- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.4 oops! That's not the highest quality cricket you'll see, but it's a wicket. Guptill can only smile. A low full toss outside leg stump and it's paddle straight to short fine leg 121/24.4 this one reaches long leg! A short-of-a-length ball, Munro goes for the pull, goes from down to up, gets a big top edge which is comfortably held 39/117.6 played on! Jordan deserved that for this over. Full outside off, Williamson walking across his crease, tries to work to the leg side, misses, the ball takes the pad into the off stump 169/413.5 what a catch! He won't last more than one ball. What a belter from Jordan from long-off. De Grandhomme goes for the big shot down the ground first ball, connects sweetly, but it starts to drop as it reaches the boundary. Jordan is right on the end, judges it to perfection, leaps and sticks up his right hand to pull off a blinder. Knew exactly where he was in relation to the rope 121/318.6 this time Billings takes it. Round the wicket, back of a length, Chapman pulls again but this time doesn't get the distance. Simple catch 181/5Extras13 (b 1, lb 5, w 7)TOTAL196/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.8)Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Colin Munro, 4.4 ov), 2-121 (Martin Guptill, 13.4 ov), 3-121 (Colin de Grandhomme, 13.5 ov), 4-169 (Kane Williamson, 17.6 ov), 5-181 (Mark Chapman, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Willey 4 0 36 0 9.00 9 4 1 0 0 MA Wood 4 0 51 2 12.75 9 5 3 3 0 CJ Jordan 4 0 34 1 8.50 10 2 2 2 0 LE Plunkett 4 0 33 0 8.25 7 1 2 2 0 AU Rashid 4 0 36 2 9.00 3 0 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 short of a length, forced on the up - and dollied to mid-on! Roy falls in single-figures again, the boom time of the MCG last month very much turned to bust. Boult takes a simple catch for his mate Southee and NZ have the breakthrough 14/18.3 drops short, Hales brings out the hammer... and sends it straight to deep midwicket! He should have put that into the bleachers again but instead plinked the ball off the toe of the bat, serving up the simplest of boundary catches 79/216.3 tossed up, takes the bait - and taken this time! Santner gets Malan, Boult darting to his right at long-on and grabbing this one to make England's task that bit harder. Just didn't get hold of the shot, but another fine knock, his third fifty in four innings 158/610.4 keep on running...! Williamson's direct hit sends Vince back! Could he have dived for the line? It was just a tip-and-run to mid-off, Williamson was on to it quickly and fired in the throw right arm, Vince seemed to think he would make it and only stretched for the line at the last moment - but he knows he was gone 95/311.6 Buttler on the charge, brutal blow... but is it holding up in the wind? Yes, it is, and it's taken safely at long-off! Looked for all the world as if Buttler had drilled another into the crowd but that's the longer part of the ground and the ball swirled and dropped, Southee readjusted and steadied himself under it, pouched with nary a flutter. Huge wicket for Sodhi, who's taken some punishment 109/414.5 gottim, top-edged to short fine leg! Brave bowling from Santner, floated up nice and juicy but wide of the stumps and he had to fetch the sweep, Billings swung impetuously across the line but only managed to lollipop the ball up towards the edge of the ring, where Sodhi flung his lanky frame forward to take the catch 129/518.6 brilliant yorker from Southee, he can only squeeze it out towards the keeper... and then another direct hit runs out Willey! Seifert, the debutant, was alert to the run, scurried up and dove full length to underarm into the poles and catch Willey short trying to steal a single! 172/917.5 timbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Full and straight, Boult pings off stump! Jordan has to swing for the hills but the bowler is bang on the money and England are running out of loose change 168/717.6 two in two, Plunkett yorked first ball! Take the catchers out of the equation... He stepped down and played all around it, Boult rattles the woodwork again and NZ are closing in relentlessly 168/8Extras6 (b 2, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL184/9 (20 Overs, RR: 9.2)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Jason Roy, 2.1 ov), 2-79 (Alex Hales, 8.3 ov), 3-95 (James Vince, 10.4 ov), 4-109 (Jos Buttler, 11.6 ov), 5-129 (Sam Billings, 14.5 ov), 6-158 (Dawid Malan, 16.3 ov), 7-168 (Chris Jordan, 17.5 ov), 8-168 (Liam Plunkett, 17.6 ov), 9-172 (David Willey, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 46 2 11.50 10 7 2 0 0 MJ Santner 4 0 29 2 7.25 11 2 1 1 0 TG Southee 4 0 30 1 7.50 10 4 0 1 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 49 2 12.25 7 3 4 0 0 C Munro 2 0 11 0 5.50 6 0 1 0 0 C de Grandhomme 2 0 15 0 7.50 3 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.20, Interval 20.20-20.40, Second Session 20.40-22.00
Match days
13 February 2018 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, England 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 4
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 31 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (MJ Guptill 25, KS Williamson 27, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 4
- KS Williamson: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 8
- Over 16.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - SB Haig, Batsman - MS Chapman (Struck down)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 196/5 in 20.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 1, TL Seifert 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 1 wicket)
- England: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (AD Hales 35, DJ Malan 14, Ex 1)
- England: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 2
- DJ Malan: 50 off 36 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- England: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 2
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