DUBAI: Will Young and in-form Mark Chapman scored crucial half-centuries and powered New Zealand to post 166/7 in the final T20I of the three-match series against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday.
Put into bat first, New Zealand once again got off to a dismal start as the touring side lost two wickets for a mere 35 runs in five overs with Chad Bowed (9) and Tim Seifert (13) perishing cheaply.
Following two quick blows Chapman and Young anchored the innings as the pair stitched a brilliant 84-run partnership for the third wicket.
The duo appeared in complete control against the UAE bowlers before Junaid Siddique struck in his comeback spell to get rid of Young, who scored an anchoring half-century.
Young smashed seven boundaries and a six in the course of his anchoring 46-ball 56.
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Chapman, who scored at a rapid pace soon followed Young’s footsteps back to the pavilion in the 17th over, briefly after notching up his second successive fifty.
The left-handed batter scored 51 from 32 balls, laced up with five boundaries and two sixes.
With both set batters back into the hut, all-rounder Mitchell Santner bolstered New Zealand’s total with a brisk cameo, scoring 20 off 11 while debutant Dean Foxcroft scored a run-a-ball 10.
Junaid Siddique led the bowling attack for the UAE in the third T20I with 3/26, followed by one each from Muhammad Jawadullah and Zahoor Khan.
PLAYING XIs
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Aryansh Sharma (wk), Vriitya Aravind, Asif Khan, Ansh Tandon, Basil Hameed, Ali Naseer, Aayan Khan, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Muhammad Jawadullah, Zahoor Khan.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Chad Bowes, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee (c), Adithya Ashok, Ben Lister.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 2, New Zealand 1, UAE 1
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