Skipper Williamson powers NZ to T20 win over England
PLAYERS TO REPRESENT TWO COUNTRIES IN T20 CRICKET
Captain Kane Williamson silenced his critics with a half century as
New Zealand defeated
England by 12 runs in the fourth match of the T20 triseries in Wellington on Tuesday, severely denting the tourists’ hopes of making the final.
Williamson top-scored with 72 from 46 balls and opener Martin Guptill contributed 65 as the Black Caps battled to a tight victory over England.
The hosts had set a target of 197, and restricted England to 184 for standing in as captain for the nine in reply. injured Eoin Morgan.
The result leaves Jos Buttler’s Williamson said it was a crucial men without a win in the series win for New Zealand, who after losses to Australia in their can seal a spot in the final of the previous two matches. triangular series with a win over Buttler put the hosts in after Australia on Friday. winning the toss, hoping an mottled-looking “There’s been a number of drop-in pitch with occasions recently when I’ve huge bald patches would prove wanted to contribute more, so it unplayable. was nice to spend some time in But the gamble backfired as the middle today,” he said. the wicket held up and New Zealand’s New Zealand’s move to shore batsmen finally hit their up the batting also paid off as stride after three straight T20 former Hong Kong international losses. Mark Chapman made a useful “The wicket obviously cameo of 20 off 13 on his New Zealand played a lot better than debut. everyone thought Brief scores: New Zealand 196-5 in 20 and produced a overs (K Williamson 72, M Guptill 65, C really good Wood 2-51, A Rashid 2-36) vs England game,” said 184-9 in 20 overs (A Hales 47, D Malan Buttler, who 59, T Boult 2-46, M Santner 2-29) was
WELLINGTON:
Player Teams (Matches) Edmond Joyce England(2)/Ireland (16) 18 Luke Ronchi Australia (3)/New Zealand (29) 32 Roelof van der Merwe South Africa (13)/Netherlands(11) 24 Dirk Nannes Netherlands(2)/Australia (15) 17 Boyd Rankin Ireland (24)/England(2) 26 Mark Chapman Hong Kong(19)/New Zealand (1) 20