In his first over of his T20I career, New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell took a hat-trick in his first over of T20I career. which hastened the fall of Ireland.
The 88 runs win for the team:-
Which resulted in an 88-run victory for his team. Bracewell, playing in his second T20I.
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Thus becoming the third bowler in his team after Jacob Oram and Tim Southee to achieve the feat.
Chasing a tight target of 172 runs to win and keep the series alive, Ireland regretted 54/7 before Mark Adair hit two fours off two successive balls from legspinner Ish Sodhi in the 12th over. He lit the flames by hitting a six.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner took the 14th over:-
Two more boundaries in the next over resulted in New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner tossing the ball towards Bracewell to bowl the 14th over.
Barry McCarthy congratulated the 31-year-old with a boundary off the first ball of the over and then took a single. Adair then went for a big hit but found Glenn Phillips to be dismissed in the deep after scoring 27 off 22.
McCarthy then went for a slog, but he too found Phillips at deep midwicket and was caught for 11 off the next ball.
Craig Young gives Sodhi a short delivery for a first-ball duck at short third man and gives his hat-trick to Bracewell.
Got out for 91 runs in 13.5 overs:-
Ireland was thus bowling out for 91 in 13.5 overs. With New Zealand taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.
Dane Cleaver, who scoring an unbeaten 78 in 55, was adjudging the player of the match. “Very special day to contribute to a great victory for the country.
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The wicket offered little variety. It wasn’t my most fluent innings, but I stuck to my options and it paid off,” Cleaver said during the post-match presentation.
The third and final match will be playing on the same ground on Thursday.
