The Texas Super Kings secured their first win in the 2024 Major League Cricket season, beating San Franciso Unicorns by seven wickets at Church Street Park in Morrisville on Thursday.
In the run-chase of 79 runs, the Kiwis were off to a poor start as opener Finn Allen was dismissed for a duck on the second ball of the inning by Kabua Morea. NZ was 0/1 and Allen's poor run in the tournament continued.
Thanks to fiery spells from pace duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult, New Zealand secured their first win in the ICC T20 World Cup, defeating Uganda by nine wickets in their Group C encounter at Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.
Thanks to fiery spells from pace duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult, New Zealand secured their first win in the ICC T20 World Cup, defeating Uganda by nine wickets in their Group C encounter at Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.
With this win, New Zealand is in the third spot with a win and two losses, with two points. They are not in contention for the Super Eights stage for which West Indies and Afghanistan. Uganda is in the fourth spot with a win and three losses, giving them two points.
The T20 World Cup is taking place from June 1 to 29 in the West Indies and USA. Kiwis have been grouped in Group C along with West Indies, the two-time champions, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Uganda. Kiwis will start their campaign against Afghanistan on June 7.
Conway has also been ruled out of the second Test against Australia at home. Australia is leading the two-match series 1-0 after a 172-run win at Wellington. The left-hander was instrumental in CSK's fifth title win last year, scoring 672 runs in 16 matches.