Matt Henry's fiery three-wicket haul, Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner's two helped New Zealand restrict defending champions England to 282/9 in the opening match of the World Cup 2023 here at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
A century by Dawid Malan and a four-wicket haul by Moeen Ali helped an all-round England secure a 100-run win over New Zealand in the fourth ODI to secure the series 3-1 at the iconic Lord's stadium on Friday.
South Africa and New Zealand played a two-Test series back in 2022, when the Proteas came from behind to level proceedings 1-1. New Zealand claimed an innings victory in the first Test thanks largely to Matt Henry's display, though the tourists hit back with a 198-run win.
Somerset skipper Lewis Gregory heaped praise on his bowlers who played a crucial role in the T20 Vitality Blast final against Essex on Saturday. The New Zealand duo of Matt Henry and Ish Sodhi guided Somerset to their first T20 Blast title since 2005.
Essex skipper Simon Harmer hailed his team's fighting spirit after ending up on the losing side against Somerset in the T20 Vitality Blast final on Saturday.
Somerset managed to hold onto their nerves as they ended an 18-year wait for a second T20 title by defeating Essex in the final of the Vitality T20 Blast on Saturday.
Rohit Sharma with four T20I hundreds tops the list with five other batters, including Babar now, on three hundreds. Notably, both Babar and Rohit have 33 scores of fifty or more in T20Is, second only to Virat Kohli, who has 38 such scores.
Matt Henry had derailed Pakistan's innings in the 13th over with the wickets of Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed off back-to-back deliveries. Henry returned in the 19th over to dismiss Shaheen Afridi off the first ball, caught brilliantly near the ropes by Daryl Mitchell off the first ball in
Henry's solid showing helped him rise five places to fifth overall on the list for ODI bowlers, with the 31-year-old now just 29 rating points behind Australia's Pat Cummins as the No.1 ranked 50-over bowler in the world
Matt Henry (3/14), Henry Shipley (3/32) and Daryl Mitchell (3/32) were all outstanding with the ball, as Sri Lanka struggled to cross the 150-run mark.