| 0.1 : 0.1: Daniel Sams to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Guptill is underway with a beautiful cover drive. Sams goes searching for the movement first up and over-pitches it outside off, Martin drives it delightfully through the gap on the off side. New Zealand underway in style! |
| 2.1: Jhye Richardson to Martin Guptill, SIX! That's Guptill at his very best. A harsh welcome to Jhye. Full in length and around off, Guptill puts it away with a good flourish of his bat. Good arm extension and it flies over long off. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Jhye Richardson to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Dismissed over the bowler's head. Fullish and on middle, Guptill brings down a straight bat and smashes it down the ground for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Kane Richardson to Tim Seifert, OUT! Soft dismissal! Kane strikes immediately. Serves a back of a length ball around off, it sits in the wicket and cramps the batsman for room, Seifert jumps and tries to punch it through the line. But he mistimes it in the air and it's a simple catch for Finch at covers. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Kane Richardson to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Guptill is looking in the mood. Fuller in length and around off, Guptill gives a little shimmy and punches it over mid off. Not a big followthrough of the bat but he has nailed it. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Ashton Agar to Martin Guptill, SIX! Guptill does it again! Full and floated around off, Guptill stays leg side to this delivery and lofts it nonchalantly over long off. Not trying to hit it too hard, that's the key. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Ashton Agar to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Good timing! Agar fires it around off, a touch short in length, Guptill uses the depth of his crease and cracks it through covers. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: Adam Zampa to Martin Guptill, SIX! Audacious! Guptill is back. A shade of arrogance in this shot as he doesn't bother even seeing it. Full and floated on off, Guptill once again puts it away with the extension of his arms. Dispatched over long on. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Adam Zampa to Martin Guptill, SIX! Into the parking lot! Guptill now becomes the leading six-hitter in T20Is, goes past Rohit Sharma. Use of the feet this time by him, opts to go with the spin and smashes it over long off. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Jhye Richardson to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Williamson frees his arms! This is just delightful. Short and wide outside off, Kane goes on his toes and crashes it over point for a boundary. |
| 9.2: Ashton Agar to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Clever batting. Shows his back leg to the bowler, prompting that he would shuffle across. Agar ends up serving a full ball down the leg side and the Kiwi skipper puts it away to the fine leg fence. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Ashton Agar to Kane Williamson, SIX! Quick feet from Kane as he goes straight and long. Dances down the track to a full ball and hammers it into the sightscreen. |
| 10.5: Marcus Stoinis to Martin Guptill, SIX! Into the crowd! Back of a length ball on middle, Guptill rocks back and pulls it disdainfully over backward square leg. The way he opened up his body on that shot was amazing. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Marcus Stoinis to Martin Guptill, SIX! Dismissed from his sight! Stoinis dares to pitch it short again, this time it's around off and Guptill pulls it handsomely off his front foot. Goes the distance over wide long on. 17 from Stoinis' first. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Kane Richardson to Martin Guptill, SIX! Off the top edge! Guptill can't do anything wrong. Short and on middle, Guptill top edges his attempted pull shot and it travels all the way behind the keeper for a biggie. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Kane Richardson to Martin Guptill, SIX! Putting on a clinic, Guptill. Moves into the 80s! Kane overdoes his length this time, around off, Martin thwacks it over the bowler's head this time. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Kane Richardson to Martin Guptill, FOUR! One bounce into the fence and that's the 100-run stand on the board! A length delivery outside off, Guptill blazes it over extra cover for a cracking boundary. 38 runs in the last two overs, the Kiwis are on the march! |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Jhye Richardson to Kane Williamson, SIX! Whoosh! Williamson moves to 40! He picks the line and length early, finds it to be in his half, shuffles across slightly and smokes it over square leg. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Jhye Richardson to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Shot! Width on offer outside off, Guptill reaches out for it and carves it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Adam Zampa to Kane Williamson, SIX! Spoils a good over! Floated and full around off, Williamson walks across a bit and nails his slog sweep over mid-wicket. Maxwell comes in a bit from the boundary line, then jumps but it goes over his outstretched right hand. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Daniel Sams to Martin Guptill, OUT! Guptill holes out! Heartbreak for him! Conway remained on 99 in the last match and now Guptill falls on 97. What a knock though! He has repaid the faith shown in him by the selectors. Fuller and on off, Martin tries to nail it over long off but fails to find enough power on his shot. Stoinis makes no mistake near the rope and Guptill will have to depart. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Daniel Sams to James Neesham, SIX! Unleash the Neesh! He has the license to go after the bowlers and he has done exactly that! Back of a length delivery outside off, Jimmy fetches it from there and launches it over mid-wicket. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Daniel Sams to James Neesham, SIX! 12 from 2, Neesham is on a mission! Fuller in length and angling in, Neesham picks it off his pads and smokes it behind square leg for a maximum. A wicket in the over but it went for 14 runs as well. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Adam Zampa to James Neesham, SIX! Neesham has gone bang, bang and bang! Three balls, three sixes. Full and flighted around off, Jimmy goes down on one knee and powers it with the spin over mid-wicket. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Adam Zampa to Kane Williamson, OUT! Drags it on! Zampa dishes out a well-disguised googly, it's around off and Williamson fails to pick it. He attempts to nudge it around but gets an inside edge onto the stumps. A vital breakthrough for Australia but New Zealand won't mind it too much at this stage. A fine knock by their skipper is over. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Kane Richardson to James Neesham, SIX! Connects this time and dispatches it into the stands. Short in length and outside off, the pace is up this time, Neesham hangs back and muscles it over long on. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Kane Richardson to Glenn Phillips, SIX! Meaty blow! Richardson is on the shorter side, slower in pace, Phillips finds it in his arc and sends it out of the park at mid-wicket. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Jhye Richardson to Glenn Phillips, OUT! Bowled! Smartly bowled by Jhye. He kept on bowling wide outside off and then all of a sudden bowls it full and straight, in the line of the stumps. Phillips was frustrated with all his plays and misses and decides to invent a shot. Gets across for the paddle scoop but fails to connect. The ball though connects with the stumps and it's a big wicket for the Aussies as Glenn can get dangerous in these situations. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Jhye Richardson to James Neesham, FOUR! Neesham continues on! A full toss on off, Neesham swings it in front of square leg, Sams dives in the deep but fails to make a clean stop. It hits his hands and goes to the fence. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Kane Richardson to Devon Conway, OUT! Conway is done quickly, a rare low score for him. Short and wide outside off, Devon flashes his bat at it and it flies off the outer half to deep backward point. Adam Zampa makes no mistake in the deep. Australia doing well in the end stages. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Kane Richardson to Mitchell Santner, OUT! Santner goes first ball. Clever slower delivery, around off, Santner aims for a big shot but ends up towering it high in the air off the toe end of his bat. An easy catch for Maxwell at long on. Terrific over by Kane, 4 runs and two wickets off it. Just 10 runs in the last two overs. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Daniel Sams to James Neesham, SIX! What a shot! Neesham initially shapes up for a paddle scoop over short fine leg but then finds the line to be outside off. He immediately adjusts and spoons a full toss over short third man for a biggie. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Daniel Sams to Tim Southee, FOUR! Much-needed boundary! Full toss outside off, Southee moves closer to it and lofts it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Daniel Sams to Tim Southee, OUT! Run out! A short delivery wide outside off, Southee swings and misses. Neesham wants a bye and scoots to the other end. Wade has a shy at the striker's end but misses. Sams does well to back the throw and deflect it onto the stumps at his end. Southee is short. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Daniel Sams to James Neesham, SIX! Bang! A high full toss on middle, Neesham walks across the stumps and plunders it over fine leg for a biggie. Isn't it too high? The umpire stays unmoved. That's that then from New Zealand. They finish on 219/7! |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Tim Southee to Aaron Finch, FOUR Good length ball on middle and leg, Finch tucks it off his pads and it races past Sodhi at short fine leg. Finds the fence and Aaron opens his account. Still, a tidy first over by Southee. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Trent Boult to Matthew Wade, FOUR! Pulled and pulled well! Boult delivers a short ball on middle, Wade turns and puts it away through square leg for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Trent Boult to Matthew Wade, FOUR! This has been nailed! A length ball around off, Wade clears his front leg, hangs on the back foot and hammers it over mid-wicket. Almost went all the way, inches short of the crease. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Kyle Jamieson to Matthew Wade, FOUR! Up and over the keeper! Wade predicts the length to be on the shorter side, he jumps across the stumps and loops it over the keeper for a boundary. Also, it's a no ball for overstepping. Free Hit loading... |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Kyle Jamieson to Matthew Wade, SIX! Good execution and it's gone all the way! Short in length and outside off, Wade jumps across the stumps again and powers it over fine leg for a biggie. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Tim Southee to Matthew Wade, OUT! Caught at mid off! Southee serves a short of a length ball outside off, at 135 kph, Wade hangs back to slap it through the line and aims to clear the infield. But the ball sits up a bit onto him and he ends up handing a simple catch to Kane Williamson. 186 needed off 99 balls. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Kyle Jamieson to Josh Philippe, SIX! Off the top edge. Bad luck for the bowler. Slightly short and on off, Philippe tries to heave but gets a top edge and it goes all the way over third man. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Kyle Jamieson to Josh Philippe, SIX! Flicked away for a biggie! Just the flick of the wrists to a length ball and it has cleared the square leg field. Wow! |
| 6.3: Mitchell Santner to Josh Philippe, SIX! What a shot that is! Full and floated around middle, Philippe hops back to make room and lofts it nonchalantly over wide long off for a maximum. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Ish Sodhi to Aaron Finch, OUT! Sodhi strikes in his first over to dismiss the Aussie skipper. Smart bowling. The leggie kept on asking Finch to hit through the off side but he restrains. This time it's short and Finch decides to go across the line. Attempts for a big pull shot but fails to time it well. It goes high in the air and Glenn Phillips takes a tumbling catch at deep mid-wicket. Another flop show by Aaron. 150 needed off 72 balls. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Mitchell Santner to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Full and floated around off, Philippe goes straight down the ground and powers it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Kyle Jamieson to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Fuller and around off, Philippe lifts it over mid off and Williamson runs back. Attempts for the catch but it falls wide of him and he then fails to pull it back. 8 from the over, 133 needed at the halfway mark. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Mitchell Santner to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! No show from Big Show! Santner gets the wicket. Maxwell falls flat in the trap! Flighted and full around off, Maxwell nails his reverse sweep but cannot beat the brilliance of Sodhi at short third man. He times his jump to perfection and plucks it out of thin air. Disbelief on the face of Maxwell as he returns. |
| 11.1: Ish Sodhi to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Boom! Too full in length around off, Stoinis attacks it with all his power and drills it down the ground for a powerful boundary. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Ish Sodhi to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Sodhi fails to land this delivery and Stoinis spanks it past extra cover for a boundary. 100 up! |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Ish Sodhi to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Stoinis is off to a flying start here! Sodhi drags his length short around off, Marcus stays back and flat-bats it down the ground for a biggie at long on. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Mitchell Santner to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Boundaries are flowing at the moment! Short and wide outside off, Stoinis rocks back and whacks it through point for a boundary. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Mitchell Santner to Josh Philippe, OUT! That is a simple catch to the fielder. A fine knock by Philippe is over. Santner has two now. Floated and full around off, Philippe leans into the drive and tries to go inside-out but fails to time it well. A simple catch for Conway at deep cover. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Mitchell Santner to Ashton Agar, OUT! The move to send Agar up the order backfires. Once again Santner and Conway combine to pick up a wicket. A short delivery around off, Agar camps back to pull but it comes off the bottom half of his bat and he hits it aerially to Conway at deep cover. Australia staring down! |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Mitchell Santner to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! Third wicket in the over and the wheels are coming off for Australia. Marsh has been strangled down the leg side. Santner delivers an arm ball around leg, Mitchell tries to flick but gets a faint tickle behind. Seifert shows great reflexes to catch it and Marsh walks. 6 runs and 3 wickets in Santner's last over of the spell and it has pushed Australia deep into a corner. |
| 13.6: Trent Boult to Daniel Sams, FOUR! Terrific shot! Back of a length on off, Sams guides it towards third man where Jamieson tries to stop it but misfields and concedes a boundary. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Ish Sodhi to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Smashed! Short in length and on middle, Stoinis hangs on the back foot and pulls it with disdain over mid-wicket. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Ish Sodhi to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Gone the distance! Sodhi drags it short again, around off, Stoinis brutalizes it over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Ish Sodhi to Daniel Sams, FOUR! Put away! Sodhi bowls it too full and wide outside off, Sams reaches out and powers it over extra cover. 20 from the over, Australia still into it, 78 needed off 30 balls. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Tim Southee to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Too full in length around off, Stoinis walks across the stumps and scoops it over short fine leg. Moves to 46 off 20 balls. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Tim Southee to Daniel Sams, SIX! Sams joining the party and Australia have a little bit of momentum now. It's right in the slot, full and on middle, Sams launches it over the bowler. 150 up! |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Tim Southee to Daniel Sams, SIX! Sams showing off his skills now! Is something special on the cards here for Australia! Full and outside off, Daniel demolishes it over covers. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Tim Southee to Daniel Sams, SIX! Yet another one has gone the distance. 50 stand up in 19 balls. Slower delivery, it's picked early by Sams as he turns and smokes it into the bank at mid-wicket. 45 runs in the last two overs, 53 needed off 24 balls. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Kyle Jamieson to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Good shot! Length ball on off, Stoinis punches it through point for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Kyle Jamieson to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Terrific shot! Short delivery on off, Stoinis guides it towards third man for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Kyle Jamieson to Daniel Sams, SIX! Hammered! Slower delivery, short and around off, Sams attacks it with all his might and dismisses it behind long leg for a maximum. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Tim Southee to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Gets one away! Southee misses his line and delivers a full ball on the pads, Stoinis whips it behind square leg for a boundary. 23 needed off 9 balls. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Tim Southee to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! It's huge! Short in length and on off, Stoinis hangs on the back foot and pulls it thunderously over mid-wicket. Into the top tier. 17 needed off 8 balls. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: James Neesham to Daniel Sams, OUT! It's a WICKET! Neesham, you lucky chap! The crowd goes bananas. Crucially, it's a dot ball. Full toss on middle, Sams tries to heave it over mid-wicket but finds the fielder near the fence. Glenn Phillips hangs on to the pressure catch. 15 needed off 5 balls. Stoinis is back on strike. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: James Neesham to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! This one has gone the distance! A low full toss on middle and off, Stoinis shows the power of the Hulk. Latches onto it and dismisses it over wide long on. 9 needed off 2 balls. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: James Neesham to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! It has gone sooooo high... SOUTHEE UNDER IT! The crowd has gone bonkers. Too full and on middle, it's in the slot, Stoinis tries to hammer it over the leg side but ends up skying it behind the bowler. Southee moves across to his left from long on and hangs onto the catch. Neesham has done it. Kane is the new batsman. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: James Neesham to Jhye Richardson, FOUR! But that's not enough! Too full and wide outside off, Jhye throws his bat at it and edges it past short third man for a boundary. New Zealand win by 4 runs! |
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