Kane Williamson’s first Fifty of the tournament helps New Zealand to seal Semi Final spot by Defeating Ireland in T20 World Cup 2022.
Joshua Little picked a HAT-TRICK but goes in Vain as they failed to chase 187 against Kiwis and lost the game by 35 runs.
Losing Skipper, Andrew Balbirnie said:
We played a top-class team and when you play such teams, you need to capitalize on all opportunities. We bowled well right through the tournament, the fielding was a bit off. (Coming to today) It was nice to set-up a platform – that has been a trend in this tournament, but we needed someone to kick on from there. We’re quite happy with what we achieved (in the tournament), compared to where we were in the last 12 months, we have improved a lot, especially against good teams and we are looking forward to meeting these sides once again. (On Josh Little) He’s a class operator and showed it today
Player of the Match and winning Skipper, Kane Williamson said:
A really good team performance which was required. We knew what Ireland were capable of. They have played some stunning cricket. We played to our best and came out well. It [The ball] was just holding in the surface standing up. The openers did a great job to give a good PP. The Guys played well throughout the innings and adjusted nicely. We made those adjustments with the ball in the middle overs. Try and take your options and work with your partner at the other end. One’s going and the other one is trying to make the adjustments. [On the spinners] We spoke about that. It was just about bowling a little bit slower and adjust your line. They made the adjustment beautifully and pulled the game back.
