Adam Zampa to Devon Conway, Four!
Time for a Drinks, the first of the game! New Zealand started off flying high with Finn Allen the aggressor taking on the Aussie bowlers mercilessly. But since his departure falling prey to Mitchell Starc, the scoring rate has slightly come down but still, they are hovering over 10 runs per over. Devon Conway is unbeaten on 42 along with Rachin Ravindra. The Aussie bowlers will aim to break this brewing partnership as soon as possible. Let's see how the next half of the play pans out...
Glenn Maxwell to Devon Conway, Darts this one full and outside off, Devon Conway reaches for it and drills it towards deep point for one.
Glenn Maxwell to Rachin Ravindra, Quicker, full and on leg, skids through, Rachin Ravindra backs away to swipe it away but gets another inside edge towards short fine leg. They cross.
Glenn Maxwell to Rachin Ravindra, Short again and on middle, Rachin Ravindra quickly moves back and heaves it towards wide of deep mid-wicket for brace.
Glenn Maxwell to Devon Conway, Short and around off, Devon Conway bunts it through covers for a run.
Glenn Maxwell to Devon Conway, SIX! Up, up and away! This is tossed up, full, and on middle, Devon Conway goes down on one knee and nails his slog-sweep over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. A boundary after a long time for the Kiwis!
Glenn Maxwell to Rachin Ravindra, Flatter, full and around off, Rachin Ravindra tries to stab it away but gets an inside edge past the leg pole and towards short fine leg. A single is taken.
Spin from both ends. Glenn Maxwell (1-0-20-0) replaces Pat Cummins.
Adam Zampa to Rachin Ravindra, Another single to end the over as this short delivery is flicked to deep square leg by Ravindra. Six single in the over then!
Adam Zampa to Devon Conway, A bit short and around leg, Devon Conway stays back and clips it towards short fine leg for one more.
Adam Zampa to Rachin Ravindra, Darts this one in the blockhole, on off, Rachin Ravindra backs away and squeezes it towards deep point for one.
Adam Zampa to Devon Conway, Flighted, full and around middle, Devon Conway goes down and sweeps it through square leg for another run.
Adam Zampa to Rachin Ravindra, Tossed up, full and on leg, Rachin Ravindra eases it towards long on for a run.
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Adam Zampa to Devon Conway, Adam Zampa begins with a floated delivery. full and on middle, Devon Conway uses his feet and drills it towards long on for a single.
Time for some spin now. Adam Zampa replaces Mitchell Marsh.
Pat Cummins to Rachin Ravindra, Just short! Fuller delivery this time, on off, Rachin Ravindra once again tries to slog it over mid-wicket but this time gets an inside edge that falls just short of Josh Inglis behind the stumps.
Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, Pat Cummins continues to take pace off here, this is on a good length, on middle, Devon Conway gets deceived and swipes it off the inside half of the bat towards short fine leg for a one.
Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, Short of a length and on off again, no pace at all, Devon Conway chops it down straight to point.
Pat Cummins to Rachin Ravindra, Change of pace again from Cummins, back of a length and on off, Rachin Ravindra dabs it towards point for a run.
Pat Cummins to Rachin Ravindra, Pat Cummins goes for the bouncer now but serves this a bit too high, Rachin Ravindra tries to pull it away but misses. Wided.
Pat Cummins to Rachin Ravindra, Swing and a miss! Pat Cummins goes a bit fuller this time, on the sixth stump line, angling away, Rachin Ravindra has wild swing across the line but fails to connect.
Pat Cummins to Devon Conway, Slower one, on a length and around off, Devon Conway runs it down to third man for a single.
Pat Cummins (1-0-15-0) is back into the attack and he replaces Mitchell Starc.
Mitchell Marsh to Rachin Ravindra, Another full delivery to end the over, on middle, Rachin Ravindra drives it nicely with a straight bat wide of long off and collects two more runs.
Mitchell Marsh to Rachin Ravindra, This is pitched up but way, way outside of, Rachin Ravindra leaves it alone. Wided.
Mitchell Marsh to Devon Conway, Oh...close! Mitchell Marsh bowls this on a good length and on off, Devon Conway tries to guide it away but gets an inside edge just past the stumps and to the right of the keeper. The batters get across for one.
Mitchell Marsh to Rachin Ravindra, In the air...safe again! Mitchell Marsh lands this back of a length and around off, slower too, Rachin Ravindra goes through his pull shot early and gets a top edge, but the ball lands well in front of the incoming deep mid-wicket fielder. They cross.
Mitchell Marsh to Rachin Ravindra, Fuller once more, on off, Rachin Ravindra pushes it straight to short covers.
Mitchell Marsh to Devon Conway, Full again and outside off this time, Devon Conway carves it towards deep point for a run.
Mitchell Marsh to Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Marsh starts with a full delivery, on middle, Rachin Ravindra drills it towards mid off for a single.
The skipper, Mitchell Marsh brings himself into the attack now and will bowl the first over after the mandatory Powerplay. He replaces Josh Hazlewood.
Mitchell Starc to Rachin Ravindra, Another full delivery, on off, Rachin Ravindra bunts it down to mid on for one more. New Zealand are 68/1 at the end of the Powerplay. This is their highest against Australia in T20Is.
Mitchell Starc to Devon Conway, Overpitched and around off, Devon Conway drives it through covers for one.
Mitchell Starc to Devon Conway, Mitchell Starc errs in his line again and pitches this way down the leg side, Devon Conway fails to work it away, Josh Inglis dives to his right but only manages to parry it towards the third man region. It is called a wide and two byes are taken.
Mitchell Starc to Rachin Ravindra, Risky single! This is the slower again, on a length and on ff, Rachin Ravindra pushes it on the up wide of covers and sets off for the run, the fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. It would have been really close if it was direct hit.
Mitchell Starc to Rachin Ravindra, Back of a length and around off, Rachin Ravindra stabs it towards cover-point.
Mitchell Starc to Rachin Ravindra, Goes fuller but down the leg side, Rachin Ravindra misses his flick. Wided.
Rachin Ravindra is in at number 3.
Mitchell Starc to Finn Allen, OUT! TAKEN! Mitchell Starc draws first blood! Finn Allen tries the same shot once again but holes out this time. This one is on a good length and around middle, angling in, Finn Allen tries to heave it across the line again, but the ball lobs up off the splice of the bat towards mid-wicket where David Warner takes a dolly. Allen goes after a fiery cameo.
Mitchell Starc to Finn Allen, In the air...safe! Mitchell Starc rolls his fingers and takes pace off, full and on off, Finn Allen is early into his slog across the line, and gets it from the toe-end of the bat, the ball flies in the air and lands safely over the mid-wicket fielder. Two runs taken.
New Zealand are up and running, firing on all cylinders with Devon Conway finding his nick in time and also Finn Allen who looks aggressive. Will they end up the Powerplay on a high?
Mitchell Starc comes back into the attack now.
Josh Hazlewood to Finn Allen, Goes full and outside off just near the tramline, Finn Allen gets low and squeezes it towards gully and point but finds the fielder. They do cross for a single.
Josh Hazlewood to Devon Conway, Tad short in length on the middle and leg channel, Devon Conway is early on the shot and miscues his pull to square leg for a single.
Josh Hazlewood to Finn Allen, On the back of a length angling across off, Finn Allen rides on the bounce off the back foot and cuts it to deep point for one.
Josh Hazlewood to Finn Allen, FOUR! Classic textbook straight drive! Hazlewood pitches it fuller and on off, Finn Allen presents the full face of the bat before driving it crisply past the left of mid on for a boundary.
Josh Hazlewood to Devon Conway, Aims the pads on a tad fuller length, it hits the abdomen area of the southpaw and he runs a leg bye to the leg side.
Josh Hazlewood to Devon Conway, Cuts the batter on off on a length, Devon Conway looks to slash it but it passes below his inside edge and then to the keeper.
Change of ends for Josh Hazlewood.
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