New Zealand sealed a comrehensive 6-wicket victory over Netherlands in their Group 1 encounter of World T20 at MA Aziz cricket stadium in Chittagong on Saturday.
Skipper also ace batsman in the shortest format, Brendon McCullum powered the Kiwi side in chase hitting a quick fifty, he scored 65 off 41 balls with four boundaries and three superb maximums.
Netherlands has set a 152-run target in 20 overs losing four wickets amid sensible and economic bowling efforts by New Zealand.
Peter Borren added important 42 off 27 deliveries hitting six boundaries and a maximum in the Dutch total.
Tom Cooper also hit a unbeaten 40 off 23 balls with four boundaries and two whirlwind maximum.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl.
Squad:
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum (capt), Ross Taylor, Jimmy Neesham, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Netherlands: Stephan Myburgh, Michael Swart, Wesley Barresi (wk), Tom Cooper, Peter Borren (capt), Ben Cooper, Mudassar Bukhari, Logan van Beek, Pieter Seelaar, Timm van der Gugten, Ahsan Malik.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
