England vs New Zealand, 4th T20I: New Zealand Leveled the Series After a Tendon Batting Performance

England and New Zealand came against each other in the 4th T20I of the series at Edgbaston, Birmingham. England won the toss and decided to bat first.

Bairstow and Will Jacks came to bat and Tim Southee opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Bairstow hit a four on the third ball and smashed a six on the fifth ball. In the 3rd over, Bairstow started the over with a four and Will Jacks finished the over with a four. In the 4th over, Bairstow started the over with a six and smashed back-to-back two boundaries in the same over. In the 5th over, Bairstow started the over with a six, England reached 50 runs on the third ball, and Bairstow finished the over with a four. After 6 overs, Eng was at 63-0.

In the 7th over, Will Jacks got out after scoring 16(15) on the fourth ball and Bairstow scored a half-century with a single on the last ball. In the 12th over, Bairstow started the over with a six and England reached 100 runs. Bairstow got out after scoring 73(41) on the second ball. In the 13th over, Malan hammered three fours. In the 14th over, Harry Brook got out after scoring 4(8) on the fourth ball. After 15 overs, Eng was at 137-3.

In the 16th over, Malan got out after scoring 26(21) on the second ball and Moeen Ali got out after scoring 1(3) on the last ball. In the 18th over, Livingstone took a single on the first ball and England reached 150 runs. Sam Curran got out after scoring 5(4) on the second ball and Rehan Ahmed smashed a six on the fifth ball. In the 20th over, Rehan Ahmed got out after scoring 11(7) on the third ball and Livingstone got out after scoring 26(20) on the last ball.

In 20 overs, England scored 175 runs with a loss of 8 wickets.

Chasing 176 runs, Finn Allen and Seifert came to bat and Sam Curran opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Finn Allen started the over with a four and Seifert hit a four on the fourth ball. In the 2nd over, Finn Allen smashed two fours and got out after scoring 16(6) on the fifth ball. In the 3rd over, Seifert smashed two boundaries. In the 4th over, Daryl Mitchell hit a six on the second ball, Seifert hit a four on the fourth ball, and Mitchell took a double on the last ball and New Zealand reached 50 runs. In the 5th over, Seifert smashed three boundaries. In the 6th over, Seifert hit a four on the last ball and the partnership between Tim Seifert and Daryl Mitchell reached 50 runs. After 6 overs, NZ was at 73-1.

In the 7th over, Mitchell ran out after scoring 14(7) on the second ball. In the 9th over, Seifert got out after scoring 48(32) on the first ball. In the 11th over, Glenn Phillips hit a four on the third ball and New Zealand reached 100 runs. In the 13th over, Glenn Phillips hit a six on the fourth ball and Chapman finished the over with a four. In the 14th over, Chapman hit a four on the second ball, Glenn Phillips hit a four on the fifth ball and got out after scoring 42(25) on the last ball. In the 15th over, Ravindra took a double on the last ball and New Zealand reached 150 runs. After 15 overs, NZ was at 150-4.

In the 16th over, Chapman hit back-to-back two boundaries. In the 17th over, Ravindra started the over with a four and Chapman finished the over with a four. In the 18th over, Ravindra hit the winning four on the second ball. New Zealand scored 179-4 and won the match by 6 wickets. 

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