Matt Henry Took Three Wickets, And Devon Conway Hit Ann Unbeated Half-Tentury as New Zealand Outclassed Host Zimbabwe by eigh wickets in their triars match at harare spots club
Zimbabwe made a promising start but outs only score 120 for set after being sent in. Fast Bowler Henry Took Three for 26.
New Zealand Needed only 13.5 overs to secure the win, with left-handed opening batter conway making 59 not out off 40 balls.
New Zealand’s Fast Bowlers, LED by Henry, Made Good Use of Short-Pitched Deliveries While Left-Arm Spinners Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra Gained Bounce and Turn from a Dry Pitch.
Wessly Madhevere and Brian Bennett put on 37 for the first wicket before benett (21) Top-edged a short ball from henry to square leg in the Sixth Over.
Madhevere Took 11 Runs Off Henry’s First Over but Struggled For Fluency in Making 36 Runs Off 32 Balls, While None of the batters was able to master new zealand’s spin’s spin bowlers.
“They came out quite aggressive in the powerplay but we adapted well with the ball,” said new zealand captain santner.
Player of the match conway was dropped on one at backward point off richarva in the first over of new zealand’s reply and opening partner Tim Sefer Tim Seife Tim Seft at Cover for Three off Blessing Muzabani in the Next over.
But conway and ravindra put on 59 for the second wicket before daryl mitchell joined conway to take the black caps to a victory which it is virtually enSUREREREREs in the Final on 26.
“I get a bit lucky early on,” admitted conway. He Said Ngarava and Muzarabani bowled well on a “challenging” surface. “It was nice to get through that period,” He said.
Zimbabwe will have to win its remning matches against South Africa and New Zealand by Big Margins to have any chance of Reaching the Final.
