New Zealand defeats Maharashtra with 89 runs in a practice match
The remarkable Kane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 set up an easy 86-run victory over Maharashtra at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin on the 28th of July. In a practice match against Maharashtra on Wednesday, Williamson played a quick knock of 86 runs off just 94 deliveries and took three wickets, bagging his side an 86 run victory.
The Kiwis are touring Australia these days to prepare themselves for the upcoming tri-nation series in Sri Lanka. The one day series that also features http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811.
Rohit Mutwani, the skipper of Maharashtra, after winning the toss offered New Zealand to bat first. The start of the Kiwis’ innings was not impressive at all. The opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samad-Fallah-c2423 to Kishore Bhikane. Watling’s 23 minutes stay at the crease earned him 11 runs, 8 of which came through two boundaries.
Watling’s departure brought captain Ross Taylor to the crease and in partnership with Martin Guptill, the pair played a flurry of well-timed shots to drag the score from 16 for 1 to 93 for 1. The partnership was worth 78 runs when Pardesi broke it, having the Kiwi captain caught by Harshad Khadiwale. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 scored 39 runs of 33 balls. His 57 minutes stay at the crease also included five boundaries.
Kane Williamson walked in to the crease to join Watling’s opening partner Martin Guptill. Both batsmen lofted a number of boundaries and sixes against the Maharashtra attack. Both the players built a partnership worth 80 runs for the third wicket partnership. In the meantime, opener Guptill recorded his half-century in style. Adhav earned his side a breakthrough when he clean bowled Martin Guptill and brought some normalcy to the game. He scored 87 runs from 94 deliveries that contained seven sweetly-timed boundaries along with one six.
Kane Williamson kept on playing a calm and cool knock, smashing boundaries on lose deliveries. The fourth wicket partnership between Williamson and Grant Elliot added 42 runs to the team’s total. Elliot was bowled by Gaikwad, leaving New Zealand at 216 for 4 on the board. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Grant-c60671 Elliot, who got the place in the squad after Mattew Bell’s injury, scored 17 runs of 16 balls including one boundary.
New Zealand lost its fifth wicket when Scot Styris departed after giving an edge to wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rohit-Motwani-c2363 off Jitendra Patel. The next man to lose his wicket was Hopkins who was stumped by wicketkeeper Motwani off Adhav, leaving New Zealand at 254 for 6 on the board. Jacob Oram and Kane Williamson played a partnership of 24 runs before Oram slashed Fallah to Khadiwale.
The fluent Williamson, while taking a careless single, was run out on Khadiwale’s throw. The major part of his 86 runs off 94 deliveries were scored in single and doubles as his 132 minutes stay at crease saw him hit only three boundaries. The last two wickets added another 34 runs to the scorecard, taking New Zealand to a total of 319 at the end of 50 overs. Kyle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 was the last man to go as he was bowled on the last delivery of the innings by Fallah.
Samad Fallah remained the most successful bowler for Maharashtra with 3 scalps. Jitendra Patel and Kiran Adhv shared 2 wickets each.
In reply, Maharashtra was bowled out for a paltry 233 with 3.5 overs to spare. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harshad-Khadiwale-c1539’s whirlwind 49 off just 33 deliveries. Kane Williamson was equally brilliant with the ball as he took 3 wickets, conceding runs at an economy of 3.72 per over. McKay, Oram and Southee took 2 wickets each.
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