Little then bowled Neesham and Santner out for two runs in back-to-back deliveries, giving him a memorable World Cup hat-trick. This World Cup's second hat-trick.
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New Zealand was asked to bat first, and they will believe they have scored enough runs. They put on 185 runs in the first innings. They’ll be overjoyed to see their skipper back in action. Ireland got off to a strong start, holding off the aggressive opening duo of Finn Allen and Devon Conway for much of the powerplay. Allen unleashed a four and a six against Delany before taking on Adair, but the Irish pacer had him in the final over of the powerplay.
Devon Conway quickly holed out to long-on. Nevertheless, Williamson and Glenn Phillips helped rebuild New Zealand. The latter made a brief 17-run cameo, but Williamson continued to bat for the majority of the innings. He was timing the ball well and picking out gaps with ease, giving the impression that he had rediscovered his mojo. Joshua Little dismissed the Kiwi captain in the 19th over. Little then bowled Neesham and Santner out for two runs in back-to-back deliveries, giving him a memorable World Cup hat-trick. This World Cup’s second hat-trick.
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Guess it was a little bit of tail back into the left-handers, wanted to execute it two times in a row and I got lucky to have managed it. I think I was a bit short early on, then went a bit greedy and went full. I don’t see why we can’t chase this down, time for another upset in this World Cup
Little said after the first innings
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