Conway and Ravindra lifted New Zealand to an imposing 215, but the bowlers failed to defend in Wellington
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Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu
10.36pm That was a fun, high-scoring thriller. It boiled down to the last ball, with Australia needing four off it and David did the job for Australia. Australia go 1-0 up in Wellington, with two games to go in Auckland. Brace yourselves for more big scores at Eden Park. Boult is set to return to international action there. So, plenty to look forward to at Eden Park. That's all we have for you from this game. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Alex Malcolm. Take care and good night.
Mitch Marsh is the Player of the Match for his all-round effort. "Timmy David is extremely calm and has got a lot of confidence in his ability towards the end there," he says. "We're very lucky to have him. Just a great game of cricket. Any time you chase down 216 is a great effort. We just got over the line by the sheer brilliance of Tim David. We've got the Test series starting in a week so our bowlers will likely rotate. We've also got guys like Steve Smith who will come in for a crack at some point in time."
Mitch Santner: "I thought we didn't bowl too bad. But the power they possess all the way down is the reason why they're pretty good. [215] was a pretty good score. I guess we know they keep coming with the bat. The only way to stop them is to keep taking wickets and we didn't really do that today. It was a hell of a game of cricket. We've just got to reflect and move on. When the Bison (Mitch Marsh) can mis-hit it for six it means I might have to go to the gym to get some arms like that."
Srividya : "So Australia continue to silence crowds across the world ! And they did silence a very hostile crowd tonight "
Kiran: "Good game with a view to the World Cup. I was surprised that NZ didn't give another of their bowling options a go when it was going poorly in the middle just to experiment. "
James: "The real winner tonight was cricket. The real loser tonight was the Win Predictor"
Lilifar: "That's a powerful display of batting from Tim David "
Anis: "To that CSK Fan ...now MI fans very Happy :)"
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Conway and Ravindra lifted New Zealand to an imposing 215, but the bowlers failed to defend in Wellington
Conway and Ravindra lifted New Zealand to an imposing 215, but the bowlers failed to defend in Wellington
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