On Saturday, New Zealand defeats champions Australia by 89 runs to roar into the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 and exact revenge for their loss in the final from the previous year.
When Australia were skittles for 111 in Sydney, Devon Conway carried his bat with a magnificent unbroken 92 to enable New Zealand thrash 200-3 and give Australia’s title defense a disastrous start.
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Conway’s knock, which included seven fours and two sixes off just 58 balls, helped him join a small club of World Cup players who have scored 90 runs or more. Tim Southee and Mitchell Santner each claimed three wickets.
Since 2011, New Zealand had not defeated Australia in any format at all.
It was a rematch of the 2021 final in Dubai, where Australia swept to its first championship with an eight-wicket victory. The Sydney Cricket Ground was sold out for the game.
Now that Afghanistan, England, and the qualifiers Ireland and Sri Lanka are waiting for Aaron Finch’s team in difficult Group 1, they have their job cut out for them to duplicate the accomplishment. The top two alone advance to the semifinals.
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Finch chose to put New Zealand into the batting order, and off Mitchell Starc’s first over, Finn Allen smashed two fours and a six.
Conway followed suit by smashing two blazing boundaries off Josh Hazlewood as the Black Caps amassed 29 runs off the first two overs.
The next over saw Pat Cummins get similarly punished after being taken for 17 after Adam Zampa dropped Allen.
But when Hazlewood reappeared, the young right-good hander’s fortune ran out as he raced down the crease. Hazlewood bowled him for 42 off just 16 balls.
Marcus Stoinis and Zampa’s entrance helped to stop the run flow, but Conway reached his 50 with a six off the spinner Zampa.
Glenn Phillips was dismissed by Hazlewood for 12 before Jimmy Neesham smashed a six off the last ball to reach 200.
David Warner, the 2021 tournament’s player of the year, was out for three in the second over as Southee’s delivery dragged against his stumps, giving Australia’s pursuit a terrible start.
Finch (13) smashed a huge six from Trent Boult, but he didn’t survive long and continued his awful streak by hitting Santner straight to Williamson at cover.
Similar circumstances befell Mitchell Marsh, who momentarily scored 16 runs before being caught by Neesham while attempting another slog, leaving Australia at 34-2 in the fifth over.
Glenn Phillips was dismissed by Hazlewood for 12 before Jimmy Neesham smashed a six off the last ball to reach 200.
David Warner, the 2021 tournament’s player of the year, was out for three in the second over as Southee’s delivery dragged against his stumps, giving Australia’s pursuit a terrible start.
Finch (13) smashed a huge six from Trent Boult, but he didn’t survive long and continued his awful streak by hitting Santner straight to Williamson at cover.
Similar circumstances befell Mitchell Marsh, who momentarily scored 16 runs before being caught by Neesham while attempting another slog, leaving Australia at 34-2 in the fifth over.
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