England beat New Zealand by 56 runs in the T20 match
Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to bat first against New Zealand in Only T20
June 23, Manchester (CRICKETNMORE) - England beat New Zealand by 56 runs in the only T20 match at Old Trafford, here.
Only T20, Scorecard : Scorecard/1452/ENG/Only-T20I-England-v-New-Zealand.html">England vs New Zealand
Toss - Eoin Morgan (England) won the toss and opted to bat first.
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England Innings - J Root (68 from 46 balls) helped the home side to post 191/7 in 20 overs. A Hales (27), B stokes (24*) were other contibutors with the bat. M Santner (2/28) & M McClenaghan (2/37) were the most successfule bowlers for New Zealand
New Zealand Innings - Kiwis batting line up surrendered completly against English bowlers. Apart from K Williamson (57) and skipper McCullum (35) no other batsmen touched double figure. For England D Willey (3/22), M Wood (3/26) and B Stokes (2/24) played vital role role in bowling out New Zealand for 135 in 17th over.
Result - England beat New Zealand by 56 runs
Man of the Match - J Root (England)
Quote
"It's nice to continue the good form. I thought we had a good score on that wicket which was holding up a bit. The T20 World Cup is still a long way to go and we got to make sure that we keep performing well as we have in the last month or so", - J Root
Debut - Sam Billings, David Willey and Mark Wood make their T20 International debuts for host England. Mitchell Santner gets his first T20 cap for New Zealand
Teams:
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow(w), Sam Billings, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Steven Finn
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum(c), Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi(w), Mitchell Santner, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Mitchell McClenaghan
