Eliminated New Zealand thrash Uganda
Uganda's Bilal Hassun poses for selfies with fans after their Group C match against New Zealand at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago - AFP
Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, AFP: New Zealand thrashed Uganda by 9 wickets in a T20 World Cup Group C clash of already-eliminated teams in Trinidad on Friday. New Zealand, whose exit from the tournament was confirmed by Afghanistan’s win over Papua New Guinea on Thursday, cruised to an easy win after restricting Uganda to a paltry 40 all out off 18.4 overs, with Tim Southee taking three wickets for four runs and Trent Boult 2-7.
The Black Caps then raced to their victory target in just 5.2 overs for the loss of only one wicket. Devon Conway top-scored for the New Zealanders with an unbeaten 22 while Finn Allen went for nine runs. New Zealand’s run chase was assisted by a wayward bowling performance from Uganda, who sent down six wides and a no-ball. Player of the match Southee admitted the emphatic win was little consolation for New Zealand’s early exit from the tournament.
“Extremely disappointed to play ourselves out of the tournament,” Southee said afterwards.
“You look at the side, plenty of experience and we were not at our best in the first two games.
“We have a proud record in World Cups in the last 10 years and it has now come to an end.”
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| Uganda Ronak Patel c Conway b Snatner 02 Simon Ssesazi lbw b Boult 00 Robinson Obuya b Boult 00 Alpesh Ramjani lbw b Southee 00 Kenneth Waiswa b Ferguson 11 Riazat Ali Shah c Conway b Ravindra 02 Dinesh Nakrani c Phillips b Ravindra 04 Brian Masaba not out 03 Fred Achelam lbw b Southee 09 Juma Miyagi lbw b Southee 00 Cosmas Kyewuta c Mitchell b Santner 01 Extras (b2, lb1, w5) 08 Total (all out; 18.4 overs) 40 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ssesazi, 0.3ov), 2-1 (Obuya, 0.4ov), 3-2 (Ramjani, 3.4ov), 4-10 (Patel, 6.5ov), 5-15 (Waiswa, 7.5ov), 6-23 (Shah, 11.2ov), 7-26 (Nakrani, 13.3ov), 8-39 (Achelam, 17.3ov), 9-39 (Miyagi, 17.4ov), 10-40 (Kyewuta, 18.4ov) Bowling: Trent Boult 4-1-7-2, Tim Southee 4-1-4-3, Mitchell Santner 3.4-0-8-2, Lockie Ferguson 4-0-9-1, Rachin Ravindra 3-1-9-2 New Zealand Finn Allen c Achelam b Shah 09 Devon Conway not out 22 Rachin Ravindra not out 01 Extras (lb2, nb1, w6) 09 Total (1 wicket; 5.2 overs) 41 Did not bat: Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Allen, 4.2ov) Bowling: Cosman Kyewuta 2-0-13-0, Juma Miyagi 2.2-0-16-0, Rezal Ali Shah 1-0-10-1 |