Australia sealed the series by winning the second match of the three-match T20 series against New Zealand. In response to the 174 runs given by the Aussies, New Zealand was all out for 102 runs. As a result, Australia retained the Chappell-Hadley trophy with a huge victory of 72 runs.
Today (Friday) in Auckland lost the toss and went down to bat with one ball left of the innings, Australia was all out for 174 runs. The Aussies collected this without touching anyone’s half-century milestone.
In response, New Zealand started to bat from the start. Kiwis lost 4 wickets after 29 runs. Glenn Phillips and Jos Kirkson’s partnership of 54 runs from 32 balls in the fifth wicket gave the Kiwis a slight edge.
New Zealand also lost the wicket of Adam Milne before the scorecard changed when Kirkson (10 off 13) was dismissed for 74. Fighting alone, Phillips got out for 42 off 35 balls. Besides, Trent Bould scored 16 runs off 11 balls. In the end, the hosts were bundled out for 102 runs.
Earlier, after losing the toss, opener Travis Head was 5 runs away from his half-century and was bowled by Ben Sears. This left-handed Aussie batsman played an innings of 45 runs off 22 balls. This was the Aussie’s highest individual innings collection on the day.
Besides, the second highest innings was 28 runs off 22 balls, from the bat of Pat Cummins. Skipper Mitchell Marsh scored 26 off 21 balls before being caught by Trent Boult off Mitchell Santner.
Despite keeping the Aussie batsmen under pressure, the hosts were careless in costing extra runs in this match. New Zealand bowled 13 wides in the 20 over match. In addition, he gave a total of 23 extra runs including the leg bye.
Lockie Ferguson took 4 wickets for 12 runs for New Zealand. Adam Zampa took 4 wickets with 34 runs for Australia.
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