Australia vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2022 Highlights: NZ thrash AUS by 89 runs

Glenn ‘Superman' Phillips brought out the goods with the bat early on and now in the field. Stoinis muttering to himself as he walks, extremely unlucky there. Santner floats the second ball of the 9th over outside off, Stoinis gives himself room and takes a whack at it, would have expected maybe a couple of runs. But Phillips starts running from extra cover, leaps at the ball and catches it mid-air while parallel to the ground and then keeps it in his hands on impact with the ground. Brilliant stuff. 

Stoinis c Phillips b Santner 7 (14), Australia 50/4 in 8.2 overs

Maxwell and Stoinis are in the middle now. They are both capable hitters but not exactly known to stay in the middle for too long and that is exactly what Australia need at the moment. Wonder if they regret dropping Steve Smith now. 

Neesham loses the ball in the lights but still completes the catch. Australia in trouble now. Marsh sends the ball soaring into the night sky and holes out in the deep. 

Marsh c Neesham b Southee 16 (12), Australia 34/3 in 4.5 overs

Flat from Santner, Finch gives himself room and smacks it straight at Williamson at extra cover. That is a good catch from New Zealand captain, it may have been straight at him but that was travelling at an incredible speed. 

Finch c Williamson b Santner 13 (11), Australia 30/2 in four overs

Marsh lifts Santner over the offside inside out over covers. What a sensational shot that is from the all rounder. 

Mitchell Marsh whips out the sweep off Mitch Santner for his first boundary of the innings. Marsh will be key here for New Zealand. Australia 23/1 in 3.2 overs.

The Australian captain taking the initiative. He first charges down and hits Boult deep into the stands over deep midwicket, a 102m hit! Then he places the second ball of the second over past mid-off for a four. 

That is a freak dismissal if there ever was any. Short of a length from Southee, Warner goes for the pull but the ball doesn't bounce enough. It hits his thigh pad, then the back of his bat and then hits the stumps. How about that. 

Warner b Southee 5 (6), Australia Australia 5/1 in 1.1 overs

This is going to be a tricky first few overs for Australia and that is not good news for them at all considering they are chasing 201. Finch gets beaten off the last ball of that over. Australia 5/0. 

Ooo that could have been a big wicket off the third ball! Boult swinging the ball around corners. Once again the ball shapes away from Warner, outside edge and it flies just out of the diving slip's reach for a boundary.  

Right, David Warner is facing up to Trent Boult and Australia captain Aaron Finch is at the other end. Big swing from Boult first up and it completely bamboozles Warner. 

“I got the call last night and got to sleep on it. I mean we talked about throwing the first punch and it was just committing to that. It's a good competitive score and we've done half the job. Hopefully, we can finish it off”

He sends Hazlewood sailing over long-on to help New Zealand finish on a round figure of 200. Neesham ends on 26 off 13 balls while Conway is unbeaten on 92 off 58 balls. 

New Zealand 186/3 in 19 overs. Starc unable to finish an otherwise good over well. Conway moves to create some room for himself and crashes it through the offside. 

He smacks Cummins over midwicket for his first six of the match. This might not be a pretty sight for Australian fans. 

The big-hitting Neesham is with Conway and so it is danger galore at the moment for Australia. Wonder of Conway is eyeing a century, he is on 79 after all. 

Short one from Hazlewood surprised Phillips. He was shaping up to hit one down the ground but is not quite able to readjust to the pull shot. The ball takes a top edge and Hazlewood himself takes an easy catch. 

Phillips c & b Hazlewood 12 (10), New Zealand 152/3 in 16 overs

Baseball shot from Phillips. He clears his front leg and smashes the short one from Hazlewood downtown. 

Into the last five overs now. Conway is on 70 off 45 balls, he has the equally dangerous Glenn Phillips at the other end who is on seven off six. 30 balls left in this innings now, how much can New Zealand stack up from here. 

A run a ball 23 for him. Zampa makes an appeal and this time the umpire raises his finger. Williamson has a long conversation with Conway before going for the review at the very last second. Three reds it is, no edge and the New Zealand captain goes after just about managing a strike rate of 100. 

Williamson lbw b Zampa 23 (23), New Zealand 125/2 in 13 overs

He gets to 55 off 36 balls. He smashes Zampa over midwicket to get to the milestone. His partnership with Williamson has reached 64 off 48. 

Gets down on one knee and scoops Stoinis over fine leg off the first ball of the 11th. He needs a lot more of those, does the New Zealand captain but just that show simply oozed class, which Williamson has got in abundance of course. That brings up New Zealand's 100. 

Big shout from Zampa and the umpire shakes his head. Finch takes the review. It was pad first and looks very close indeed. But ball-tracking shows that the ball would've gone over middle stump.  

Conway goes down the track and thrashes Zampa over long on. Much, much needed boundary that. 

New Zealand are 81/1 in eight overs. Australia slowly pulling things back now, Williamson and Conway are not able to get much from Zampa and Stoinis. 

Courtesy Finn Allen. What a start the Kiwis have got here. Conway is on 19 off 13 balls and Williamson is on four off seven.

Some width from Hazlewood and Williamson manages to get it past point for four. The New Zealand captain has a career strike of just over 123 and so he would want to get into the groove as quickly as possible. 

Yorker of the highest order from Hazlewood and the ball crashes on to the base of off stump. That marks the end of quite a brilliant opening knock from Finn Allen. The Australians are celebrating wildly and why not, if this had gone on for even two overs more this match would have become an uphill struggle for them already. 

Finn Allen b Josh Hazlewood 42 (16), New Zealand 56/1 in 4.1 overs

New Zealand's 50 has come up in just 3.5 overs. Stoinis takes the pace off, Allen waits for it and goes over the bowler's head. 

New Zealand are 46/0 after 3 overs. Allen is on 35 off 13 and Conway on 11 off five. 

That would go down as a drop at short fine leg but it would have been a contender for catch of the tournament had Zampa held on to it. It was well over his head and he managed to get his fingers to it. 

Second boundary of the second over. Conway hit a four off the first ball that Hazlewood bowled and then hits another off the fourth. The second four he lifts over mid-off and just times it perfectly to the boundary. 

A four off the second last ball and then a dot ball to make it 14 runs for the over. New Zealand are not going to take it easy in the powerplay. 

What a start! Cleaner connection and this time it goes over long-on and into the stands. 

This time he goes over mid-on with a swing through the line off the second ball. Allen making his intentions quite clear. 

Mitchell Starc has the ball in his hands, Finn Allen facing up with Devon Conway at the other end. Allen tries a drive first up and doesn't quite time it so aggression straightaway. 

Here we go then, the two teams have lined up and the national anthems have been sung. The SCG is slowly filling up  now and the atmosphere is just starting to amp up. 

There are a lot of clouds but at the same time, it seems there is some sunshine at the SCG now. Things looking slightly better, no delays so far. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Going to bowl. There's weather around but we also feel the wicket gets better and better as the game goes on. Every time you represent Australia you feel pressure. We've always had amazing support. Smith, Agar, Richardson and Green the four players not playing.

Devon Conway(w), Finn Allen, Kane Williamson(c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult