Australia vs New Zealand 5th T20I at Maunganui, 07 Mar, 2021

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Australia 142/8 (20)
New Zealand 143/3 (15.3)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Martin Guptill
  • Mark Chapman 1 * (1)
  • Glenn Phillips 34 * (16)

Over 2.3 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade, no run, gets back in the crease and dabs it gently towards point.

Over 2.4 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Matthew Wade, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and glances it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 2.5 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade,1 run, stays inside the crease and tucked towards square leg

Over 3.5 Mitchell Santner tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 3.6 Mitchell Santner tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, Boundary! Gets across and sweeps hard, beating short fine leg comfortably to his right.

Over 4.3 Trent Boult bowls a slower one to Matthew Wade, no run, backs away in the crease and early on the cut stroke. Gets a big bottom edge onto the track.

Over 4.5 Trent Boult bowls a good length delivery to Matthew Wade, Boundary! Stays deep inside the crease and smashes it over cover for four.

Over 4.6 Trent Boult bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade, 2 runs, shuffles across on the back foot and looks to pull and gets it off the top-half of the blade. Just enough wood to clear mid-wicket.

Over 5.2 Tim Southee bowls it down the legside to Matthew Wade, wide gets forward and  looks to sweep and misses

Over 5.2 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Matthew Wade,1 run, gets forward and works it through square leg and picks up a single.

Over 5.6 Tim Southee slips in a full toss to Matthew Wade, Six! Goes well across the stumps and drop-kick over backward square leg. So sweet is the connection that it's gone all the way into the stands.

Over 6.2 Mark Chapman tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade,1 run, gets forward and swept it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 6.4 Mark Chapman tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, 2 runs, gets forward and looks to slog sweep, ends up skewing it very fine towards the short third man region. 

Over 6.5 Mark Chapman tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade,1 run, gets forward and worked gently to mid-wicket

Over 7.1 Ish Sodhi tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade,1 run, gets forward and swept hard to deep square leg

Over 7.3 Ish Sodhi bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade,1 run, goes on to the back foot and tries to cut but gets a bottom edge towards point

Over 7.5 Ish Sodhi bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade,1 run, punched off the back foot to sweeper cover.

Over 8.1 Glenn Phillips tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, no run, gets across the line and tries to flick and this brushes his pad

Over 8.2 Glenn Phillips bowls a quicker arm ball to Matthew Wade,1 run, gets forward and works this towards square leg

Over 8.6 Glenn Phillips tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, no run, comes on to the front foot and went for a big shot but misses.

Over 9.6 Ish Sodhi tossed up delivery to Aaron Finch, out Caught by Santner!! Finch tries to manufacture the stroke. Can't keep it down and it's pouched well at backward point.

Over 10.1 Mark Chapman tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade, no run, gets forward and driven hard but straight to the man at cover.

Over 10.2 Mark Chapman tossed up delivery to Matthew Wade,1 run, bends down low and sweeps it backward of square on the on-side for a single

Over 10.4 Mark Chapman bowls it short of length to Matthew Wade,1 run, goes on to the back foot and cracked square on the off-side for a single

Over 10.5 Mark Chapman bowls a slower one to GJ Maxwell, out Caught by Boult!! Maxwell went for the slog sweep, just gently lobbed it into the waiting hands of Boult at deep backward square leg. 

Over 11.1: . Ish Sodhi to Matthew Wade,

Over 11.2: Single. Ish Sodhi to Matthew Wade,

Over 11.6: Single. Ish Sodhi to Matthew Wade,

Over 12.1: Single. Glenn Phillips to Matthew Wade,

Over 13.4: Single. Mitchell Santner to Matthew Wade,

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