By Admin 
England gave a blast to New Zealand on the day of Diwali. Especially England’s star opener Phil Salt and captain Harry Brook made a lot of noise. Salt played a brilliant inning of 85 runs in 56 balls. Whereas Brook played a brilliant inning of 78 runs in 35 balls. England won the second T20 by 65 runs. After playing first, England had scored 236 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kiwi team collapsed for 171 runs in 18 overs.
England made a big splash
England, who came to bat first after losing the toss, got the first blow on the total score of 24. Jos Buttler returned to the pavilion after scoring only four runs. At the other end, Phil Salt kept scoring runs rapidly. England lost the second wicket on the last ball of the powerplay on a total score of 68. Jacob Bethel was out after scoring 24 runs in 12 balls. He hit two fours and two sixes.
After this, Salt and Harry Brook set off a lot of fireworks. Both of them hit fours and sixes. Brook scored 78 runs in just 35 balls. 6 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. Salt played a brilliant inning of 85 runs in 56 balls. He hit 11 fours and one six.
In the end Tom Banton also played the band of Kiwi bowlers. Banton scored unbeaten 29 runs in just 12 balls. He hit 4 fours and one six. Along with this, Sam Curran returned unbeaten on eight runs with the help of a six in three balls.
New Zealand team proved to be a fuskie bomb
In response to England’s 236 runs, New Zealand’s team proved to be a fuskie bomb. The Kiwi team was bundled out for 171 runs in 18 overs and the English team won the match by 65 runs. Tim Seifert scored 39 runs in 29 balls for New Zealand. Mark Chapman scored 28 runs in 24 balls and captain Mitchell Santner scored 36 runs in 15 balls. Whereas Tim Robinson 07, Rachin Ravindra 08, Daryl Mitchell 09 and James Neesham were out after scoring 09 runs.