New Zealand vs Australia 1st T20 Highlights: Nz vs Aus, David, Marsh lead Aus beat Nz by 6 wickets

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Final scorecard

New Zealand Batting:

Rachin Ravindra 68

Devon Conway 63

Finn Allen 32
 

Australia Bowling:

Mitchell Marsh 1/21(3)

Mitchell Starc 1/39(4)

Pat Cummins 1/43(4)

Australia Batting:

Mitchell Marsh 72*

David Warner 32

Tim David 31*

Glenn Maxwell 25

New Zealand Bowling:

Mitchell Santner 2/42(4)

Lockie Ferguson 1/23(4)

Adam Milne 1/53(4)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Aus 216/4 in 20 overs. Tim Southee continues delivers the last over for New Zealand. Tim David slams a whopping SIX on the 4th delivery. On the last delivery, David smashes a boundary, driving Australia to beat New Zealand by 6 wickets.

Mitchell Marsh* 72

Tim David* 31

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Aus 200/4 in 19 overs. Adam Milne continues his attack for New Zealand. Tim David slams a boundary on the 4th delivery, followed by two consecutive SIXes, which complete Australia's 200 runs. Australia need 16 runs to win in 6 balls.

Mitchell Marsh* 72

Tim David* 18

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Aus 181/4 in 18 overs. Marsh hits a superb six on the 4th delivery of Lockie Ferguson. They need 35 runs to win in 12 balls.

Mitchell Marsh* 70

Tim David* 2

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Aus 170/3 after 17 overs. Wicket!!, Josh Inglis loses his wicket to Santner. Australia need 43 runs in 18 balls to win.

Mitchell Marsh* 63

Tim David* 1

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, Aus 170/3 after 16 overs

Mitchell Marsh* 62

Josh Inglis* 19

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: Nz vs Aus, 

AUS 143/3 after 13.2 overs

Mitchell Marsh 48 (25)

Inglis 9 (8)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Lockie Ferguson gets the important wicket of Glenn Maxwell who is bowled OUT on a score of 25. The ball from Ferguson turns out to be too good for Maxwell in the end who gets stuck on the crease with his feet planted on the crease.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus,

 AUS 100/2 after 9.0 overs

Mitchell Marsh 25 (13)

Glenn Maxwell 18 (6)

Ish Sodhi 0/15

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, 2nd wicket down for Australia with David Warner dismissed on a score of 32. Warner tries to slog a wider delivery from Santner only to hit it straight into the hands of Glenn Phillips. And usual, New Zealand crowd shows its appreciation for Warner by booing him on his way out.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, 

AUS 56/1 after 6.0  overs, need 160 runs to win

Mitchell Marsh 11 (5)

David Warner 16 (10)

Lockie Ferguson 0/12

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, 

AUS 29/1 after 3.4 overs, need 171 runs to win

Mitchell Marsh 11 (5)

David Warner 16 (10)

Southee 0/26

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, First wicket down for the Aussies. Travis Heads tries to heap a delivery from Adam Milne on the on side only to hit it straight into the hands of Tim Southee. Mitchell Marsh is the next batter on the crease.

Travis Head 9 (9)

AUS 29/1 after 3.4 overs

Mitchell Marsh 0 (0)

David Warner 5 (7)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Trent Boult starts the procedings from the other end for New Zealand.

Travis Head 9 (9)

David Warner 4 (3)

Adam Milne 0/9

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, A great batting effort from New Zealand comes to an end with contributions from every batter that took the crease. At the end, Kiwis ended the 1st innings on a score of 215/3, their second highest total in Wellington. 

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Kiwis have gone past the 200 run mark and with 1 over still to go this score can easily surpass the 210 or 215 run mark. 

Phillips 12 (7)

Chapman 12 (10)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Glenn Phillips and Mark Chapman are the two new batters for New Zealand. The two Kiwis have very few balls to get settled and start scoring runs in Wellington.

NZ 178/3 after 17.0 overs

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, New Zealand have now lost 2 back to back wickets, ending the over 100 run partnership and giving the Aussies an opening in this match. 

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Local boy doing the damage in Wellington. Rachin Ravindra gets to his fifty in style, hitting Adam Zampa for a six on the on side. The two batters managed to get 24 runs from Zampa’s 3rd over.

Ravindra 62 (31)

Conway 60 (44)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Rachin Ravindra is now making his presence felt in this match. After hitting Mitchel Strarc for a six in the previous over, Ravindra now pullls a shorter delivery from Aussie skipper Mitchell Marsh for a six on the leg side. NZ get 9 runs from the over.

Conway 53 (38) 

Ravindra 36 (24)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, 10 runs from Starc’s third over. New Zealand are well on their way to get past a 200 plus total and they will need that too given the depth of Aussie batting lineup.

Conway 51 (35) 

Ravindra 29 (21)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravinfra go on the offensive in this Zampa over getting 13 runs from the over and helping the run rate to 10 an over.The fuo have also stitched together an over 50 run partnership in Wellington.

Conway 49 (33) 

Ravindra 27 (19)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Nz vs Aus, The Kiwis finally get some respite in this over, with Conway hitting Maxwell for a six on the leg side and getting 12 runs from the off spinners’ over. 

Conway 42 (28) 

Ravindra 14 (16)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: The scoring rate has fallen for New Zealand since the wicket of Finn Allen and the Rachin Ravindra is looking to get settled at the crease for now.

Conway 32 (23)

Ravindra 8 (11)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Finn Allen has departed on a score of 32 after getting his team to a flying start in Wellington. Allen tries to slog Starc on the leg side, only to hit the ball straight into the hands of David Warner. Local boy Rachin Ravindra is the next batter for New Zealand.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Josh Hazlewood comes back into the attack for his 2nd over and manages to keep things relatiely quiet giving away just 8 runs. 

Devon Conway 26 (16)

Finn Allen 30 (15)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Another bowling change for Australia, Hazlewood is replaced in the attack after just 1 over and Aussie Test skipper Pat Cummins comes into the attack. Conway gets lucky on the first ball of the over, getting a leading that goes behind his head for a six but he gets in his groove later in the over, hitting Cummins for two back to boundaries and getting 17 runs from the over.

NZ 51/0 after 3.0 overs

Devon Conway 24 (12)

Finn Allen 25 (13)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Mitchell Marsh tries to spice things up taking Mitchell Starc from the attack and brings in Glenn Maxwell instead. However, the change of bowler isn’t accompanied by a change of fortune for the Aussies as Finn Allen takes on Maxwell, hitting him for two back to back sixes and getting 18 runs from the off spinners first over.

NZ 34/0 after 3.0 overs

Devon Conway 24 (10)

Finn Allen 10 (7)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score:  Mitchell Marsh’s nightmares seem to be coming true as Finn Allen gets going in the Hazlewood over, getting 13 runs from the over and putting Aussies on the defensive right at the start of the innings. 

Devon Conway 4 (3)

Finn Allen 11 (9)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: An eventful first over from Mitchell Starc, who keeps the pressure on the Kiwi batsmen without allowing them to get their hands free. The last ball of the over saw the 2 New Zealand batters make a bit of a mix-up, but they managed to get back to the crease in time.

Conway 1 (1)

Allen 1 (5)

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Mitchell Starc starts the proceedings for Australia against the opening pair of Devon Conway and Finn Allen. 

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Short, Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Mitch Santner (c), Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: New Zealand have won the toss and decided to bat first at the Sky Stadium in Wellington. 

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: New Zealand have arrived at the Sky Stadium in Wellington to play the 1st of the 3match T20I series. The Black Caps would be looking to shine in their last  T20 series before the start of 20 over World Cup.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: "I can't wait to tell him what to do," Marsh said of the role reversal.I'm normally filling in for his press conferences when he's had enough, so I'll get him back at some stage." Cricket.com.au quoted Cummins as saying. 

“But I also feel pretty lucky to have somebody like Pat as another leader within our group to fall back on, and the experienced heads we've got that will help me in certain times throughout this series. I just think their experience (Cummins and Starc), certainly at this level and the three of them (with Hazlewood) work together so well.” Aussie skipper noted.

"We're lucky to have those guys back. Over the international schedule you don't see those guys play a lot of T20 international cricket together so to have them back and building towards a World Cup is great." Marsh added.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: "We're close neighbours but in sport we like to beat each other, so we'll be expecting the crowd to come at us as hard as they can but it's in one ear and out the other if I actually hear anything," Warner was quoted by cricket.com.au as saying.

"The crowd got personal (in 2016), but if they have to get personal that's their character. That's upon each individual if they feel like that's what they have to do. If you want to pay your money to come and abuse people, then you have to go back and lay in your own bed."

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: The first will be played today at the Sky stadium in Wellington while the second 2nd T20I encounter will be played at Eden Park in Auckland and the third match will also be played at the same venue. 

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: "We just wanted to strike first against them, it's what we talked about and that mantra of throwing the first punch," Finn Allen was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au

"A little bit of individual success is always nice, and take the confidence going forward, but I have no doubt they're going to come firing at us this series and it should be a good challenge."

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: "You'll have to find out, we'll announce our team at the toss. There will be certain guys that probably bat in different positions than they have done in the past, but ultimately we're here to win the series. I've batted three for the last 18 months, so I'll be there to start with. And obviously Heady and Davey Warner have been amazing for us over the last period of time, so I daresay that will be the top three," Cricket.com.au quoted Marsh as saying.

 "I thought the way we batted was really impressive, in terms of our ability to just keep going. There were moments when we lost early wickets but one of the things I want from us is to make sure we're backing our skill no matter what. That may look ugly at times, but I think we've got a team that bats right down to eight or nine and can really apply pressure with the bat,"

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: "It's always the goal, but just assess the wicket and they've got a quality bowling line-up so we'll have to earn the right to try and do that," Allen was quoted by Cricket.com.au as saying.

"Every time the Aussies come over here it's a challenge, and I watched some good series as a youngster so looking forward to getting stuck into them." the youngster added.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Speaking at the pr-match press conference, Mitchell Santner said, "We're probably underdogs but we are used to that tag and don't think much of it," 

"It's always a pretty cool time when the Aussies come over. You always want to challenge yourself against the best in the world, and they're up there for sure." Santner added

On playing against Australia, Santner said, "It's special…We probably don't play Australia as much as we probably should, but the trans-Tasman clash is always good fun."

"Looking at their squad at the moment, they're a very, very good team with all bases covered…We've just got to do our thing, we've got our plans in place."

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Marsh said, "Finn is an outstanding talent. His record over the past 12 months especially at home in New Zealand, he can take the game away from you in that Powerplay. So the onus is on us to try and take a few wickets in the Powerplay and put them on the back foot," M

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner was also all praises for this young star, noting,  "Someone who can take the game away from you at the start is pretty important. We know that power game he (Allen) has got, and in that last series (against Pakistan) he showed that if he does get going, he can singlehandedly win a game for us. We know on the flip side that Warner, Head, Marsh; all these guys do the same," 

"It's trying to generate the strike rate in the Powerplay. That's the best time to bat, then cash in if you can after that. We think the combo between Conway and Finn is a good one - Conway likes to have a little look then Finn, obviously, doesn't. It's that kind of combo we are banking on for the World Cup, then Kane (Williamson) and guys like that come in after that," Santner said.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Aussie pacer Aaron Hardie was ruled out of the upcoming 3-match T20 series on Monday after suffering a minor calf injury. Hardie has now been replaced in the squad with Spencer Johnson. Interestingly, Hardie wasn't a part of the original squad and had only been called a replacement after Marcus Stoinis suffered an injury to his back.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: The first of the 3-match T20 series can be live-streamed via Amazon Prime Video in India. The live telecast will begin at 5.10pm AEDT or 11:40 am Indian time.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: David Warner, who is playing his final bilateral series for Australia, is going back to the country where his journey as a franchise cricketer began. Warner had started playing for the Northern Districts Knights for New Zealand's domestic T20 tournament, HVR cup in 2010.

Speaking about his roots, he said, "That was an eye opener - there wasn't much out there," 

"It was the first place I went to, I didn't know what was going on. I literally thought it was a ghost town, I was walking down the street and I think it was a Saturday, and there was just no one there," he added.

New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Australia and New Zealand have met each other 16 occasions in international T20 cricket and the Kangaroos have an edge with 10 games going in their favour while the Black Caps could manage to win only 6 encounters. These teams met last for an encounter in the 2022 T20 World Cup where New Zealand easily won the game by 89 runs.