Cricket: Black Caps thrashed Australia in fourth place Twenty20



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Tim Seifert from Black Caps is launched by Kane Richardson from Australia. Photo / Getty

On the bright side, this transtasman series will come down to a decisive in front of a full house in Wellington.

On the negative side?

Pretty much everything to do with the embarrassing Black Caps chase, which saw them roll 106 to lose by 50 races.

“It was a bad performance on our part in the second half,” Kane Williamson said, repeating for effect: “It was a bad batting performance.”

Two conclusions to rush to in the wake of this horror show: New Zealand is gruesome in empty stadiums (they were given a gasp in an empty SCG on a day when Covid-19 first made its presence felt); and Australia, even a seriously depleted Australia, can work its way into New Zealanders’ heads like no other team.

This was Australia’s ninth victory in 13 T20I against New Zealand, eight of them have laughed. By contrast, three of New Zealand’s four victories were overwhelming.

Looking for a moderate 157, at least 15 more, but we will get to that, in a wicket that stuck more than its outward appearance suggested, the New Zealand higher order dropped anchor and the rest of the order could not break free before crash. on the rocks.

Perhaps seduced by the fact that the same urgency was not required for their pursuit as on Wednesday, Martin Guptill and Tim Seifert played pitter-pat in the power play and it had a dire knock-on effect on the rest of the order. .

If it weren’t for two serendipitous fours against Seifert versus Jhye Richardson, New Zealand’s return of the first six overs would have been even more desperate than the 25-1 they managed.

Despite the complexities of hitting a hold wicket, it was a strange and counterproductive approach from two starters chosen specifically for their ability to hit hard and long.

When Guptill (seven out of 10) gently stroked an Ashton Hagar towards the sweeper, it felt soft; When Seifert sucked 28 balls for 19 before hitting a harmless punch from Kane Richardson to his stumps, it felt like something much worse than that.

The starters’ lethargy forced Kane Williamson into a game he’s not better suited for, though he won’t enjoy video analysis of his 12 deliveries that racked up eight minute runs.

From there it got, somehow, worse. Among them, the Australian spinners: Agar, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell threw 11 overs and took 6-49. New Zealand’s top scorer was Kyle Jamieson at 30, although his overall contribution was still in debt.

Yes, this was really bad.

However, for 19 overs of this match, you would not have chosen him.

Australian Aaron Finch made up for his slow innings with a final lunge.  Photo / Photosport
Australian Aaron Finch made up for his slow innings with a final lunge. Photo / Photosport

In the first Wellington T20, the third in the series, the lack of terrain at the top meant Australia could treat the final 12 overs as “death” – that is, 72 danger balls.

That was not the case here. The death overs were brought back to a death over, singular, but it was hell.

Williamson mixed up his bowlers early. Matthew Wade left early, nothing unusual about that, although he got off to a promising start, and Josh Philippe died in the first change after the power play ended.

Both fell to the spinners: Wade to the excellent Mitchell Santner in the power play, Philippe to a long jump from Ish Sodhi. It wasn’t Ahmedabad, but it was catchy enough to suggest that Australian Agar, him 6-30 at T20 3, and Zampa, the world’s No. 5 T20 bowler, would have some fun later.

New Zealand continued to take windows down the middle and Aaron Finch, suddenly fit, remained calm for much of the innings.

However, it is a game of more than 20, the 20 was the one that counted.

Even when things seemed to be going their way, New Zealand’s inability to switch to effective defensive mode late in innings was exposed.

Jamieson has endured the kind of start to his career in T20I that stands in direct contrast to the other formats.

He was pretty good for three overs, but he was handed the ball in the twentieth. He was terribly wrong. Finch, who finished with 79 wins instead of 55, sat deep in his crease and waited for Jamieson to fail, which he did five out of six times.

Four of them walked the distance.

Oh. Damaged the cause.

However, not half of what the top hitting did.

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