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Those who stayed at Eden Park in the rain Thursday night were able to enjoy the first of what will surely be many international half centuries as they hit prodigy Finn Allen and another Black Caps victory.
His third international Twenty20 match against Bangladesh was cut to 10 overs per side after rain fell with the shortest interruptions from 2.30pm to 8.30pm.
That gave Allen, who was 71 of 29, and his starting teammate Martin Guptill, license to go wild from the first ball, with the series win, the team’s seventh of seven this summer, already in the bag. .
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Finn Allen is back in a big way in his early innings at Eden Park, hitting his T20 maiden half a century in fast time.
Guptill was the first to hit his straps, dropping Nasum Ahmed’s third ball for six, then depositing starter Taskin Ahmed on the upper level of the west stand and the north stand where he followed.
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He finally made 44 of 19 before Afif Hossain caught him at Mahedi Hasan’s bowling alley in the sixth over.
Allen moved to 46 of 17 at the end of that change, having come off the mark with a reverse shot of four for the second game on the trot, the first of three straight fours that were followed by him dancing down the wicket and hitting Nasum straight for six.
The 21-year-old hit his first T20 international fifty with 18 balls, knocking Rubel Hossain to the ground for four at the start of the seventh, and added another 21, including a sweep for six, before he was caught taking out Taskin. at the end.
The 18-ball milestone was the second equal with Colin Munro on Black Caps T20’s list of fastest half centuries.
He had given Bangladesh chances before that, when he skied a couple instead of getting them out of the way, but they were so high that fielders in contention for a catch didn’t get them.
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Black Caps starter Finn Allen came off the mark with a reverse hit of four for the second straight game.
The starters’ efforts had propelled the Black Caps to 141-3 of their 10 overs, with Glenn Phillips adding 14 of six and Daryl Mitchell 11 of six.
Captain Tim Southee hit twice on his first over, catching Soumya Sarkar with his own bowling pin for 10 of four and then tossing the first ball to Bangladesh captain Liton Das.
The Black Caps had sprinters Adam Milne and Lockie Ferguson together for the first time and seeing them go over 140km / h on consecutive laps was something fans would have enjoyed.
Leg pitcher Todd Astle had Mohammad Naim caught by Mark Chapman 19-for-13 in his first T20 international match for 18 months and then pitched Najmul Hossain Shanto eight-of-six, while Bangladesh limped to 37-4 after four. overs.
Astle struck again as goalkeeper Devon Conway landed a strong blow to eliminate Afif eight-of-six and for the fourth time when he knocked out Mahedi by a duck, caught by Phillips in the middle of the wicket, to finish with 4-13 of his pair of overs.
Milne and Ferguson got into the fields as well, while Southee took 3-15 before the match came to a close at 11.05pm with Bangladesh losing 76 points per 65 runs.
Black Caps v Bangladesh – third international T20
At Eden Park, Auckland: Black Caps 141-3 in 10 overs (Finn Allen 71 of 29, Martin Guptill 44 of 19) beat Bangladesh 76 with all in 9.3 overs (Todd Astle 4-13, Tim Southee 3-15) for 65 runs.
The Black Caps win the three-game series 3-0.
