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Harry Brook scored 78 runs. For this he received the Player of the Match award.
England defeated New Zealand by 65 runs in the second T20. With this the team took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Batting first in Christchurch on Monday, England scored 236 runs losing 4 wickets. Whereas New Zealand was all out for 171 runs in 18 overs.
From England, Phil Salt scored 85 runs on 56 balls and captain Harry Brook scored 78 runs on 35 balls. In bowling, leg spinner Adil Rashid took 4 wickets for 32 runs. The third T20 match of the series will be played in Auckland on 23 October. The first T20 was inconclusive due to rain.
Butler was out in the second over New Zealand won the toss and chose bowling in the Hagley over. England lost the wicket of wicketkeeper Jos Buttler in the very second over. He could score only 4 runs on 3 balls. Jacob Bethel, who came at number-3, then along with Phil Salt took the team beyond 50 runs. Bethel scored 24 runs from 12 balls.
England scored a fifty in the powerplay itself.
Brook-Salt reached near 200 Captain Harry Brook, who came at number-4, along with Phil Salt, took the team close to 200. Brook was out after scoring 78 runs on 35 balls. He hit 6 fours and 5 sixes. Right after him, Salt was also out after scoring 85 runs on 56 balls. He hit 11 fours and 1 six.
In the end, Sam Curran scored 8 runs on 3 balls and Tom Banton scored 29 runs on 12 balls, taking the team to 236 runs. Kyle Jamieson took 2 wickets from New Zealand. Jacob Duffy and Michael Bracewell got 1-1 wicket.
Phil Salt scored 85 runs.
New Zealand’s bad start The New Zealand team, which set out to chase the target of 237 runs, had a bad start. The team lost 2 wickets for 18 runs only. Tim Robinson was out after scoring 7 runs and Rachin Ravindra scored 8 runs. Tim Seifert along with Mark Chapman took the team close to 100 runs. Chapman was out after scoring 28 runs and Seifert was out after scoring 39 runs.
Neesham-Santner crossed 150 Daryl Mitchell was out after scoring only 9 runs and Michael Bracewell after scoring only 2 runs. The team lost 6 wickets for 104 runs. From here James Neesham scored 17 runs and captain Mitchell Santner scored 36 runs to take the team beyond 150. In the end, Jacob Duffy was out after scoring 1 and Matt Henry after scoring 8 runs. With this the team was reduced to 171 runs.
For England, leg spinner Adil Rashid took 4 wickets for 32 runs. Liam Dawson took 2 wickets for 38 runs. Brayden Carse and Luke Wood also got 2-2 wickets. Harry Brook received the Player of the Match award.
Adil Rashid took 4 wickets.
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