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New Zealand vs England, Match 4 Match Summary

NZ vs ENG, 2018 - T20 Summary

New Zealand vs England Scorecard
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Match 4, Westpac Stadium, Wellington , Feb 13, 2018
New Zealand New Zealand
196/5 (20.0/20)
England England
184/9 (20.0/20)
New Zealand beat England by 12 runs
  • Player of the Match
    Kane Williamson
NZ 196/5
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/1058-kane-williamson-playerprofile>Kane Williamson</a>
Kane Williamson
72 (46)
  • 4x4s
  • 4x6s
  • 156.52SR
<a href=/cricket/players/1225-martin-guptill-playerprofile>Martin Guptill</a>
Martin Guptill
65 (40)
  • 6x4s
  • 3x6s
  • 162.5SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Adil Rashid
ECON 9
4
OVERS
36/2
R/W
Bowler
Mark Wood
ECON 12.75
4
OVERS
51/2
R/W
ENG 184/9
Bat Top Batsmen
<a href=/cricket/players/42488-dawid-malan-playerprofile>Dawid Malan</a>
Dawid Malan
59 (40)
  • 6x4s
  • 2x6s
  • 147.5SR
<a href=/cricket/players/1562-alex-hales-playerprofile>Alex Hales</a>
Alex Hales
47 (24)
  • 6x4s
  • 3x6s
  • 195.83SR
Bowl Top Bowlers
Bowler
Mitchell Santner
ECON 7.25
4
OVERS
29/2
R/W
Bowler
Trent Boult
ECON 11.5
4
OVERS
46/2
R/W
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That brings us to the close of this slam-bang game. England hang in the series just mathematically. Their hopes lie on the Aussies defeating the Kiwis with a good margin and then they themselves returning the hosts the favour to go through. A lot of ifs and buts are involved there. For now, we have the Trans-Tasman battle as the next one. That game starts at 1900 local time (0600 GMT) a couple of days after Valentine's Day. Hope to catch you for that game. Till then, ta ta, take care! Meanwhile, you can catch all the action of the 5th ODI between South Africa and India by switching tabs.
Jos Buttler, the losing skipper laments that they leaked 10-15 runs too many with the ball. Admits to his bowlers being largely awry yet dragging it back towards the end. Says that when Alex Hales looks good like he did at the start, the fielders don't matter and at that stage they looked good to go. About hoping for Australia to beat New Zealand for England to qualify, he states that they won't wish for anything and just let things take their own course.
The Player of the Match award is given to Kane Williamson. The New Zealand captain says that it feels good to do well against an English side that has been a force to reckon with in limited overs cricket of late. Admits to having no great clue about the ideal score on this wicket and the start provided by his batters augured well for them. About his own form, he reckons that he was a knock away from getting back among the runs and he always looked to give it his all. Iterates that the conditions were tough for fielding yet his side did well to come out on the right side of the result.
Alex Hales began well in the pursuit of the tall target. He was timing the ball crisply and bashing it brilliantly till the time he was sent back. Dawid Malan was the only other English batter who looked like posing a fight. The duo's association of 65 runs gave their side a realistic chance of gunning the score down. But then, the others failed to turn up and that turned out to be their undoing. Not sure if this is yet another batting failure for them or a bowling failure this time. Mind you, this result does hide the fact that the evening saw many catches being dropped by the Kiwis. Fortunately for them, it didn't cost them the game. Mitchell Santner was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts, varying his flight and pace, in course of picking up a couple of wickets. Their bowling attack never let the tourists off the hook in the run chase. Let's wait to hear what the presentation has for us.
Pretty one-way traffic in the end. England have been steamrolled yet again in this tri-series. In the previous games, the talks revolved around their bowling not getting a chance to come good due to their batting failures. But here, when they did bowl first, they failed to exhibit much control, so much so that they ended up conceding a mountain full of runs. That proved a bit too much in the end for their batters, who yet again fell short.
19.6
4
Trent Boult To Adil Rashid
FOUR! Speared in on the pads, Rashid just tickles it fine down the leg side and the ball races away to the fence. Counts for nothing more than reducing the DEFEAT MARGIN TO 12 RUNS! First win for New Zealand in the series.
19.5
1
Trent Boult To Mark Wood
Squeezed out through point for a single.
19.4
0
Trent Boult To Mark Wood
Full and outside off, Mark misses it.
19.3
4
Trent Boult To Mark Wood
FOUR! Streaky but that's what you get with tailenders in. Length ball angling away, Wood gives it his all but gets a thick outside edge past the keeper and into the third man fence.
19.2
1
Trent Boult To Adil Rashid
Outside off, cut away through point for one.
19.1
2
Trent Boult To Adil Rashid
The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs.
Mark Wood is the next man in. Boult is on a hat-trick and Rashid will face it.
Over 19 : 172/9
4 Runs
A. Rashid
1 (3)
D. Willey
21 (10)
T. Southee
4-0-30-1
18.6
W
Tim Southee To Adil Rashid OUT!
CURTAINS FOR WILLEY! Yorker on the stumps, Rashid digs it out. The ball rolls towards the keeper, who takes down the stumps at his end with a dive as Willey tries to get in with a dive of his own. Both the Tims seem pretty confident as the umpire takes it upstairs. First look by the TV umpire confirms the first line.
Another run out appeal taken upstairs. Seifert does well to fire a throw at the striker's end. Willey tries to get in with a dive. The end decision is to be made by the TV umpire.
18.5
1
Tim Southee To David Willey
This is around off, David charges down and takes it on the full towards mid off. Just one possible.
18.4
0
Tim Southee To David Willey
Very full on the stumps, a low full toss in fact. Hit back towards the bowler, whose leg stops the ball from going past him.
18.3
1
Tim Southee To Adil Rashid
This is hit down to long on for a single. 26 off 9 needed.
18.2
0
Tim Southee To Adil Rashid
Another yorker outside off, dug out well by Rashid for nothing.
18.2
wd
Tim Southee To Adil Rashid
WIDE! Full and spearing down the leg side. Adil misses the flick.
18.1
1
Tim Southee To David Willey
Yorker outside off, Willey squeezes it out through point on the off side for one.
Adil Rashid is the second last batter for the English. Since that was the end of the over, he won't be facing the hat-trick ball as of now.
Over 18 : 168/8
8 Runs
L. Plunkett
0 (1)
D. Willey
19 (7)
T. Boult
3-0-34-2
17.6
W
Trent Boult To Liam Plunkett OUT!
OUT! Boult is breathing fire. Two in two for him. Spears in another full and straight delivery in line of the stumps, Plunkett charges down the track in a bid to go big. Misses the ball completely to see a mess made of his stumps. The end is nigh for the visiting team. Numerically, 29 off 12 needed, with two wickets in hand.
Liam Plunkett walks in at 9.
17.5
W
Trent Boult To Chris Jordan OUT!
OUT! You miss, I hit! Boult spears this full aiming at the off stick. Jordan looks to go downtown but misses the ball. The ball doesn't miss the off stick. Boult is all charged up.
17.4
4
Trent Boult To Chris Jordan
FOUR! Swat! Banged short around middle and leg, Jordan hangs back and flat-bats it through square leg for a quadruple.
17.3
1
Trent Boult To David Willey
Full and well outside off, would have been a wide if he would have let it be. Gets it off the toe end through covers for one.
17.2
1
Trent Boult To Chris Jordan
Gets it off the inner edge towards fine leg for one.
17.1
b
Trent Boult To Chris Jordan
Fuller in length, Jordan misses the flick. The ball goes past the leg stick and Seifert behind fails to collect that. Two byes.
Trent Boult is back on. 37 off 18 needed.
Over 17 : 160/6
11 Runs
C. Jordan
1 (2)
D. Willey
18 (6)
M. Santner
4-0-29-2
16.6
1
Mitchell Santner To Chris Jordan
Another skier goes down! Jordan launches it high into the night sky, there's enough time for Southee to settle under it and pouch it at the deep mid-wicket fence. Yet he fails to hang onto that and offers Chris a reprieve. A run taken.
Full Commentary
Match Info
  • Venue Westpac Stadium, Wellington
  • Weather Clear
  • Toss England won the toss and elected to field
  • Result New Zealand beat England by 12 runs
  • Player of the Match Kane Williamson
  • Umpire Shaun Haig (NZ), Wayne Knights (NZ) and Paul Wilson (AUS)
  • Referee Javagal Srinath (IND)
Match Notes
  • Innings Break: New Zealand 196/5 in 20.0 overs
  • M Chapman dropped on 18 by S Billings in 18.3 overs
  • Referral 1 (16.6 ovs): ENG against M Chapman (LBW) Unsuccessful (ENG: 0, NZ: 1)
  • New Zealand 150/3 in 15.5 overs
  • K Williamson 8th T20I fifty: 53 runs in 34 balls (3x4) (3x6)
  • K Williamson dropped on 37 by A Rashid in 13.2 overs
  • New Zealand 100/1 in 11.1 overs
  • 2nd wkt Partnership: 52 off 34 balls between M Guptill (25) and K Williamson (27)
  • M Guptill 13th T20I fifty: 50 runs in 31 balls (5x4) (2x6)
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): New Zealand 50/1
  • New Zealand 50/1 in 5.6 overs
  • T Seifert and M Chapman makes his T20I debut for New Zealand
  • C Jordan dropped on 0 by T Southee in 16.6 overs
  • England 151/5 in 15.6 overs
  • D Willey dropped on 11 by M Santner in 15.6 overs
  • D Malan 3rd T20I fifty: 50 runs in 36 balls (6x4) (1x6)
  • England 104/3 in 11.3 overs
  • D Malan dropped on 23 by M Santner in 10.2 overs
  • 2nd wkt Partnership: 50 off 26 balls between A Hales (35) and D Malan (14)
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6): England 60/1
  • England 51/1 in 4.6 overs
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