Neesham has represented his native New Zealand in 60 T20 Internationals, fully utilising his status as an allrounder. He has 688 T20I runs to his name at a strike rate of 159.62, as well as a handy 25 international T20 wickets, at an average of 30.12
New Zealand have finished their group-stage campaign with three wins in five matches and a total of seven points. Ireland have finished their campaign in the fifth position in the points table with three points and one win in five matches. With a high run rate, they are big favorites to cruise into the semis even if Australia and England win their final matches.
Despite Joshua Little's maiden hat trick, the black caps managed to post a challenging total with the help of Williamson and Daryl Mitchell's superb knocks.
New Zealand may march in as favorites going into the match but can't write off Ireland as the latter has the firepower to upset a top team like the Kiwis.
Devon Conway (92*) and Finn Allen (40) toyed with the Australian bowlers to post a mammoth 200/3 against Australia, setting up a challenging chase for the Aussie batters.
Neesham was earlier excluded from New Zealand's central contract list for the 2022-23 season and currently does not have a domestic contract as well for the upcoming season.
After a blazing start against India in the T20 World Cup 2021, Pakistan are likely to hope that they can repeat this same performance while facing New Zealand on Tuesday, October 26. Everything went right for Pakistan on Sunday against India and it was a perfect team performance with a mix of individual brilliance as well […]