Lockie Ferguson (3/0) bowled probably the most economical spell in T20 historical past as New Zealand bowled out Papua New Guinea for simply 78 of their minor Group C World Cup match on Monday. Ferguson turned the second bowler in T20 historical past together with Canada captain Saad Bin Zafar to bowl maidens in every of his scheduled 4 overs whereas Zafar returned figures of 4-4-0-3 after returning 4-4-0-2.
New Zealand managed to maintain the PNG batsmen quiet and restricted them to their ends for probably the most half, ending their innings in 19.4 overs. The ball was hit for boundaries solely 4 occasions within the first half.
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Trent Boult (2/14), enjoying his final T20 World Cup match, began with two runs within the first over however Tim Southee (2/11) offered the primary breakthrough, having PNG opener Tony Ura caught at deep backward level.
Though Boult had no wicket-taking success with the brand new ball, Ferguson had PNG captain Assad Vala caught at first slip on six off his first ball.
Ferguson continued to hassle the opposition batsmen to the extent that PNG failed to attain a single run in his first three overs.
The suitable-arm pacer acquired one other breakthrough when he efficiently pinned Charles Amini (17) in entrance of the wicket for the third wicket.
Mitchell Santner (1/17) interrupted the innings of Cesc Bey (12) by having him caught at lengthy on by Finn Allen, who inspired the batsman to come back down the monitor and hit the ball however the connection was not adequate.
Having not but conceded a run, Ferguson acquired an inside edge off Chad Soper (1) and the ball clattered into the wickets as he carelessly hung his bat which then got here awkwardly off his pads.
Ferguson completed his spell with out conceding a single run and thus joined Zafar, who was the primary participant to bowl all 4 maiden overs towards Panama within the T20 World Cup Americas Area Qualifier in November 2021.
Boult returned to take his first wicket of the match, dismissing Hiri Hiri (7), whereas Southee took one other within the subsequent over, dismissing wicketkeeper-batsman Kiplin Doriga (5).
Ish Sodhi (2/29), who struggled for breakthroughs in his first three overs, wrapped up PNG's innings by taking two wickets within the closing over.
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