Lockie Ferguson created sensation ending T20 World Cup 2024 campaign for New Zealand on a major high. He did not give away even one run in his complete spell of 4 overs against Papua New Guinea, PNG. Not even one run has gone from bat in his bowling on a difficult pitch to bat. He ended the match with figures 4-4-0-3, bowling all maidens.
Going into the details, New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first on a difficult pitch. PNG batters found it difficult to score consistently. Leg Spinner Ish Sodhi gave away most amount of runs among the bowlers and ended with 2/29 figures. Tim Southee(2/11), Trent Boult(2/14), Mitchell Santner(1/17) took wickets along with Lockie Ferguson.
Hence, PNG ended up scoing only 78 runs from 19.4 overs. In the chase, New Zealand batters also struggled but scored 79/3 in 12.2 overs. Devon Conway(35) scored highest score for any batter in both the innings. Daryl Mitchell(19) and Kane Williamson(18) finished the innings for NZ. Hence, they won the match by 7 wickets.
Shockingly, New Zealand has lost to West Indies and Afghanistan in their Group C matches. Hence, they had been evicted from World Cup in the group stages itself. In their last T20 World Cup, Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kane Williamson tried their best to leave an impact but failed. Lockie Ferguson, on the other hand, left a huge impact.