Left armer Doug Bollinger swept away the tail taking three for 22 and ND were left to lament a bad slipup.
''I didn't feel we were safe (at halfway)," Hobart captain Tim Paine said.
''These guys have been playing extremely well, but we thought if we could take early wickets some of them hadn't done a lot of batting in qualifying or the first game so we just wanted to put them under early pressure."
After six overs, Hobart were 29 for one but accelerated through Blizzard and Pakistan allrounder Malik.
''We thought we could have restricted them to a few less," ND captain Daniel Flynn said.
''But then we lost early wickets and were never really in the game from there."
Kane Williamson, who has hit the only century of the tournament plus two fifties, fellow opener Anton Devcich and BJ Watling had been in solid form but all missed out today.
''Obviously we'll take a few lessons out of it. They played very well but I don't think we'll look too deeply into it. We've got another game in a couple of days so will look forward to that," Flynn said.
ND's run rate also took a hit, down from + 4.5 to -1.94. They have four points from two games, while Hobart have eight from three and the Kings XI Punjab eight from two, both with superior run rates to ND.
Having played all five games so far at Raipur, ND now travel to Mohali to play the strong King XI Punjab early on Saturday.
