Devon Conway rescued New Zealand from a precarious start with a scintillating unbeaten 99 as the hosts defeated Australia by 53 runs in the opener of their five-match Twenty20 series in Christchurch on Monday. Monday’s series opener was the first international played under lights at the Hagley Oval and it started after a minute’s silence was observed to mark the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake that killed 185 people. “The key from there was just trying to stay positive throughout,” said Conway. He was on 98 on the final delivery of the innings but failed to complete a second run, hitting it straight to the fielder patrolling the boundary. The second match will be played at Dunedin on Thursday.

Source: The Star February 22, 2021 09:45 UTC