nails it over mid-wicket and almost sends it the distance, one bounce and over the ropes

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, no run, fullish delivery on off, Sharafu pushes it firmly to mid-on

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, FOUR, shot! Good intent from Sharafu. He walks down the pitch, does not quite convert this into a full length delivery, but lofts through the line and back over Henry. He almost dropped-kicked that down the ground

Matt Henry to Alishan Sharafu, no run, appeal for LBW. Chat between Henry, Tim Seifert and Santner. They decide against the review. Henry even suggested to Seifert that was heading down leg. Good length ball, angled in and Sharafu misses the clip, struck on the flap of the pad. Height and the angle was the issue. Good call not to review that..

Jacob Duffy to Alishan Sharafu, 1 run, back of a length around off, Sharafu rides the bounce and steers to deep backward point