New Zealand was given the opportunity to bat on a top notch surface. With three fours and two sixes, Finn Allen (32 off 19) got things going for the hosts. Bangladesh’s pace and spin both went for runs, but Conway’s aggressive hitting at the other end with 5 fours, 3 sixes kept the pressure on the entire innings.
He scored 64 off 40 balls and it was h is sixth fifty in a Twenty20 match. Martin Guptill, the player in this game, scored a reliable 34 runs off 27 balls, but it was Glenn Phillips outstanding knock of 60 runs off just 24 deliveries that helped New Zealand to exceed the 200-run mark and achieve a solid 208/5 total.
Despite Shakib al Hasan’s 70 runs off just 44 balls, Bangladesh was unable to compete with the score because it was too high. Bangladesh never gave any thought to the run chase. The other batters did little to support Shakib as Bangladesh lost wickets after the halfway point.
Although Shakib was the middle order’s only big contributor. Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar both scored 23 runs. Adam Took 3 wickets and gave only 24 runs while Tim Southee and Michael Bracewell both picked two wickets each.
Brief Scorecard : New Zealand 208/5 in 20 overs(Conway 64, Phillips 60, Saifuddin 2-37) beat Bangladesh 160/7 in 20 overs (Shakib 70, Milne 3-24) by 48 runs.
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