"New Zealand v Australia" Conway hits 99 not out as hosts win first T20///...

"New Zealand v Australia" Conway hits 99 not out as hosts win first T20///...

Devon Conway's unbeaten 99 off 59 balls helped New Zealand whip Australia by 53 runs in the opening Twenty20. 

Playing just his 6th T20 worldwide, left-gave Conway assisted the hosts with recuperating 19-3 to post 184-5 in Christchurch. 

Australia drooped to 19-4 as Tim Southee and Trent Boult shared four wickets in the initial five overs. 

They were bowled out for 131 with 2.3 overs unused, with leg-spinner Ish Sodhi guaranteeing 4-28. 

Triumph was just New Zealand's second in nine endeavors against Australia in T20 cricket. 

In any case, the vacationers were without a few best option players on the grounds that a Test visit through South Africa - later deferred due to Covid concerns - was booked to be occurring simultaneously as the T20s. 

The five-coordinate arrangement proceeds on Thursday in Dunedin. 

Conway, who was brought into the world in South Africa, midpoints 91 in T20s for New Zealand after scores of 41, 65 not out, five, 63 and now 99 not out since making his introduction in November. 

He made 69 not out, 91 not out and 93 not out in his progressive T20 innings for homegrown side Wellington before this match.