Josh Hazlewood picked 3/16 in 4 overs for Australia.
The Aaron Finch-led side was unchanged, but Tim Seifert replaced the injured Devon Conway in the New Zealand side. New Zealand struggled to gain momentum in the first 10 overs, scoring just 57 runs, losing Daryl Mitchell’s wicket for 11 runs. Martin Guptill struggled to find momentum, scoring 28 in 35 balls.
After he got out, Kane Williamson changed gears amazingly well, especially after getting a life when Josh Hazlewood dropped him off Starc who went for 60 runs in his 4 overs.
Williamson slammed 85 in 48 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes, while Glenn Phillips (18) and Jimmy Neesham (13*) also contributed.
Though looking to struggle to get to a par score, New Zealand put up above par total of 172/4 in the T20 World Cup final. Once again for Australia, Adam Zampa (1/26) and Josh Hazlewood (3/16) were the picks of the bowlers.
The cricket fraternity was in awe of how Kane Williamson played a captain’s knock to propel New Zealand towards a brilliant total in the final of the tournament and praised him on Twitter.
Here are the tweets: