T20 World Cup has reached the final stage with New Zealand and Australia clashing against each other to win their first ever T20 World Championship.
This is a really crucial match for both the team as they have reached here after fighting against all odds and this is an opportunity for both of them to win their first ever T20 World Cup.
Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first. Kiwis batting first managed to score 172 at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Kane Williamson played a great and crucial knock of 85 runs of 48 deliveries and helped his side reach a fighting total of 172 in the final match of T20 World Cup.
Josh Hazlewood bowled a beautiful spell for his side and grabbed 3 crucial wickets in his four over spell for just 16 runs.
Match Summary
Australia won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first. Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell came to open the innings for New Zealand.
The openers failed to gave their team a start as Josh Hazlewood gave Kiwis their first blow in the fourth over itself.
Daryl Mitchell got out after scoring 11 runs of 8 balls. Kiwis lost their hero of Semifinals early in the innings.
The Skipper Kane Williamson came into join Guptill and progress the scoreboard. Both of them joined 48 runs and helped Kiwis in the early innings.
New Zealand’s run rate in the first 10 overs was below 6 as they could only manage to score 57 runs in the first 10 overs at the loss of 1 wicket.
Australia in the very next over of Mitchell Starc lost the chance to grab the crucial wicket of Kane Williamson as Josh Hazlewood dropped his catch on the boundary lane. A mistake Aussies went on regretting by the end of the innings.
Kane Williamson then went on smashing three consecutive boundaries in the same over.
Adam Zampa gave Aussies a much needed breakthrough in the 12th over as he dismissed Martin Guptill on the score of 28 balls of 35 balls.
Glenn Phillips joined Kane Williamson who completed his half century in the 13th over.
Williamson changed the gear and started firing blazing shots and even smashed 22 runs in the 16th over of Mitchell Starc.
Phillips and Williamson joined a quick 68 partnership out of which Glenn Phillips only scored 18 runs.
Josh Hazlewood came in aid of the Aussies as he dismissed both the set batsmen in the same over. Glenn Phillips got out after scoring 18 runs of 17 balls.
Kane Williamson played a great and crucial knock of 85 runs of just 48 balls and helped his side to reach a respectable total.
Now James Neesham and Tim Seifert were on the pitch with the role of giving their team a big finish.
Both of them joined 23 runs in the last two overs and helped their side finish with 172 on the scoreboard.
Kiwis could only score 57 in the first half of the innings and then smashed 115 in the second half. They finish their innings on 172 at the loss of 4 wickets and now have provided their bowlers a fighting chance.
The contest will be really thrilling considering the batting line-up of Aussies and the Kiwis’ bowling line up.
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