{"id":276898,"date":"2026-02-10T12:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/276898\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:50:15","slug":"black-caps-v-uae-result-finn-allen-tim-seifert-blast-new-zealand-to-convincing-twenty20-world-cup-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/276898\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps v UAE result: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert blast New Zealand to convincing Twenty20 World Cup victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh from a man-of-the match display in the opening win over Afghanistan<\/a> on Sunday, Seifert plundered 89 not out from 42 balls, with 12 boundaries and three sixes to move to the top of the tournament\u2019s run-scoring charts for good measure. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, after he missed out against Afghanistan 48 hours earlier, Allen walked off with an unbeaten 84 from 50 balls, with five fours and five sixes. <\/p>\n

Following Sunday\u2019s win over Afghanistan at the same venue, this win sees the Black Caps take a huge step towards advancing to the next stage, barring defeats against South Africa and Canada and other results going against them. <\/p>\n

\"BlackBlack Caps opener Finn Allen scoops the ball for six against the UAE. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n

With just a one-day turnaround between their first two matches, the Black Caps will now travel to Ahmedabad, where they\u2019ll meet the Proteas in the early hours of Sunday morning (NZ time). <\/p>\n

Despite Jacob Duffy (1-16) taking a wicket with his third ball, the UAE were positive inside the power play, and chalked up 50 runs in the first six overs. <\/p>\n

Waseem and Sharafu needed just 35 balls for their first 50 runs together, but the Black Caps bowlers were able to keep the pair from getting away on them – as the UAE crept from 50-1 after the power play to 77-1 at halfway.<\/p>\n

Sharafu took the attack to Lockie Ferguson (1-35), before reaching his 50 by launching Matt Henry (2-37) over wide long-on for a six that also raised the UAE\u2019s 100. <\/p>\n

A spectacular boundary relay catch between Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell to remove Sharafu off Santner (1-23) broke the century stand, and saw the UAE unable to build on the platform they\u2019d been set, as the Black Caps largely kept Waseem off strike. <\/p>\n

After bringing up his 50 from 37 balls in the 17th over, Waseem only faced a further eight deliveries in the innings. Even as one Glenn Phillips (1-30) over went for 27 runs, the UAE lost regular wickets at the death to finish with 173-6, having been 119-1. <\/p>\n

Defending 174, the UAE initially did well to keep the Kiwi opening pair quiet. Once Junaid Siddique entered the attack in the fourth over – which Allen and Seifert took for 22 runs – the Black Caps never looked like losing.<\/p>\n

While the UAE\u2019s openers added 50 in 36 balls, New Zealand needed only 27 – which Allen celebrated with an 87-metre six over midwicket. <\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, Seifert belted a Muhammad Rohid slower ball for a 92-metre maximum, and followed back-to-back drives for four down the ground, as the openers hammered 78 runs in the power play. <\/p>\n

\"FinnFinn Allen and Tim Seifert added a record partnership to see the Black Caps beat the UAE at the T20 World Cup in India. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

A boundary over cover off Haider Ali took Seifert to his third 50 in his last five internationals, this one coming in just 23 deliveries to better his 39-ball effort against Afghanistan. At the other end, Allen needed 27 balls to pass 50, with the only blemish on his innings being friendly fire with a straight drive that took out Seifert as the non-striker.<\/p>\n

When Seifert lofted Muhammad Arfan for a boundary back over his head, the Black Caps\u2019 target moved to less than a run-a-ball, with 11 overs remaining. <\/p>\n

Allen cleared wide long-on to not only bring up the 150-run stand, but also hit his 100th six in T20 Internationals, before Seifert put a full stop on the chase with a straight six for the pair to walk off unbeaten.<\/p>\n

UAE 173-6 (Waseem 66 not out; Henry 2-37)<\/p>\n

New Zealand 175-0 (Seifert 89 not out, Allen 84 not out)<\/p>\n

New Zealand win by 10 wickets<\/p>\n

Alex Powell<\/a> is a sports journalist for the NZ Herald. He has been a sports journalist since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh from a man-of-the match display in the opening win over Afghanistan on Sunday, Seifert plundered 89 not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[59500,95334,7022,45290,42574,40442,10542,104118,28164,38268,104117,2344,117,111,43,139,69,112569,12229,154582,64572,46001,61,49118,4719,8982,3608,377,6730,80],"class_list":["post-276898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-allen","tag-banana","tag-black","tag-blast","tag-caps","tag-convincing","tag-cup","tag-exaggerated","tag-fears","tag-finn","tag-greatly","tag-india","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-peel","tag-result","tag-seifert","tag-slip","tag-tim","tag-to","tag-twenty20","tag-uae","tag-victory","tag-were","tag-world","tag-would","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}