England captain Jos Buttler scored an excellent 73 towards New Zealand to grow to be the best run-scorer in England’s males’s T20 historical past. Buttler now has 2468 runs in T20Is, forsaking former England captain Eoin Morgan (2458).
The innings, which included 7 fours and a couple of sixes, helped England attain 179/6, their closing win towards the Kiwis on the Gabba on Tuesday. Butler was additionally enjoying his one hundredth T20I for England and a 35-ball fifty helped him overtake Morgan and declare the file for the best run-scorer in England’s T20I historical past.
Butler stated after the match, “We didn’t think too much about the last poor performance (loss to Ireland), we have great players in the playing XI and we had confidence in the team.”
“We bat deep, I thought the wicket was a bit difficult, especially against spin and I thought Alex Hales played a good hand, it’s all about the partnership, one day he’s going, another day my It will be my turn,” he added.
In the match, England obtained off to a strong begin by Alex Hales (52; 40 balls) and Butler, including 81 off 62 balls after England opted to bat. In reply, New Zealand scored 159 for six.
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On a floor that helped spin a bit, Phillips (62; 36b; 4×4, 3×6) took on England leg-spinner Adil Rashid, hitting him for 2 successive sixes as New Zealand wanted 54 runs within the closing 4 overs. had been wanted. ,
The win pushed England to second place, overtaking defending champions Australia.
It was the primary defeat for Group 1 leaders New Zealand after 4 matches, and they’ll tackle Ireland of their closing Super 12 league match on Friday.
England will now must overtake Sri Lanka of their closing group match on Saturday to make it to the final 4.
(with PTI inputs)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
