After a very long time, the home team New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill entertained the spectators. He played great innings today by scoring 97 runs off 50 deliveries. He smashed eight maximums in his beautiful innings and six boundaries. Tim Seifert † has gone with scoring just three runs off six balls. The captain of the team Kane Williamson scored his half-century (53) off 35 deliveries. James Neesham smashed six 6s and a boundary by facing just 16 balls and scored 45 runs not out. Glenn Phillips added 8 runs t his team’s scorecard, Devon Conway 2, Mitchell Santner 0, Tim Southee 6. Kane Richardson took three wickets. Daniel Sams, Jhye Richardson and Adam Zampa these all three Australian bowlers took one wicket each.
In reply, the visitor team Australian opener Matthew Wade † scored 24 runs off 15 balls. The captain of the Australian team Aaron Finch faced 14 balls and scored 12 runs. Josh Philippe scored 45 runs off 32 balls. Glenn Maxwell 3, Ashton Agar 0, Mitchell Marsh 0, Jhye Richardson 4. Marcus Stoinis was the top runs scorer from his team with 78 runs off 37 balls. He smashed five maximums and seven boundaries in his beautiful innings. Daniel Sams faced just 15 balls and smashed 41 runs, he completed his innings with the help of four 6s and two 4s. Mitchell Santner took four wickets, James Neesham dismissed two Australian batsmen. Tim Southee and Ish Sodhi both took one wicket each.
Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first.
New Zealand team: Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.
Australia team: Aaron Finch (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Josh Philippe, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, Daniel Sams, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.
NZ vs AUS Highlights today Thursday, 2-25-2021 – 2nd T20I, Australia tour of New Zealand from University Oval, Dunedin.
Match Timings: 01:00 GMT | 14:00 Local
Umpires – Chris Gaffaney, Shaun Haig
TV Umpires – Chris Brown
Match Referee – Jeff Crowe
Reserve Umpire – Wayne Knights
Match number – T20I no. 1124
