New Zealand vs Uganda Ball by Ball Commentary - ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

5.2FOUR! New Zealand have done it inside six overs! Shorter and down leg. Devon Conway helps it down to fine leg for a boundary. THE KIWIS WIN BY 9 WICKETS.

5.1FOUR! Clean from Conway! A couple of really good shots from him! Pitched up, outside off, Conway leans and drives it through covers for a boundary.

4.6Finally the over comes to an end! Short in length and on middle, Conway tucks it to square leg for one.

4.6Wide! Fourth wide of the over! Riazat Ali Shah comes around the wicket and bangs it short on the leg side. Conway leaves and it goes over his head.

4.6Wide! Turning out to be a big over. Spills it down the leg side, Conway lets it go to the keeper.

4.6Wide! Well down the leg side, Conway leaves it alone.

4.5FOUR! Just two big hits away are the Kiwis now. Shorter and on middle, sits nicely for Devon Conway who pulls it past deep square leg for a boundary.

4.4Angles away a length ball, outside off. Conway looks to cut it away but the ball stays low and he misses.

4.3Too full and on the pads. Rachin Ravindra flicks it to deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single.

4.2OUT! TAKEN! An appeal and it is given! Finn Allen cannot believe it! This is sprayed down the leg side on a fuller length. Allen seems to miss his flick but the umpire thinks otherwise and gives it out. UltraEdge shows a big SPIKE! The third umpire thinks the bat brushed the surface and not the ball. He feels there is a gap between the bat and the ball. Oh, now the third umpire suggests the bat brushed the ball. On-field decision stays!

4.1Nice shot but for no run! Too full and around off, Allen whacks it hard but straight to the man at mid on.

4.1Wide! Starts with one well down the leg side. Allen lets it go.

3.6A single to end the over. Four runs off it. This is full and on off, Allen taps it to point for a single.

3.5Goes short on this occasion on middle, Conway pulls it to square leg and rotates the strike.

3.4Juma Miyagi goes full and on middle and leg, Conway makes room and pushes it to covers.

3.3BEATEN! Lovely nut from Miyagi! Nice seam presentation on this one, length and just outside off. Conway looks to punch it but misses.

3.2A good length delivery, outside off and nips in. Allen punches it in front of covers and calls for a quick single.

3.1A length ball, angling on the pads. Conway nudges it to square leg for a single.

2.6Hits the hard length and the ball kicks off the surface, outside off, Finn Allen sees the width on offer and throws the kitchen sink at it but connects with thin air.

2.5Conway did not know much about it there! Bangs it on a hard length and it jags back in as well, on middle, Devon Conway gets taken aback by the extra bounce and takes the bottom hand off the bat. Gets an inside edge that rolls down to short fine leg for one.

2.4At 138.1 kph, angling in, on a hard length, on off, Finn Allen opens the face of his bat and runs it down to deep third to rotate the strike.

2.3This comes back in a touch, on middle, on a length, Devon Conway reads it well and knocks it in front of point for a single.

2.2Fuller and angling across, on off, Devon Conway presses forward for the drive but miscues it off the inner half of the bat to mid on.

2.1Taken at long on but it will not matter! Kyewuta drags the length back and bowls it on off, Finn Allen goes deep in the crease and shapes up to flat bat it down the ground. Gets it off the toe-end of the bat and it goes only as far as long on where the fielder takes it. The batters cross over for one.

2.1NO BALL! On the off-stump line, on a good length, Devon Conway lets the ball come to him and drops it with soft hands in front of point for a quick single. Kyewuta has overstepped and a Free Hit will follow now.

1.6Good comeback from Miyagi, 5 dots in a row after conceding a boundary on the first ball. Serves it on a back of a length, on off, Finn Allen hangs back and punches it to point.

1.5That kept low! Offers width on off, on a back of a length, Finn Allen throws his hands at it to latch onto the width but the ball stays low and scoots under the bat.

1.4After a poor first delivery, Miyagi seems to have found his rhythm. Shaping in, on a hard length, on off and middle, Finn Allen gets right behind the line of the ball and defends it right under his eyeline.

1.3Nipping back into the right-hander off the deck, on a short of a good length, on off, Finn Allen stays back in his crease and plays it back to the bowler.

1.2Much better! Fuller and around the sixth stump line, Finn Allen covers the line of the ball and blocks it out on the off side.

1.1FOUR! Flayed away! Juma Miyagi errs in line first up and length too as this is short and wide on off, Finn Allen gets on his toes and goes after it. Hits it over backward point for his first boundary.

0.6FOUR! As classy as it gets! Angling away, on a length, on off, Devon Conway gets his weight on the front foot and lets his hands flow into the shot. Creams the drive past cover for a boundary and opens his account.

0.5First run off the bat and Finn Allen is off the mark. This is on a back of a length, outside off, Finn Allen hangs back and plays it late as he guides it wide of backward point for one.

0.4Lands it on a length, around off, Finn Allen does not move his feet much and extends his hands to knock it down to mid off.

0.3Leg bye! Half a shout for LBW but that looked to have pitched outside leg. With an upright seam, Cosmas rushes the batter on a hard length, on middle, Devon Conway is a bit tentative on the defence and gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball thuds his thigh pad and rolls wide of point for a leg bye.

0.3WIDE! Pitches it up but it swings beyond the tramline on off, Devon Conway shoulders arms.

0.2Leg bye! Shaping in again, around the pads, on a hard length, Finn Allen misses to help it away with the angle and gets it off the pads on the leg side for a leg bye.

0.2WIDE! New Zealand are underway with an extra! Starts on the wrong line as this tails back in sharply, on a nagging length, down leg, Finn Allen lets it go. The keeper puts in a dive to his left and makes the stop.

0.1Starts well does Cosmas Kyewuta! Steams in from over the wicket and hits the hard length and gets a good lift off the surface, on off, Finn Allen sways away from the line of the ball and lets it go through.