Southee five-wicket haul leads New Zealand to win over UAE in 1st T20

Captain Tim Southee took 5-25 to spearhead New Zealand’s 19-run win over the United Arab Emirates in a Twenty20 on Thursday.

A UAE with seven gamers making their T20 debut was chasing a gettable 156 to win however collapsed after opener Aryansh Sharma was out for a game-high 60 within the fifteenth over.

The UAE misplaced its final 4 wickets for 10 runs and was all out with two balls remaining.

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Opener Tim Seifert led New Zealand’s batting with 55 of their first 60 runs, together with three sixes.

Made to bat first, New Zealand was 85-5 however obtained helpful late contributions from Jimmy Neesham with 25 off 22 balls, Cole McConchie, 31 not out off 24, and Rachin Ravindra, 21 not out off 11. They completed on 155-6.

The UAE chase began badly when captain Muhammad Waseem was out to the primary ball, leg earlier than on the again leg, by Southee. By coincidence, New Zealand misplaced a wicket to the primary ball, too, when Chad Bowes edged Junaid Siddique behind.

Sharma hit three consecutive boundaries off Ben Lister plus two extra successively off Kyle Jamieson.

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Sharma had the UAE properly above the required run fee but it surely started dropping after the twelfth over.

Then Southee returned to take out Basil Hameed at 101-5 and Neesham bagged Sharma, whose swipe made Bowes produce catch at quick additional cowl.

Sharma was out for 60 off 43, the best rating by a males’s UAE cricketer on T20 debut.

The final two T20s are this weekend.