08/11Result
4th T20I (N), England tour of New Zealand at Napier, Nov 8 2019
England won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Dawid Malan
Dawid MalanEngland
08/11Result
4th T20I (N), England tour of New Zealand at Napier, Nov 8 2019
England won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Dawid Malan
Dawid MalanEngland

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 241/3 | RR: 12.05

  • Sam Billings0 (1b)
  • Dawid Malan103 (51b)
  • Tim Southee4-0-47-1
  • Daryl Mitchell1-0-25-0

7.35pm: McLean Park may be a postage stamp, but that England innings was sent special delivery. Dawid Malan has stated his case emphatically, adding only the second T20I century by an Englishman to his already impressive record, as he and the captain Eoin Morgan ran riot during their 182-run stand. From the halfway point, they thrashed 153 from 10 overs - the third-highest in the format. Not too many special deliveries from the NZ bowlers, but Malan and Morgan exacted full toll. Can the home side make a game of it with the bat? If so, we'll have another tonkfest like this on our hands. Find out with Valkerie shortly

19.6
0
Southee to Billings, no run, banged in short, Billings carves out some fresh air and they don't run... I suppose they've already got a good few
19.5
1
Southee to Malan, 1 run, full and wide and poked through the covers for one

Sam Billings is out, Malan on strike

19.4
W
Southee to Morgan, OUT, slogs hard, comes off the toe of the bat... taken at deep extra cover! Finally come respite for Southee, as the partnership is broken with two balls of the innings to go

EJG Morgan c Mitchell b Southee 91 (59m 41b 7x4 7x6) SR: 221.95

19.3
6
Southee to Morgan, SIX, full toss, Morgan swats it away over the leg side, that's gone all the way, too! Into the 90s now
19.2
1
Southee to Malan, 1 run, pushed into the off side, they settle for one
19.1
0
Southee to Malan, no run, pitched up wide of the stumps, dug out and Southee fields in his follow through

Fair to say this innings could have gone better for NZ. Tim Southee to finish off

This is England's highest T20I partnership, and fourth-highest overall

END OF OVER:
19 | 25 Runs | ENG: 233/2 | RR: 12.26

  • Eoin Morgan85 (39b)
  • Dawid Malan101 (48b)
  • Daryl Mitchell1-0-25-0
  • Trent Boult4-0-35-0
18.6
4
Mitchell to Morgan, FOUR, full and whipped leg side, gets it wide of long-on for four more! England have surpassed their previous highest score in T20Is
18.5
6
Mitchell to Morgan, SIX, cutter outside off, Morgan goes low and pounds it up and over long-on! Brutal stuff
18.4
0
Mitchell to Morgan, no run, dug in short, Morgan swings and misses... okay on height, it seems
18.3
6
Mitchell to Morgan, SIX, length ball, swung high over the leg side! England are batting against a beach ball here, another one goes sailing into the stands!
18.2
6
Mitchell to Morgan, SIX, in the slot, Morgan gets under it... hoyed over long-off! That'll be another Dorothy
18.2
1w
Mitchell to Morgan, 1 wide, fires this one down wide
18.1
2
Mitchell to Morgan, 2 runs, full and flicked leg side and it gets away from short fine leg

Daryl Mitchell asked the bowl the 19th

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs | ENG: 208/2 | RR: 11.55

  • Dawid Malan101 (48b)
  • Eoin Morgan61 (33b)
  • Trent Boult4-0-35-0
  • Ish Sodhi3-0-49-0

That's the 150 stand between these two, as well

17.6
6
Boult to Malan, SIX, what a way to go to a hundred! Full toss, heaved into the crowd over deep midwicket! Malan has walked the walk after talking about his England ambitions, a superb innings, albeit in friendly conditions. Only the second T20I hundred by an Englishman, after Alex Hales in 2014
17.5
1
Boult to Morgan, 1 run, full on the stumps and Morgan can only plink it down to long-on

"Reasonable over in Stick Cricket, that," chuckles Duncan Ward

17.4
1lb
Boult to Malan, 1 leg bye, well bowled by Boult, gets the leg-stump yorker going and Malan wears it on the boot... heading down, though
17.3
0
Boult to Malan, no run, pitched up and drilled to cover

He's well into career-best territory here, by the way

17.2
6
Boult to Malan, SIX, pitched up and launched leg side, gets this over the rope at cow! Malan closing in on a ton
17.1
1lb
Boult to Morgan, 1 leg bye, round the wicket and fired in full, flicked leg side

Trent Boult is back, still three overs to go

Forecaster is up to 229 now

END OF OVER:
17 | 28 Runs | ENG: 193/2 | RR: 11.35

  • Dawid Malan89 (44b)
  • Eoin Morgan60 (31b)
  • Ish Sodhi3-0-49-0
  • Blair Tickner4-0-50-0

"200 coming up - as predicted by Mystic Fergie half an hour ago." Well done, Fergster

16.6
2
Sodhi to Malan, 2 runs, fired down the leg side, Malan swipes at it and doesn't get the best connection but they pick up two more

Twenty-six and counting, this over...

16.5
6
Sodhi to Malan, SIX, dollies up another leg-side sixer! Malan is plucking cherries here
16.4
4
Sodhi to Malan, FOUR, pushed through outside off, Malan reverses it away, picks the gap between backward point and short third man! NZ can't stop the bleeding here
16.3
6
Sodhi to Malan, SIX, goes again, this time lofted over wide long-off! Came down and picked the googly before spanking it into the stands

Andy C has been statsguruing: "Fourth 100 partnership for 3rd wicket for Eng in T20Is - Morgan involved in all 4!"

16.2
6
Sodhi to Malan, SIX, moves across early, swings hard to leg, melted flat into the boundary boards at deep square! Timed the pants off that!
16.1
4
Sodhi to Malan, FOUR, poor ball to start with, very wide and Malan is stretching to get his reverse-sweep away... but he does, and it runs fine for four!

Into the death overs, Ish Sodhi returns

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New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st54MJ GuptillC Munro
2nd5C MunroTL Seifert
3rd11C de GrandhommeC Munro
4th0LRPL TaylorC Munro
5th8LRPL TaylorDJ Mitchell
6th11LRPL TaylorMJ Santner
7th49TG SoutheeMJ Santner
8th6MJ SantnerIS Sodhi
9th10TA BoultIS Sodhi
10th11TA BoultBM Tickner