New Zealand vs Canada, 31st Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, 2 runs, 125.7ks low full toss outside off, Samra squeezes it past backward point and Phillips charges in, fumbles and concedes the extra run

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, fired into the blockhole, Samra jams it to the right of Neesham

James Neesham to Harsh Thaker, 1 run, slower ball down leg, Thaker helps it along to deep backward square

James Neesham to Nicholas Kirton, out Lbw!! That's an excellent change up. After a couple of slower balls, Neesham nails the yorker. Kirton was not expecting that as he shuffled across his stumps, tries to bend down and keep it out, but does not lay a bat on it. Struck low on the pad and the impact was right in front of the stumps. Easy decision for umpire Jayaraman Madanagopal. Ball-tracking shows it to be hitting the base of middle-stump. Nicholas Kirton lbw b James Neesham 2(3)

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, 1 run, slower ball outside off, Samra flays it uppishly past extra cover but Phillips tidies up in the deep

James Neesham to Nicholas Kirton, 1 run, off-pace outside off, Kirton waits and drives to sweeper cover

James Neesham to Navneet Dhaliwal, SIX, Dhaliwal launches this into the stands. Off-pace delivery, pitched right in the arc and Dhaliwal is in good form, he gets his front leg out of the way and heaves it to cow corner. 84-meter six..

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, 1 run, full toss on the pads, Samra flicks it to deep square leg and it is only a single. He missed out there..

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, low full toss around off, Samra bends down and jams it to backward point

James Neesham to Navneet Dhaliwal, 1 run, slower ball around off, Dhaliwal clears his front leg and hammers it on the bounce to long-on

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, 1 run, comes down the track, makes room and drills it straight to long-off

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, Samra keeps motoring along. Short and outside off, plenty of room and Samra does not miss out, he goes deliberately up and over the point region, beats sweeper comfortably

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, 1 run, short of length delivery, Samra pulls it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, slower ball around off, Samra mistimes the drive back to Neesham

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, shimmies down and reaches for the length delivery outside off, attempts a slash and does not connect

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, angled in and keeps a tad low, Samra stabs it back to Neesham

James Neesham to Dilpreet Bajwa, 1 run, off-pace delivery, Bajwa eases it wide of cover and rotates strike

James Neesham to Dilpreet Bajwa, no run, slower ball outside off, Bajwa has a tentative prod and is beaten on the outside edge, the ball does not carry to Seifert

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, SIX, 4, 4, 4, 6! Neesham is taken to the cleaners. Samra shimmies down and gives himself room, gets a short of length delivery and he upper cuts it over the point region. He missed out on clearing the rope a couple of times in this over but this time the ball lands beyond the rope

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Samra making the most of the last powerplay over. Neesham overcorrects the length - full pitcher around off, no half measures by Samra as he drills the drive straight back past Bajwa

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, back to back fours. This is more authoritative. Another short of length delivery, sits up nicely for Samra and he nails the pull over mid-wicket. That came right off the screws and almost goes the distance

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, FOUR, shot! He used the angle nicely there. Short and angling in, Samra gets inside the line and pulls it behind square, one bounce and over the ropes

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, 126.8ks angled in and Samra is cramped for room, blocks it back to Neesham

James Neesham to Yuvraj Samra, no run, 125.5ks back of a length around off, Samra gets behind the line and defends to the leg-side