In ICC T20 WC New Zealand beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets
With the most economical spell in T20Is Lockie Ferguson (3/0) created history as New Zealand signed off from the World Cup with a seven-wicket hammering of Papua New Guineaon Monday. Ferguson recorded a dream spell of 4-4-0-3 as New Zealand shot out a lowly PNG for a mere 78 in 19.4 overs and overhauled the target with 46 balls to spare, scoring 79 runs for three in 12.2 overs.
Ferguson joined the skipper Canada Saad Bin Zafar as only the second bowler in T20I history to have sent down each of the allotted four overs to a bowler as maiden, returning figures of 4-4-0-3 after the latter recorded 4-4-0-2
Brief scores:
Papua New Guinea: 78 all out in 19.4 overs (Lockie Ferguson 3/0, Tim Southee 2/11, Trent Boult 2/14).
New Zealand: 79/3 in 12.2 overs (Devon Conway 35; Kabua Morea 2/4).