2024-06-18 07:08:54
New Zealand’s departure from this 12 months’s T20 World Cup has already been confirmed. After dropping to Afghanistan and West Indies, they obtained a giant win in opposition to Uganda within the third match. At the moment, Monday (June 17, 2024) night time, they’ll face Papua New Guinea within the final match of the group stage. They need to finish the World Cup by successful this match for Trent Boult who introduced his retirement from the World Cup. Then again, New Guinea desires to complete with a win. The match will begin at 8:30 PM Bangladesh time at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.
This was maybe the golden era of New Zealand cricket. The Kiwis had been essentially the most constant workforce by way of efficiency from 2015 to 2022. Throughout this time, they’ve performed semi-finals in six of the six editions of the ODI and T20 World Cup. They performed semi-finals in 2015, 2019 and 2023 ODI World Cups. After that, he performed semi-final in 2016, 2021 and 2022 T20 World Cup. They’ve performed within the finals in three of the six seasons. However sadly, the reality is that they don’t have any titles of their showcase.
This time, with the mission of successful the title, he departed from the group stage. That is the primary time since 2014 that they’ve failed to succeed in the knockout levels of a World Cup.
There’s not a single New Zealand batsman within the listing of 40 highest run scorers on this match. Glenn Phillips is at quantity 43. Who scored a complete of 58 runs in two matches. This reveals how unhealthy the Kiwis have carried out on this season.
Lots of this New Zealand workforce might not be seen within the subsequent World Cup. Trent Boult has already introduced. Kane Williamson has additionally aged. It stays to be seen how far the following era can take the Blackcaps.
In the meantime, Papua New Guinea gave hosts West Indies a scare of their first match. Their spinners bowled brilliantly in that match. Pacers bowling was spectacular. Later they misplaced to Uganda and Afghanistan. They’re able to problem New Zealand within the final match.