Brendon McCullum happy after dismantling England in the first T20 International – Cricket News
Delighted with his team’s performance in the first T20 International of the two-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s
success.
The home team, under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032, won the toss and elected to bowl first as they felt more confident about chasing the total. The Kiwi batsmen rose to the occasion and blasted the English bowling attack to all parts of the ground, posting
a massive total of 201 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets.
In reply, the home team put up a great fight but fell short of the target by five runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 amongst the runs.
While expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, the Black Caps’ captain said that picking up wickets was the only way to stop the pace of run-scoring. He was all praise for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Corey-Anderson-c1282, the left-arm seamer, who held his nerves in the
final overs.
"The only way to stem the flow of runs is to take wickets and we managed to do that. That's why I had the slip in,” McCullum said. “At the end it was a good opportunity for Corey and we had a chat and he was incredibly calm under pressure."
The skipper is also impressed by the performance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Duncan-Rutherford-c61359, the left-handed opener, who scored a smashing 62 off just 35 balls and struck half a dozen boundaries and four sixes. McCullum feels that the left-hander set the tone at the start of
the innings and made things easier for the rest of the batting line-up.
"Hamish was outstanding the way he stuck the ball, he settled the entire line up and showed you could get value for your shots," the wicketkeeper/batsman added.
The captain himself played an astonishing innings, scoring 68 runs off merely 48 balls. The last match of the series is going to be played tomorrow at the same venue, with the hosts looking to square the battle.
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