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Ireland vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I at Belfast, IRE v NZ, Jul 20 2022 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd T20I, Belfast, July 20, 2022, New Zealand tour of Ireland
(13.5/20 ov, T:180) 91

New Zealand won by 88 runs

Player Of The Match
78* (55)
dane-cleaver
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Scorecard summary
New Zealand 179/4(20 overs)
78* (55)
2/31 (4)
35 (20)
2/34 (4)
Ireland 91/10(13.5 overs)
27 (22)
3/21 (3)

6.52 pm A sorry effort from Ireland. The visitors nearly double them up in the end. It means that New Zealand has taken the series with a match to spare. Cleaver sets up the win with a half-century, Sodhi wipes out the middle order before Bracewell's extraordinary tour of Ireland continues now with a hat-trick after his heroics in the ODIs.

Player of the Match is Dane Cleaver: "Pretty special day and obviously contributing to a good win for the country, pretty happy. The wicket offered a little bit of variation so it probably wasn't my most fluent innings but you try to stick to your options so it paid off. Very special to have my family here. It's a beautiful island and they're enjoying it. Wanted nothing more than playing for my country with my entire life so it's great to contribute to a win."

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie: "Sometimes you can have days like that with the bat. When you're 50-odd for 7 chasing 170, you're never really in the game. [The pitch] played similar throughout the whole game so we as batters have to take responsibility that this isn't good enough in international cricket. We've got one more crack at them and we'll see how we go."

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner: "The wicket looked a little better in the first innings but it was a bit up and down. The way Dane paced that innings was good and then our bowlers did well. There's not a lot that [Bracewell] can't do at the moment so I thought I'd get him in there. We're pretty happy with the win today."

That's it for today's coverage. Come back on Friday for the final match in this T20I series. On behalf of Sreshth Shah, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

13.5
W
Michael Bracewell to Young, OUT

It's a hat-trick for Bracewell as Young slices a simple catch to backward point! Having his first bowl in T20Is, he takes three in his first five balls to end the match! Young could have left this alone. It was floated full on sixth stump, but he tries to attack and instead skews this fluttering comfortably to Sodhi on the ring.

Craig Young c Sodhi b Bracewell 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0

Slip comes into place for the hat-trick ball to be faced by Young.

13.4
W
Michael Bracewell to McCarthy, OUT

length ball on fourth stump, another big heave toward the leg side, another basic catch at chest height five yards inside the rope. Bracewell is on a hat-trick.

Barry McCarthy c Phillips b Bracewell 11 (8b 2x4 0x6 17m) SR: 137.5
13.3
W
Michael Bracewell to Adair, OUT

charges a full ball on middle, flicked high in the air toward deep midwicket, simple catch at chest height five yards in from the rope.

Mark Adair c Phillips b Bracewell 27 (22b 4x4 1x6 22m) SR: 122.72
13.2
1
Michael Bracewell to McCarthy, 1 run

good length on fourth stump, swats this to long-on for one.

13.1
4
Michael Bracewell to McCarthy, FOUR runs

flighted full on fifth stump, McCarthy slog sweeps this over midwicket to the rope.

Bracewell enters around the stumps for his offspin.

end of over 1310 runs
IRE: 86/7CRR: 6.61 RRR: 13.42 • Need 94 from 42b
Mark Adair27 (21b 4x4 1x6)
Barry McCarthy6 (5b 1x4)
James Neesham 1-0-10-0
Ish Sodhi 3-0-21-3
12.6
4
Neesham to Adair, FOUR runs

short on fourth stump, pulls this to Phillips at deep midwicket who makes a sliding stop trying to flick this back to a support fielder but it goes through Phillips' hands in the rush to make the flick and winds up trickling into the rope.

12.5
Neesham to Adair, no run

back of a length on middle, goes to cut and beaten for pace.

12.4
Neesham to Adair, no run

slower ball lands short on fifth stump, goes to late cut this and picks out short third man on the ring.

12.3
1
Neesham to McCarthy, 1 run

slower ball lands full on middle, driven to long-on for one.

12.2
4
Neesham to McCarthy, FOUR runs

slower length ball on sixth stump, slaps at this and it comes off the toe of the bat and barely clears mid-off before going to the rope.

12.1
1
Neesham to Adair, 1 run

back of a length on the hips, goes back to flick through the leg side for one.

end of over 1215 runs
IRE: 76/7CRR: 6.33 RRR: 13.00 • Need 104 from 48b
Mark Adair22 (17b 3x4 1x6)
Barry McCarthy1 (3b)
Ish Sodhi 3-0-21-3
Mitchell Santner 4-0-25-0
11.6
1
Sodhi to Adair, 1 run

full on fifth stump, Adair charges and scuffs a drive down the pitch through mid-on.

11.5
Sodhi to Adair, no run

good length ball on middle, goes back to defend.

11.4
6
Sodhi to Adair, SIX runs

short on middle, slogs a pull over midwicket and clears the rope.

11.3
4
Sodhi to Adair, FOUR runs

good length ball on fourth stump, goes to cut, very fine edge beats Ferguson at third man on the ring and goes to the rope.

Slip leaves after the successful reverse sweep.

11.2
4
Sodhi to Adair, FOUR runs

full on middle, goes for a reverse sweep and connects to get this behind point to the rope.

11.1
Sodhi to Adair, no run

good length ball on sixth stump, left alone.

end of over 115 runs
IRE: 61/7CRR: 5.54 RRR: 13.22 • Need 119 from 54b
Barry McCarthy1 (3b)
Mark Adair7 (11b 1x4)
Mitchell Santner 4-0-25-0
Ish Sodhi 2-0-6-3
10.6
Santner to McCarthy, no run

full on fifth stump, driven firmly to Guptill at extra cover.

10.5
Santner to McCarthy, no run

flighted full on fifth stump, defended back to Santner.

10.4
1
Santner to Adair, 1 run

short and wide, cuts this behind point for one.

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
D Cleaver
78 runs (55)
5 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
flick
16 runs
0 four2 sixes
Control
63%
FH Allen
35 runs (20)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
pull
13 runs
1 four1 six
Control
55%
Best performances - bowlers
MG Bracewell
O
0.5
M
0
R
5
W
3
ECO
6
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
IS Sodhi
O
3
M
0
R
21
W
3
ECO
7
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
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 2-0
Match numberT20I no. 1678
Match days20 July 2022 - day (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
Win Probability
NZ 100%
NZIRE
100%50%100%NZ InningsIRE Innings

Over 14 • IRE 91/10

Mark Adair c Phillips b Bracewell 27 (22b 4x4 1x6 22m) SR: 122.72
W
Barry McCarthy c Phillips b Bracewell 11 (8b 2x4 0x6 17m) SR: 137.5
W
Craig Young c Sodhi b Bracewell 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
W
New Zealand won by 88 runs
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