Match Report: Robinson, Duffy, Henry power NZ to 21-run win over SA

An unbeaten period concern betwixt Tim Robinson and debutant Bevon Jacobs led New Zealand to a 21-run triumph implicit South Africa successful a T20 tri-series lucifer connected Wednesday, with Robinson scoring 75 not retired and Jacobs contributing 44 runs successful their full of 173-5.Fast bowlers Jacob Duffy and Matt Henry were instrumental successful New Zealand's win, taking 3 wickets each arsenic South Africa was bowled retired for 152 successful 18.2 overs.

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South Africa's Lhuan-dre Pretorius started powerfully with 27 runs including six boundaries earlier Henry and Duffy struck backmost with speedy wickets.Pretorius fell to Henry's slower ball, edging to wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, portion Rubin Hermann was caught astatine mid-wicket disconnected Duffy's bowling for conscionable 1 run.Debutant Senuran Muthusamy, promoted to No. 4, was bowled by Ish Sodhi soon aft the batting powerplay.South African skipper Rassie van der Dussen was tally retired for 6 runs by Mitchell Santner astatine the non-striker's end, leaving his squad struggling astatine 62-5 successful the ninth over.Dewald Brevis scored 35 disconnected 18 balls and George Linde made 30 disconnected 20 balls, but some were caught successful the outfield against Henry and Duffy respectively.

Duffy astir achieved a hat-trick aft dismissing Linde and Kwena Maphaka consecutively, but Lungi Ngidi survived the hat-trick ball. Henry sealed the triumph by dismissing Gerald Coetzee.New Zealand's innings had a shaky commencement arsenic their apical bid struggled against short-pitched bowling. Devon Conway, returning to T20s aft 3 years, managed lone 9 runs earlier falling to Maphaka.

Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Hay were dismissed for single-digit scores, portion James Neesham recorded his seventh T20 duck, caught by Corbin Bosch disconnected Maphaka's bowling.Robinson and Jacobs turned the innings astir with their 103-run partnership, scoring 63 runs successful the last 5 overs.Robinson reached his 50 with a six against Coetzee, who was playing his archetypal planetary lucifer aft a nine-month wounded break. Coetzee conceded 19 runs successful the last over, finishing with figures of 1-39.Maphaka was South Africa's astir palmy bowler with 2-38, portion South Africa had made 3 changes to their squad that antecedently defeated Zimbabwe.