Speaking on Saturday, the teenager said: "I made it a priority, I made it very, very clear to every single person in my team that I was not going to cancel one training session or practice session for any off-court commitments. "We need a point. We're not done and it would be wrong for my attention to be anywhere else but that. My job is to get this team into a World Cup and then we can look at everything else after that. The pair were all smiles on the first tee, but the Woods expression was swiftly replaced by another grimace as he launched his opening drive and hobbled towards the fairway. But, again, his steely resolve and determination continued to confound logic, and he found himself three clear of the veteran after 10 holes before he bogeyed the next two to let Mediate back in the game. Set 167 to win in Abu Dhabi, New Zealand looked in real trouble at 107-4 in the 16th over but a brilliant 11-ball blitz from Neesham brought 27 runs, including three sixes, and even when he fell to Adil Rashid, opener Daryl Mitchell (72no from 48 balls) took over with back-to-back maximums off Chris Woakes to put the Black Caps on the brink.