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New Zealand scored 168/7 in the Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup 2026 against Sri Lanka in Colombo. At one time the Kiwi team had lost 6 wickets for 84 runs. After this, captain Mitchell Santner (47) and Cole McConchie (31) played a good innings and made a record partnership. In fact, this pair created a new record for the highest partnership for the 7th wicket or lower in the T20 World Cup.
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Mitchell Santner and Cole McConchie made a record partnership
Santner and McConchie together added 84 runs in 47 balls. Meanwhile, Santner scored 47 runs in 26 balls. He missed his half-century. At the same time, McConchie played an unbeaten inning of 31 runs in 23 balls. This pair broke the previous record of Michael Hussey and Steve Smith. Let us tell you that this Australian pair had made a partnership of 74 runs against Bangladesh in 2010.
Santner completed his 1,000 runs in T20 International
Santner missed the third half-century of his T20 international career. However, in the meantime he completed his 1,000 runs. With this figure he became the 13th Kiwi batsman. The left-handed batsman has now scored 1,021 runs in 132 T20 international matches at a strike rate of 131.74. Santner’s 47 runs is now his highest batting score in the T20 World Cup.
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