New Zealand cricket team and the twenty-20 cricket world cup event 2016
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Cricket is a very popular sport in Asia and also in Europe countries. There are many types of cricket formats like test cricket, one day internationals cricket, domestic cricket etc but twenty-20 cricket format is much popular than others. Twenty-20 cricket world cup is coming soon in the month of March, 2016 and all the cricket fans are much excited about that. The people of New Zealand are also very excited. They love to watch cricket matches in cricket stadium. Some people like to watch at their homes on sports channels.
New Zealand cricket team has many famous players like Brendon McCullum who is also captain of the team, Ross Taylor who is very good batsman, Corey Anderson who is a very good bowler, and Martin Guptil who is excellent batsman of team New Zealand. Their performance in previous twenty-20 world cup was also very good. They are in very good form at this time and they have the ability to beat any team because they have experienced and talented players in their team.
Twenty-20 world cup 2016 and bitlanders outfits
India is hosting this upcoming twenty-20 world cup which is also a big platform of cricket games because they have huge crowed to watch cricket matches. People of New Zealand will also go to India to support their team. Some people who can’t afford this tour, they can enjoy this event at home by watching all the cricket actions on sports channels. On social media, many websites are celebrating this big event. One of the famous website called www.bitlanders.com is also supporting this upcoming twenty-20 world cup.
There are some cricket related outfits available in their shop which users can purchase to decorate their avatars as a cricketer to support their favorite team. The available outfits are cricket bat, cricket helmets, cricket trousers and cricket blouses of various teams. In this way, we can enjoy this big event with bitlanders.
Twenty-20 cricket world cup March, 2016-India
Twenty-20 cricket is a very famous sport in the world. Most of the people like to watch only twenty-20 cricket matches rather than ODI’s or test cricket. First twenty-20 world cup was played in the year 2007 and the biggest cricket rivals, Pakistan and India reached in the finals. The winner of the first twenty-20 world cup was team India. Pakistan has won the 2nd twenty-20 world cup in the year 2009. Now this is the number sixth twenty-20 world cup which is scheduled in India.
As we already know that Indian country is the big platform of cricket because of their huge crowed love this sport too much. All the cricket fans including New Zealand are much excited and waiting for this big event. In this world cup, total 16 teams are participating. Out of 16 teams, 6 teams need to qualify for the next round whereas 10 teams are full members. The list of these teams is as follows:-
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. South Africa
6. England
7. Srilanka
8. Zimbabwe
9. West Indies
10. Bangladesh
11. Scotland
12. Ireland
13. Hong Kong
14. Netherlands
15. Afghanistan
16. Oman
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New Zealand in twenty-20 cricket world cup
New Zealand is a popular team in cricket and their performance in previous twenty-20 world cup was very good. They reach in the semi-finals single time in the year 2007. In 2009 and 2010, they got 5th position in twenty-20 world cup. In 2012, they got 7th position and in 2014 they got 6th position. Currently they are in very good form and they also have very good and experienced players in their team. They also reach in the finals of ODI world cup last year. So they could be very strong team in this world cup too.
Matches schedule of team New Zealand
New Zealand is in group 2 of the super 10 round. Total 5 teams are playing in this group including New Zealand. The other teams are India, Pakistan, Australia and the team from group A winner. All of these teams will play cricket matches with each other. India is hosting this twenty-20 world cup event. Matches schedule of team New Zealand is as follows:-
Team New Zealand will play their first match on March 15, 2016 against the host team India at Vidarbha cricket stadium of Nagpur. They will play their second match against the very strong opponent Australia. This match is scheduled in Himachal Pardesh cricket stadium of Dharamshala which will be played on March 18, 2016. They will play their third match against the 2009 champions team Pakistan on March 22, 2016. This match is scheduled in Punjab cricket stadium of Mohali, Chandigarh. Their fourth and final match of this group is scheduled in Eaden gardens of Kolkatta against the team from group A winner. They will play this match on March 26, 2016.
Expected team squad of New Zealand in twenty-20 world cup 2016
New Zealand has very good players in their team and they have the ability to defeat any team. They have very good experienced spin and fast bowlers in their team. The expected players of team New Zealand for twenty-20 world cup is as follows:-
Brendon McCullum
Martin Guptil
Kane Williamson
Ross Taylor
Corey Anderson
Luke Ronchi (Wicket Keeper)
Mitchell Santner
Nathan MacCullum
Trent Boult
Adam Milne
Tim Southee
Dough Bracewell
James Neesham
Ben Wheeler
Colin Munro
New Zealand Cricket Team
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Twenty-20 world cup schedule
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India vs New Zealand match highlights
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Some best player’s of team New Zealand and their Twenty-20 cricket profile
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum is a very good and experienced batsman and wicket keeper of team New Zealand. He is also playing as a captain of the team. As a captain, there is a big responsibility on him. His previous cricket record is also very good. Some of his personal detail and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Brendon McCullum
Nick Name: Mcculum
Date of Birth: September 27, 1981
Current Age: 34 years
Matches he played: 71
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Nil
Brendon McCullum twenty-20 cricket statistics
Batting and wicket keeping statistics
Brendon McCullum has played total 70 twenty-20 innings in his career and he remains not out in 10 matches. He has scored total 2,140 runs in T-20 career with an average rate of 35.67. His highest score is 123 runs. He has scored 13 fifties and 2 centuries. 41 times he played as an opening batsman. His scoring rate is 136.57. As a wicket keeper, he has taken 24 catches and did 8 stumps. As a captain, he has played 28 matches of which 12 won by New Zealand and 15 were lost.
Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson is a very good all rounder of team New Zealand. His performance in other cricket formats is also very good. He has very good experience of fast bowling. His twenty-20 cricket statistics and personal information is as follows:-
Full Name: Corey Anderson
Nick Name: Anderson
Date of Birth: December 13, 1990
Current Age: 25 years
Matches he played: 20
His batting style: Left hand bat
His bowling style: Left Arm medium fast
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Corey Anderson
Batting statistics
Corey Anderson is a very good batsman. He has played total 13 twenty-20 innings and remains not out in 2 matches. He has scored total 229 runs with an average rate of 20.82. His highest score is 82 runs not out including one fifty. His scoring rate is 144.94.
Bowling & fielding statistics
As a bowler Anderson has performed total 48 overs and bowled 288 balls. He gave away 411 runs and got 12 wickets with an average rate of 34.25. His best was two wickets of 17 runs. His economy rate is 8.56 and strike rate is 24.00. As a fielder, he has taken 13 catches.
Tim Southee
Tim Southee is a very famous and experienced all rounder of New Zealand. His previous record of twenty-20 internationals is awesome. As a bowler, his performance is also very good. His twenty-20 cricket statistics and personal information is as follows:-
Full Name: Timothy Southee
Nick Name: Southee
Date of Birth: December 11, 1988
Current Age: 27 years
Matches he played: 38
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm medium fast
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Tim Southee
Batting statistics
Tim Southee has played total 15 twenty-20 innings and he remains not out in 5 matches. He has scored 75 runs with an average rate of 7.50. His highest score is 23 runs. His scoring rate is 108.70.
Bowling & fielding statistics
Tim Southee is an experienced bowler and he has performed total 137 overs and bowled 822 balls including 2 maiden overs. He gave away 1,182 runs and got 46 wickets with an average rate of 25.70. He got 4 wickets of single time. His best was five wickets of 18 runs. His economy rate is 8.63 and strike rate is 17.87. As a fielder, he has taken 16 catches.
Brendon McCullum batting
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Corey Anderson batting
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Tim Southee bowling
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Dough Bracewell
Dough Bracewell is a very good bowler of team New Zealand. His batting performance in twenty-20 cricket career is also very good. His personal information and cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Doughlas Bracewell
Nick Name: Bracewell
Date of Birth: September 28, 1990
Current Age: 25 years
Matches he played: 14
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm medium
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Dough Bracewell
Batting statistics
Doughlas Bracewell is an average batsman and he has played total 8 twenty-20 innings and he remains not out in 5 matches. He has scored total 77 runs and his average rate is 25.67. His highest score is 21 runs not out. His scoring rate is 137.50.
Bowling & fielding statistics
Dough Bracewell is an excellent bowler and he has performed total 43 overs and bowled 262 balls. He gave away 408 runs and got 17 wickets with an average rate of 24.00. His best was three wickets of 25 runs. His economy rate is 9.34 and strike rate is 15.41. As a fielder, he has taken 5 catches.
Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson is a very good all rounder of team New Zealand. He is also expected as the captain of the team for twenty-20 world cup squad. He is a young and talented player and his performance in previous matches is also very good. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Kane Williamson
Nick Name: Williamson
Date of Birth: August 08, 1990
Current Age: 25 years
Matches he played: 30
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm off break
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Kane Williamson
Batting statistics
Kane Williamson is a young and talented batsman. He has played total 28 twenty-20 innings and remains not out in 5 matches. He has scored total 844 runs with an average rate of 36.70. His highest score is 72 runs not out including five fifties. He has played as an opener of total 17 times. His scoring rate is 127.69.
Bowling & fielding statistics
Kane Williamson has performed total 11 overs and bowled 70 balls. He gave away 120 runs and got 3 wickets with an average rate of 40.00. His best was one wicket of 6 runs. His economy rate is 10.29 and strike rate is 23.33. As a fielder, he has taken 17 catches.
Dough Bracewell bowling stle
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Kane Williamson batting style
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New Zealand vs Australia super over
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