2024-02-21 19:05:02
The target was not small, 216. Australia knew that it would not be easy to chase this run and win in New Zealand. However, Ajira won the last ball with the bat of Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis and Tim David.
Tim David and Mitchell Marsh secured the victory by scoring 32 runs off the last 9 balls. Australia needed 16 runs in the last over to win. They can take 4 runs from the first three balls of the last over by Tim Southee. The last three balls were needed for 11 runs. David hit the fourth ball of Southee for a six. Then he took doubles in the second ball. 3 runs are needed to win from the last ball.
Southie tries to yorker the last ball. But the length is slightly reduced. David gets on the front foot and drives the ball out between deep midwicket and wide long-on. He hit a four on the last ball to win the match. He remained unbeaten on 31 runs off just 10 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Marsh remained unbeaten in 44 balls with 2 fours and 7 sixes. He was also the man of the match.
Before them, Head scored 25 with 3 fours and 1 six, Warner scored 32 with 1 four and 2 sixes, Maxwell scored 25 with 2 fours and 2 sixes and Inglis scored 20 runs with 1 four and 1 six.
Mitchell Santner took 2 wickets with the ball for 42 runs in 4 overs. Adam Milne and Lockie Ferguson took 1 wicket each.
Before that, New Zealand won the toss and got a big collection in stormy batting. 215 runs by losing 3 wickets.
Finn Allen and Devon Conway put on 61 runs in 5.1 overs to start the innings. Then Allen got out. However, before leaving, he scored 32 runs off 17 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.
From there, Conway and Rachin Ravindra made a partnership of 113 runs. When New Zealand’s runs were 174, Rachin returned. He played an innings of 68 runs off 35 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 194.28.
However, Conway returned with the same run. He scored 63 runs off 46 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Glenn Phillips and Mark Chapman then played a 23-ball unbroken innings of 41 runs to take the team’s total to 215. Phillips remained unbeaten on 19 off 10 balls and Chapman on 18 off 13 balls.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc dropped Allen, Pat Cummins caught Rachin and Mitchell Marsh dismissed Conway.