Sydney: In the first game of Super 12 stage of T20 World Cup, New Zealand won against Australia by 89 runs. After choosing to bowl first, the hosts couldn’t control the jazzing performance of New Zealand boys. Kiwis garnered 200 runs on board after unbeaten 92 runs by Devon Conway.
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Kiwis bowled out hosts for just 111 runs in 17.1 overs. Highest scorer was Glenn Maxwell with just 28 runs.
In the innings of Australia, Pat Cummings got 21 runs, while Mitchell March could only garner 16 runs and Aaron Finch got 13 runs. All the Kiwis bowlers got themselves at least one wicket each. However, Tim Southee and Michael Santner could scalp three wickets each.
Winning captain Kane Williamson shared his happiness on the win. He said, “It was one of those days, an outstanding day, the openers set the tone, lots of contributions right through the batting and that was a very good score on this pitch. The bowlers then did well and were well supported in the field. Everyone know their roles in this team, we knew about the quality of their bowling (Australia’s), took the game deep and we were very clinical in what we needed to do.”
Devon Conway – Player of the Match
After winning the game, Devon Conway was given Player of the Match. In the post-match press conference, he said, “special performance by the boys tonight. Credit has to go to Finn, how he started and got the momentum for us, pretty good performance from everyone. It (Finn’s knock) was pretty special, I have seen him do it time and time again, young guy in international cricket but he’s very explosive and fearless.”
“The way Finn plays his game complements my game and I can just bat around him. The surface was very good to bat on and I thought timing the ball would give you more success. It means a lot to us, especially here at the SCG, to beat Australia on any occasion is big, we will take this momentum into the next game,” he added.
