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In the 11th match of T-20 World Cup 2026, New Zealand cricket team registered an emphatic victory against UAE cricket team by 10 wickets. The Kiwi team achieved the target of 174 runs to win in just 15.2 overs. Finn Allen (84*) and Tim Seifert (89*) played important roles in New Zealand’s victory. Both these batsmen scored half-centuries and established the biggest partnership in T20 World Cup history.
Seifert played a brilliant innings
Seifert took the brunt of Muhammad Rohid Khan in the sixth over of the innings. This wicketkeeper batsman hit 4 fours and 1 six during the last over of the powerplay. Batting aggressively, he completed his half-century in just 23 balls. He became the fastest batsman from New Zealand to score the fastest half-century in T20 World Cup history. He remained unbeaten after scoring 89 runs in 42 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes.
Allen completed his 7th half-century in T-20 International.
Allen, who came to open the innings from New Zealand, scored the 7th half-century of his T20 international career. He showed signs of good rhythm by hitting 2 sixes against Junaid Siddiqui, who came to bowl the fourth over of the innings. He took 27 balls to complete his half-century. Allen played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 50 balls with the help of 5 fours and as many sixes.
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Allen-Syfert made record partnership
Allen and Seifert together made an unbroken partnership of 175 runs in 92 balls for the first wicket. This now becomes the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the history of T20 World Cup. Earlier, England’s Jos Buttler and Alex Hales had added 170 runs against India in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022. At third place in this list is the pair of Quinton de Kock-Riley Rousseau (168 vs Bangladesh, 2022).
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