New Zealand versus Australia 3rd T20I: All-round Australia thrash New Zealand to stay alive in the series

-

 

Australia produced a dominating performance to defeat the hosts New Zealand in the 3rd T20I played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Wednesday.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to field first. It could have been an ideal start as Aaron Finch survived a close LBW shout. Williamson decided to review but the decision was upheld due to the umpire's call. In the next over, Trent Boult dismissed Matthew Wade with a good catch by Martin Guptill at slips.

Joshua Phillippe came to the crease and took the attack to New Zealand bowlers along with Aaron Finch. At the end of the first six overs, Australia scored 47 for 1. After the field restrictions, Finch and Philippe looked in decent touch putting pressure on the Kiwis bowlers. Ish Sodhi provided the breakthrough dismissing Philippe with a good catch by Guptill at long-on. Philippe and Finch added 83 runs for the 2nd wicket.

Glenn Maxwell joined in with Aaron Finch and made the batting look easy. Finch completed his fifty off 34 balls by hitting six off a no-ball. Maxwell showed an array of strokes making life tough for the Kiwis. Ish Sodhi struck in his final over to get rid of Australian captain Finch for well-made 69 off 44 balls. Finch and Maxwell added 64 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Maxwell was simply sensational with his innovative strokes and completed his fifty off just 25 balls. He smacked 28 runs off James Neesham in the 17th over. He continued brilliance in Southee’s over before Tim Seifert took a good low catch. Maxwell made a brilliant 70 off 31 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes. Stoinis did not face many balls when Maxwell was in a belligerent mood putting on 41 runs for the 4th wicket.

Boult and Jamieson bowled superb last 2 overs giving away just 14 runs. Thanks to Maxwell, Finch, and Philippe, Australia posted 208 for 4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 209 runs to win, Martin Guptill looked in sublime touch putting pressure on the Australian bowlers right from word go. The debutant Riley Meredith got a wicket in his first over dismissing Tim Seifert as Stoinis took a simple catch at covers. Guptill and Seifert put on 20 runs in 2 overs. Guptill made the batting look easy hitting big shots making life tough for Australian. Meredith struck again to get rid of Kiwi captain Williamson with a superb delivery. Conway came to the crease and played with intent. At the end of the first six overs, New Zealand made 59 for 2.

Adam Zampa into his 2nd over dismissed the dangerous Martin Guptill as Ashton Agar took a simple catch at long-off denting Kiwis hopes of winning. Conway and Guptill added 32 runs for the 3rd wicket. Phillips and Conway played with intent putting pressure on Australian bowlers. Ashton Agar was bought into the attack and broke the backbone of New Zealand batting dismissing Phillips, Conway, and James Neesham in the same over.

Agar then took wickets of Tim Southee, Mark Chapman, and Kyle Jamieson to end with brilliant figures of 6 for 30. Kane Richardson dismissed Ish Sodhi with a return catch as Australia registered an emphatic 64 runs win.

Australia 208 for 4 in 20 overs ( Maxwell 70, Finch 69, Phillippe 43, Sodhi 2/32) beat New Zealand 144 in 17.1 overs ( Guptill 43, Conway 38, Agar 6/30) by 64 runs.

For his figures of 6 for 30 in 4 overs, Ashton Agar was named man of the match award. New Zealand still leads the series 2-1. The fourth match will be played on 5th March on the same ground.









Maxwell and Agar ensures Australia thrash New Zealand by 64 runs in 3rd T20I 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WPL 2025 Match 1: Top 3 Performers Between RCB And GG

-
Image
  Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a historic win over Gujarat Giants in the opening match of WPL 2025 played at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara on 14 th February. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to field first. Ash Gardner’s explosive knock, Beth Mooney’s half-century, Deandra Dottin’s quickfire knock helped Gujarat Giants post 201 for 5 in their 20 overs. In reply, Ellyse Perry looked impressive with a half-century. Richa Ghosh played a blinder of a knock along with Kanika Ahuja’s brilliance helping the defending Champions RCB chase down this target easily by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare. The pitch at Vadodara was a belter with top-quality performances from both sides in the opening match of the season. Here we look at the top 3 performers in the opening match of the WPL 2025 between RCB and Gujarat Giants. 1.        Ash Gardner Gujarat Giants’ newly appointed captain Ash Gardner led from the front with the bat and ball al...
Read more

Indonesia Open 2025: Satwik/Chirag Enter Quarters, Others Crash Out

-
Image
  The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag entered the quarterfinals while other 3 Indians lost in the 2 nd round of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Jakarta on 5 th June 2025. Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past R Kjaer and Sogaard of Denmark in three games. The first game began with both pairs fighting for each point. Kjaer and Sogaard displayed great service skills. Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to make a comeback. At the mid-game break, Danish pair led 11-10. After the break, Kjaer and Sogaard played brilliant badminton winning the first game by 21-16. The second game also began well for both pairs. Satwik/Chirag made a strong comeback whenever Kjaer and Sogaard look to take the game away. At the mid-game break, Danish pair again took a 11-10 lead. After the interval, Satwik/Chirag fought back strongly to level the scores and then won it by 21-18 to force into the decider. It was a closely fought affair in the third game as both pairs fought for each point. At...
Read more

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more