18/07Result
1st T20I, New Zealand tour of Ireland at Belfast, Jul 18 2022
New Zealand won by 31 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn PhillipsNew Zealand
18/07Result
1st T20I, New Zealand tour of Ireland at Belfast, Jul 18 2022
New Zealand won by 31 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn PhillipsNew Zealand

7.30 pm So New Zealand continue their undefeated run against Ireland in this tour to start off with a 1-0 advantage in the T20Is.

Glenn Phillips has been named Player of the Match

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie: "I thought we started pretty well with the ball and had a good Powerplay. They batted well in the last 10 and set us an above par total. We wanted to hold them to 150. We had a poor Powerplay on the batting side. It got away from us in the end. We had a couple of relatively good partnerships in the middle but nothing substantial."

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner: "It wasn't easy. The composure Glenn showed to get us to a good score and then the bowlers, it was a good win. Trying to build those partnerships with the bat and get to the death phase, the Neesham innings helped us get to a good score. It was a tough wicket. We've come up against a good Irish team. If it wasn't for Glenn, we were probably looking at 140 or 150 which might not have been enough. Wickets in the Powerplay were key and for Lockie and Duffy to do that was good. The changes of pace today were outstanding. The legcutter and bumper were not easy."

That's it from us today. Come back Wednesday for the second match in this series. On behalf of Sreshth Shah, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

18.2
W
Ferguson to Young, OUT, bouncer down the leg side, Young flinches trying to get out of the way but there's a sound and an appeal upheld for caught behind down the leg side. Young takes 10 seconds before calling for DRS. Might as well since he's the last wicket. Ultraedge confirms there was glove on this. Game over. New Zealand win by 31 runs.

CA Young c †Cleaver b Ferguson 1 (12m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

18.2
1w
Ferguson to Young, 1 wide, full and tailing down leg, wide called.
18.1
1
Ferguson to Little, 1 run, full on middle, goes to drive, inside edge goes off the pads to the off side for one.

END OF OVER:
18 | 7 Runs | IRE: 140/9 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.77, RRR: 17.00)

  • Craig Young1 (3b)
  • Josh Little6 (4b)
  • Jacob Duffy3-0-22-1
  • James Neesham3-0-19-2
17.6
0
Duffy to Young, no run, yorker speared into the legs, late on a flick and the ball caroms to point. NZ goes for DRS just at the final moment. This is missing leg stump by some distance live. No way would they have reviewed this in normal circumstances. Ball-tracking shows impact is barely in line with leg stump and was missing leg stump by some distance.
17.5
1
Duffy to Little, 1 run, full on fifth stump, driven to the sweeper for one.
17.4
1
Duffy to Young, 1 run, good length ball on sixth stump, another late cut dab is played to Ferguson at deep third man for one.
17.3
1
Duffy to Little, 1 run, slower ball yorker doesn't pitch, winds up as a low full toss punched to long-off for one.
17.2
0
Duffy to Little, no run, back of a length on fifth stump, tries to repeat the shot and beaten by extra bounce.
17.1
4
Duffy to Little, FOUR, back of a length on fifth stump, guides a late cut very fine and beats third man to the rope.

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 133/9 (41 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.82, RRR: 13.66)

  • Craig Young0 (1b)
  • Josh Little0 (0b)
  • James Neesham3-0-19-2
  • Mitchell Santner4-0-36-2
16.6
0
Neesham to Young, no run, short on fifth stump, goes to cut and misses.
16.5
W
Neesham to Adair, OUT, slower ball at 105 kph lands short on the stumps, heaves a pull out to deep midwicket, Phillips takes a simple catch at waist height 10 yards in from the rope.

MR Adair c Phillips b Neesham 25 (27m 20b 3x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

16.4
0
Neesham to Adair, no run, bouncer over fifth stump, goes to pull and misses.
16.3
2
Neesham to Adair, 2 runs, yorker follows Adair backing away from leg stump, flicked out to deep midwicket for two.
16.2
W
Neesham to McCarthy, OUT, bouncer on middle, pull swirls off a top edge over short fine leg. Sodhi gets in position running back from the ring 15 yards to take a difficult but sharp catch over the shoulder.

BJ McCarthy c Sodhi b Neesham 7 (20m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 70.00

16.1
1
Neesham to Adair, 1 run, short and wide outside the guidelines, toe edges this cut into the ground behind point for one.

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | IRE: 130/7 (44 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.12, RRR: 11.00)

  • Barry McCarthy7 (9b)
  • Mark Adair22 (16b)
  • Mitchell Santner4-0-36-2
  • James Neesham2-0-16-0
15.6
0
Santner to McCarthy, no run, darted in flat and quick into the legs, misses a flick for a dot off the pads.
15.5
1
Santner to Adair, 1 run, short and wide floated with a ton of air on seventh stump, cut to the cover sweeper for one.
15.4
1
Santner to McCarthy, 1 run, full on leg stump, driven down the ground for one to long-on.

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21A BalbirniePR Stirling
2nd11PR StirlingGJ Delany
3rd1PR StirlingHT Tector
4th4C CampherHT Tector
5th32C CampherLJ Tucker
6th24GH DockrellC Campher
7th3MR AdairC Campher
8th35BJ McCarthyMR Adair
9th2CA YoungMR Adair
10th9CA YoungJB Little