World T20 2016: New Zealand v Australia – Statistical Highlights

New Zealand continued to defeat the opposition by tactics as they now defeated Australia by 8 runs at Dharmasala. New Zealand brought in only 1 pacer compared to what was their XI in previous game after electing to bat first. Despite a great start given by openers, New Zealand middle order couldn’t convert it. Late strikes by Elliot could only help NZ to post a total of 142/8 in 20 overs.

Australia also got off to a great start only till Williamson brought in spinners into the play. Australia kept losing wickets at regular stages by Maxwell and Marsh brought down the equation to 27 off last 18 balls. But tight bowling from Sodhi, McClenaghan and Anderson in last 3 overs produced a close win for New Zealand. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

Statistical Highlights – New Zealand v Australia, WT20:

0 – Number of wickets both the teams lost in their respective first 5 overs. Later NZ lost 8 wickets while Australia lost 9.

3 – For the 3rd consecutive time New Zealand have won even after scoring less than 150 while batting first in T20Is.

4 – Number of sixes Martin Guptill has hit in powerplay overs in this game. He is now only the 3rd player to hit 4 or more sixes in a WT20 game.

10 – Batting average of Steven Smith in WT20. He has scored 40 runs in 6 innings he played in WT20 so far.

13 – Runs scored by Shane Watson in this match. This is the first time since 2012 he managed to score double digits in a WT20 game. Last time he scored in double digits was 70 vs South Africa in a Super 8 game in 2012. Since then his scores were 8, 7, 4, 2, 1 and 13 including this game.

15.9 – Bowling strike rate of Mitchell McClenaghan in overall Twenty20 format. This is the 4th best among the bowlers with 100 wickets in the format.

21 – Number of sixes Ross Taylor has hit in WT20, already most by a New Zealand player in the tournament.

73 – Number of sixes Martin Guptill has hit in T20I format so far. Only 3 players have hit more than Guptill.

84 – Runs scored by New Zealand in non-powerplay overs i.e from over 7 to over 20. Interestingly, Australia also scored the same.

82.33 – Average runs scored by New Zealand’s opening pair in T20Is in 2016, the highest for any team. Next best is 43.60 by South Africa.

2000 – Colin Munro now has exactly 2000 runs in overall Twenty20 format. He took 93 innings to complete the milestone.

2010 – Last time when Australia and New Zealand faced off each other in a T20I was on February 28, 2010.