New Zealand batter Tom Latham joined iconic Brendon McCullum for the very best variety of fifties as a wicketkeeper for the Kiwis within the World Cup. Latham’s measured knock performed a vital position in taking New Zealand’s rating to 288-6 throughout their conflict in opposition to Afghanistan on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Latham struck 68 off 74 balls to push the Kiwis to a aggressive complete. This was the third time in his profession he struck a rating of greater than 50 within the World Cup for New Zealand.

Earlier than Latham’s game-changing knock, McCullum held the document for many 50-plus scores (3) for the Blackcaps within the World Cup as a wicketkeeper. Lee Germon with a single 50-plus rating can also be part of this membership.

New Zealand defeated Afghanistan by 149 runs to proceed their profitable run within the World Cup. After placing up a difficult complete, the Kiwis made no mistake in defending the 288-run goal.

All-rounder Mitchell Santner reacts to reaching uncommon milestone in ODI

New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner expressed his delight after changing into solely the second Kiwi spinner to succeed in 100 ODI scalps following their victory over Afghanistan

Santner clinched three wickets which noticed him turn out to be simply the second Black Caps spinner to succeed in 100 ODI dismissals, following within the footsteps of iconic spinner Daniel Vettori.

“It is clearly good to get to that milestone. I assume I wasn’t desirous about it an excessive amount of main into the sport it is nearly attempting to carry out my position and do a job on the market identical to each different recreation. I feel I am 200 odd wickets behind him, so it is going to be a troublesome problem to get there,” Santner mentioned within the post-match convention.

Santner’s (11) glorious begin on the Indian pitches not solely sees him high the general wicket-taking charts, he now has virtually double the tally of the next-highest spinner in that checklist – Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (6).

However the 31-year-old says the key to his success has extra been derived from the stress that’s constructed by his group’s opening bowlers – Trent Boult and Matt Henry.

“It is clearly good to return right here and see the ball spin somewhat bit, you do not actually get these (wickets) in New Zealand. I feel as a complete, we have been bowling in partnerships, that is what we discuss. The blokes up entrance right now Boult and Matt Henry did an distinctive job in getting that run fee up, after which it type of makes them wish to play larger pictures within the center (overs),” Santner mentioned.

“I feel as a partnership, as a unit, we have been bowling fairly properly and I used to be fortunate to chip in right now for a number of. However I feel the best way the seam has type of set that up was large for us,” Santner added.

Santner was on a floor that’s fairly acquainted to him as he options within the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Tremendous Kings.

“I assume once we flip up right here for IPL, we have performed on wickets that type of look much like that. At the moment, it regarded prefer it swung somewhat bit and truly spun somewhat bit extra below lights, which type of helped that we misplaced the toss and batted first,” Santner famous.

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