New Zealand emerged victorious by a slim three-run margin towards South Africa to clinch the ultimate of the Zimbabwe T20I Tri-Sequence 2025 on the Harare Sports activities Membership. This was the third time the Kiwis prevailed over South Africa within the span of the previous couple of weeks after two wins throughout the round-robin stage.
The Black Caps bought off to a stable begin within the powerplay, stroking 52 off it. Lungi Ngidi was fairly economical together with his first two overs, conceding solely 13 runs. Tim Seifert opened his workforce’s six-hitting account with a lap over the fantastic leg fence however his 28-ball wrestle resulted in solely 30 runs as he was caught by Rassie van der Dussen within the ninth over.
Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra took 15 runs off Nandre Burger’s second over to get the workforce whole to 100 on the finish of the eleventh over earlier than Conway perished to Lungi Ngidi for 47 off 31. Ngidi secured his second wicket as he bought Ravindra caught for 47 off 27, ending up with figures of two/24. New Zealand ultimately bought to 180/5 on the finish of their 20 overs.
Coming to the chase, South Africa began off comparatively slower. Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored solely 22 runs off 21 balls within the powerplay as there have been a few boundary-less overs inside the primary six. Pretorius’ opening companion Reeza Hendricks tried to up the ante as the following three overs supplied a much-needed enhance to the Rassie van der Dussen-led unit.
Nevertheless, the tide turned as Michael Bracewell bought the proper revenge over Pretorius (51 off 35) by dismissing him moments after the southpaw clubbed the ball for a six to get to his maiden T20I fifty. Hendricks (37 off 31) bit the mud to fall to Zakary Foulkes in his second over whereas van der Dussen’s fell for an underwhelming 18 (17), leaving his workforce with 50 to get off 30 balls.
By the point Adam Milne bowled out, the equation decreased to 37 off 18. South Africa ultimately required solely seven off the ultimate over with Matt Henry entrusted with the duty to defend. He bowled a top-notch over, conceding solely three runs whereas choosing up two wickets to grant his workforce an exciting win.
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