Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st T20I, New Zealand vs Australia 2024
Result · Feb 21 2024, Wed - 11:40 AM (IST)
1st T20I, - Sky Stadium
NEW ZEALAND215/3
AUSTRALIA216/4
Australia won by 6 wickets
CRR:10.8
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Australia in New Zealand 2024 |
| Date: | Feb 21 2024, Wed - 11:40 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Wellington |
| Venue: | Sky Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson |
| Australia Playing XI: | Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Short, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood |
- New Zealand defeated Australia by 89 runs when they last met in a men’s T20I (22 October 2022); the Black Caps will be aiming for back-to-back wins against Australia for only the second time in the history of the format (2 wins in February 2021).
- New Zealand lost their most recent men’s T20I at home (21 January 2024 v Pakistan), snapping a five-match winning run in such fixtures; the Black Caps will be looking to avoid back-to-back home defeats in the format for the first time since November 2022.
- Australia have lost four of their last five men’s T20Is away from home (W1) – more than they lost across their 14 such fixtures prior to that span (W11 L3).
- New Zealand won their most recent men’s T20I at Sky Stadium (7 March 2021 v Australia), snapping a three-match winless run at the venue (T1 L2); the Black Caps will be aiming for back-to-back wins at the ground in the format for the first time since November 2019.
- Australia have the best batting average (35.3) and batting strike rate (167.6) of any Test playing country in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2023; in addition, they have scored a higher percentage of their total runs from boundaries (68% of 2,154 runs) than any other full member side in the format in the same timeframe.
- Only India (13) has made more run outs when fielding in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2023 than New Zealand (12) and Australia (6) amongst Test playing countries.
- David Warner (3,067) is 54 away from becoming the all-time leading run scorer for Australia in men’s T20Is (Aaron Finch – 3,120); Warner has scored 70+ in two of his last three T20I innings (81, 22, 70).
- Glenn Maxwell (103) is one away from surpassing Aaron Finch (103) for the outright most appearances for Australia in men’s T20Is; Maxwell’s T20I batting average against New Zealand (32.8) is his third best (min. 3 innings) against any team (48.2 v Sri Lanka and 37.6 v West Indies).
- Mark Chapman (989) is 11 away from becoming the 11th player to score 1,000 runs for New Zealand in men’s T20Is; although, he has scored only a single run in three of his last five T20I innings (1, 1, 4, 26, 1).
- Lockie Ferguson (49) is one away from becoming the seventh player to take 50 wickets for New Zealand in men’s T20Is; if he achieves the milestone in this match (37*), he’d be the second fastest player to reach it for the Black Caps (Trent Boult – 36 matches).