Conway settles under this skier. Quite fittingly, he helps NZ seal the deal. NZ end their hoodoo in Australia. Possibly another cutter from Southee outside off, on a length. Cummins has a roundhouse swipe at it and can only top-edge it into the big gloves of Conway
Australia vs New Zealand, 13th Match, Group 1 at Sydney, T20 WC, Oct 22 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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9.40pm That's all she wrote for the opening game of the Super 12s. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we did bringing it to you. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Ashish Pant and Chandan Duorah. Take care and cheers.
"New Zealand last beat Australia in Australia in December 2011. They've finally followed it up, 15 matches later, with a performance that maybe makes it all worth it," as Al Muthu puts it in his report. Finn Allen's opening salvo - 42 off 16 balls - was full of explosive power and immediately put Australia on the back foot. This was why New Zealand picked him ahead of Martin Guptill. Allen's blast allowed Conway to do his thing and anchor the innings. Neesham then stuck at 200 in the end to propel his side to 200.
In the chase, Australia lost their top three in the powerplay and there would be no way back for them. Santner dovetailed beautifully with Sodhi to pin down the middle order. Top, top effort from the Black Caps to dismiss Australia for 111 in 17.1 overs. Not many gave them a chance to put it past Australia at the SCG, but they have ambushed the defending champs. Count them out at your own peril.
Devon Conway, Player of the Match: Special performance from the boys. Credit has to go to Finn [Allen], he gave the momentum for us. It's pretty special and I've seen him do time and time again. He's a young guy and he's fearless. The way Finn plays complements my game and it was a good surface to bat on. I felt timing the ball would give me the best chance for success. Victory over Australia on any occasion is a big up for us.
Good time to revisit our interview of Conway where he talks about his T20 evolution and methods against spin.
on a length and outside off, stops a bit on Cummins, check-driven down to long-off
lifter angled across off, Cummins can't touch it
Hazlewood backs away as well. Boult follows him with a full ball. Clipped away through square leg
Boult knocks over Zampa too. Zampa shuffles outside leg, aims to spank it over extra-cover. Boult shows off his knuckle ball. Brings this back in and gets it to bounce to hit the top of leg stump
Zampa jumps across off and aims a scoop over short fine leg. But Boult drags his length back and emphatically beats him
Boult castles Starc and gives him a taste of his own medicine. Nice and full, slanting into the left-hander, skidding into the left-hander. Starc can't touch it. Boult hits his target and takes NZ a step closer to victory
Starc stays leg-side of this shortish ball outside off and cracks it to deep cover
Ferguson puts it on a back of a length outside off, Starc swishes and misses in the channel
That's it from Anil Kumble today as he prepares for the Time Out show after the game. We'll be doing more of these AMA sessions with our Time Out experts during the tournament so keep sending in your questions.
Cummins backs away once again, this time he drives a single down to long-off
Cummins ventures outside leg, Ferguson chases him with a rapid yorker. Kept put
back of a length and angling into the middle of Cummins' bat. He holds his shape and clubs it into the crowd beyond midwicket
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dug in short on middle, Cummins backs away and pumps it over extra-cover. Gets enough elevation to clear the infielders
Ferguson vs his former KKR mate Cummins
full on the stumps, Cummins does not get underneath the length and gently chips it to long-on
slower short ball outside off. Starc delays the pull and hits it along the ground to deep midwicket
Bharath: "Australia should be careful here .If they lose by a big margin it may come down to NRR later on and they might regret this"
near yorker-length delivery on leg stump, hits the pad and lobs up to the off side
attempted slower ball, pushed so far wide of off. Boult has to re-bowl it
Jay: "Unless there's a remarkable turnaround, this is going to put Australia's net run rate down a coal mine. That could be important if the weather turns some expected wins into No Results. "
on-pace short ball on off stump, jabbed into the covers
attempted yorker, comes out as a full-toss outside off, which is hauled away to deep midwicket
Boult rolls out a slower cutter outside off, Cummins does not read the variation. He slogs early and misses
Chinmay: "Are Australia playing one too many power hitters or it's what t20 demands?"
Anil Kumble: As I see it, it's Smith versus Tim David in this XI … I think Tim David has done enough to warrant a place in the XI. It's just the first game of the tournament …
Over 18 • AUS 111/10