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Ireland vs New Zealand, 1st T20I at Belfast, IRE v NZ, Jul 18 2022 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I, Belfast, July 18, 2022, New Zealand tour of Ireland
(18.2/20 ov, T:174) 142

New Zealand won by 31 runs

Player Of The Match
69* (52) & 2 catches
glenn-phillips
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Scorecard summary
New Zealand 173/8(20 overs)
4/35 (4)
2/49 (4)
Ireland 142/10(18.2 overs)
25 (20)
2/19 (3)

7.30 pm So New Zealand continue their undefeated run against Ireland in this tour to start off with a 1-0 advantage in the T20Is.

Glenn Phillips has been named Player of the Match

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie: "I thought we started pretty well with the ball and had a good Powerplay. They batted well in the last 10 and set us an above par total. We wanted to hold them to 150. We had a poor Powerplay on the batting side. It got away from us in the end. We had a couple of relatively good partnerships in the middle but nothing substantial."

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner: "It wasn't easy. The composure Glenn showed to get us to a good score and then the bowlers, it was a good win. Trying to build those partnerships with the bat and get to the death phase, the Neesham innings helped us get to a good score. It was a tough wicket. We've come up against a good Irish team. If it wasn't for Glenn, we were probably looking at 140 or 150 which might not have been enough. Wickets in the Powerplay were key and for Lockie and Duffy to do that was good. The changes of pace today were outstanding. The legcutter and bumper were not easy."

That's it from us today. Come back Wednesday for the second match in this series. On behalf of Sreshth Shah, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

18.2
W
Ferguson to Young, OUT

bouncer down the leg side, Young flinches trying to get out of the way but there's a sound and an appeal upheld for caught behind down the leg side. Young takes 10 seconds before calling for DRS. Might as well since he's the last wicket. Ultraedge confirms there was glove on this. Game over. New Zealand win by 31 runs.

Craig Young c †Cleaver b Ferguson 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 12m) SR: 25
18.2
1w
Ferguson to Young, 1 wide

full and tailing down leg, wide called.

18.1
1
Ferguson to Little, 1 run

full on middle, goes to drive, inside edge goes off the pads to the off side for one.

end of over 187 runs
IRE: 140/9CRR: 7.77 RRR: 17.00 • Need 34 from 12b
Craig Young1 (3b)
Josh Little6 (4b 1x4)
Jacob Duffy 3-0-22-1
James Neesham 3-0-19-2
17.6
Duffy to Young, no run

yorker speared into the legs, late on a flick and the ball caroms to point. NZ goes for DRS just at the final moment. This is missing leg stump by some distance live. No way would they have reviewed this in normal circumstances. Ball-tracking shows impact is barely in line with leg stump and was missing leg stump by some distance.

17.5
1
Duffy to Little, 1 run

full on fifth stump, driven to the sweeper for one.

17.4
1
Duffy to Young, 1 run

good length ball on sixth stump, another late cut dab is played to Ferguson at deep third man for one.

17.3
1
Duffy to Little, 1 run

slower ball yorker doesn't pitch, winds up as a low full toss punched to long-off for one.

17.2
Duffy to Little, no run

back of a length on fifth stump, tries to repeat the shot and beaten by extra bounce.

17.1
4
Duffy to Little, FOUR runs

back of a length on fifth stump, guides a late cut very fine and beats third man to the rope.

end of over 173 runs • 2 wickets
IRE: 133/9CRR: 7.82 RRR: 13.66 • Need 41 from 18b
Craig Young0 (1b)
Josh Little0 (0b)
James Neesham 3-0-19-2
Mitchell Santner 4-0-36-2
16.6
Neesham to Young, no run

short on fifth stump, goes to cut and misses.

16.5
W
Neesham to Adair, OUT

slower ball at 105 kph lands short on the stumps, heaves a pull out to deep midwicket, Phillips takes a simple catch at waist height 10 yards in from the rope.

Mark Adair c Phillips b Neesham 25 (20b 3x4 0x6 27m) SR: 125
16.4
Neesham to Adair, no run

bouncer over fifth stump, goes to pull and misses.

16.3
2
Neesham to Adair, 2 runs

yorker follows Adair backing away from leg stump, flicked out to deep midwicket for two.

16.2
W
Neesham to McCarthy, OUT

bouncer on middle, pull swirls off a top edge over short fine leg. Sodhi gets in position running back from the ring 15 yards to take a difficult but sharp catch over the shoulder.

Barry McCarthy c Sodhi b Neesham 7 (10b 0x4 0x6 20m) SR: 70
16.1
1
Neesham to Adair, 1 run

short and wide outside the guidelines, toe edges this cut into the ground behind point for one.

end of over 1613 runs
IRE: 130/7CRR: 8.12 RRR: 11.00 • Need 44 from 24b
Barry McCarthy7 (9b)
Mark Adair22 (16b 3x4)
Mitchell Santner 4-0-36-2
James Neesham 2-0-16-0
15.6
Santner to McCarthy, no run

darted in flat and quick into the legs, misses a flick for a dot off the pads.

15.5
1
Santner to Adair, 1 run

short and wide floated with a ton of air on seventh stump, cut to the cover sweeper for one.

15.4
1
Santner to McCarthy, 1 run

full on leg stump, driven down the ground for one to long-on.

15.3
1
Santner to Adair, 1 run

good length ball on middle, backs away to slap this into the off side for one.

15.3
5w
Santner to Adair, 5 wide

full and darted quickly into the pads and Adair steps across his stumps to let it pass and beats the keeper for five wides to the fine leg rope.

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
GD Phillips
69 runs (52)
7 fours1 six
Productive shot
pull
26 runs
4 fours1 six
Control
69%
JDS Neesham
29 runs (16)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
straight drive
6 runs
0 four1 six
Control
63%
Best performances - bowlers
LH Ferguson
O
3.2
M
0
R
14
W
4
ECO
4.2
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
1W
JB Little
O
4
M
0
R
35
W
4
ECO
8.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
TossIreland, elected to field first
Series
Season2022
Player Of The Match
Series resultNew Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 1673
Match days18 July 2022 - day (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
Win Probability
NZ 100%
NZIRE
100%50%100%NZ InningsIRE Innings

Over 19 • IRE 142/10

Craig Young c †Cleaver b Ferguson 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 12m) SR: 25
W
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