New Zealand captain Tim Southee is pleased with the robust problem his group confronted within the United Arab Emirates earlier than eking out a 2-1 collection victory on Sunday.
The vacationers, lacking a number of frontline gamers, escaped to victory within the opener however have been surprised within the second T20 match with UAE registering their first win towards New Zealand in any format.
New Zealand put up an improved show in Sunday’s decider when Will Young smashed 56 in his first match of the collection and Mark Chapman made 51 to assist them put up 166-5.
The hosts managed 134 for seven after 20, with Ben Lister claiming 3-35 for New Zealand in what Southee known as their “best performance of the series”.
“We expected a tough challenge in these conditions,” Southee stated referring to the warmth after they prevailed by 32 runs on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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“As I said at the start of the series, they’re a growing side, they’re ever-improving and we saw that throughout the series they played extremely well in those first two games.
“We were able to build a partnership there with Chapman and Will Young – someone who came in after the first two games – so that was pleasing.”
New Zealand will journey to England later this month to play 4 T20s and as many one-day internationals earlier than heading to India for the ODI World Cup in October-November.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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