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khelja|20-10-2025
A spectacular victory for England. (Photo- Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)
The second match of the three-match T20 series between England and New Zealand was played on the Christchurch grounds.
In this match, cricket fans got to see rain of fours and sixes and England managed to achieve a strong victory. With this, England took a 1-0 lead in this series. In this match, stormy innings were seen from Phil Salt and Harry Brook, who played an important role in helping the team win.England put a big total on the board
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first, which proved wrong. Batting first, the England team scored 236 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. During this, opener Phil Salt played a brilliant innings.
He scored 85 runs in 56 balls, which included 11 fours and 1 six. At the same time, captain Harry Brook scored 78 runs in just 35 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from these, Tom Banton contributed 29 runs and Jacob Bethel contributed 24 runs.On the other hand, all the bowlers of New Zealand proved to be expensive. Kyle Jamieson took maximum 2 wickets, but he spent 47 runs. At the same time, Jacob Duffy and Michael Bracewell made 1-1 batsman their victims. But these bowlers also spent runs with an economy of more than 10.
New Zealand team collapsed in 18 overs
In response to the target of 237 runs, the New Zealand team could score only 171 runs in 18 overs and were all out.
During this period, Tim Seifert scored the maximum 39 runs. Mitchell Santner also contributed 36 runs. Apart from these, no batsman could touch the 30 run mark. Mark Chapman could also score only 28 runs. The special thing is that both these teams together scored 407 runs in this match, which is also the record for the most runs in a T20 match between these teams.If we talk about England's bowlers, Adil Rashid was the most successful bowler. Adil Rashid took 4 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.
At the same time, Luke Wood, Brayden Carse and Liam Dawson took 2-2 wickets.
