New Zealand have their one foot within the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 following a comfy victory over Eire on the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Put in to bat first, the Black Caps managed to submit 185/6 of their allotted 20 overs, due to skipper Kane Williamson who led from the entrance, smashing a outstanding half-century. Williamson scored 61 off 35 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and three sixes earlier than Joshua Little dismissed him within the penultimate over.
Other than Williamson, Finn Allen (32), Devon Conway (28), and Daryl Mitchell (31 no) chipped in with notable contributions. Little, who eliminated Williamson, went on to choose two extra scalps in consecutive deliveries to bag a hat-trick.
In reply, the Irish group may solely attain 150/9 in 20 overs, dropping the competition by 35 runs. Opener Paul Stirling high scored with 37 off 27 deliveries, together with three 4 and a most.
For the Black Caps, Lockie Ferguson bagged three wickets for 22 in his quota of 4 overs. Equally, the spin duo of Mitchell Santner (2/26) and Ish Sodhi (2/31) picked up two scalps every, whereas Tim Southee (2/29) additionally took a few wickets.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Kane Williamson turns into New Zealand’s main run scorer in Males’s T20 World Cup.
Most runs:
643* – Kane Williamson
637 – Brendon McCullum
617 – Martin Guptill
562 – Ross Taylor#T20WorldCup #NZvIRE— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) November 4, 2022
Kharismatic Kane Mama! 🧡
Hitting 🔝 kind in the direction of the enterprise finish of the Tremendous 12 group phases 🙌#NZvIRE #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/ayLcr1nsVw
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 4, 2022
Domination continues for New Zealand, third win from 4 video games within the T20 World Cup 2022.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 4, 2022
Skipper Kane Williamson named Participant of the Match at @TheAdelaideOval after his 61 from 35 balls in opposition to @cricketireland. #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Xm7U8L7HKn
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) November 4, 2022
Second to savour for Josh Little who introduced himself final yr on the T20 World Cup to a wider viewers. And now, has proven that his good evaluations weren’t misplaced! #Hattrick
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 4, 2022
I want to thank all of Kane Williamson’s critics for baiting him into an innings of 61(35).
A repeat dose within the coming few days can be welcome.
— Michael Appleton (@michelappleton) November 4, 2022
Hopefully this implies we by no means have to speak about Kane Williamson’s SR ever once more. #NZvIRE
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) November 4, 2022
JOSH LITTLE, HUGE HAT-TRICK yew 🔥 #NZvIRE #T20WorldCup
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) November 4, 2022
New Zealand 🔥 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/APxZWd9CKD
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) November 4, 2022
NZ have been effectively on their strategy to a rating of over 200, however Josh Little put a cease to that along with his 3-22 ☘️
NZ finish on 185-6 with captain Kane, top-scoring with 61#T20WorldCup #NZvIRE pic.twitter.com/HdY0TdGtPD
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) November 4, 2022
All the time feels particular when one in every of your favorite gamers play such knock particularly throughout his unhealthy patch
Effectively performed Kane Williamson 🤎#NZvIRE#T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/X0CVAUI8Ik— 🐐 (@FOREVER_VK_FAN) November 4, 2022