Last Updated: August 05, 2022, 00:45 IST
New Zealand beat Netherlands in 1st T20I.
New Zealand bowled out the Netherlands for 132 and received their Twenty20 by 16 runs on Thursday.
THE HAGUE: New Zealand bowled out the Netherlands for 132 and received their Twenty20 by 16 runs on Thursday.
After New Zealand medium-pacer Blair Tickner took three wickets in the first 4 overs, the chasing Dutch felt the stress to hit out and misplaced wickets usually.
They have been 73-6 in the 14th over and 93-7 after 16 and working out of massive hitters.
Bas de Leede, who got here to the crease after seven balls of the innings, was the final man out in the final over for a match-high 66 off 53 balls, together with 5 boundaries and two sixes.
De Leede additionally took two catches and bowled two comparatively low-cost overs.
But not in addition to Tickner, who claimed 4-27 in 21 balls, and fellow medium-pacer Ben Sears, 3-22.
Opener Martin Guptill led New Zealand when it selected to bat first, scoring 45 off 36.
Jimmy Neesham added 32 off 17 however they labored in opposition to Netherlands spinners Tim Pringle, Shariz Ahmad and Tom Cooper to place up 148-7.
But it was sufficient in their second matchup, and first since 2014. The groups play a second and final T20 on Friday.
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