21 Aug 2023

Black Caps win series in UAE

7:11 am on 21 August 2023
Will Young 50 not out.
New Zealand Black Caps v Sri Lanka, 3rd One Day International cricket match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand. Friday 31 March 2023. © Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

Will Young top scored for the Black Caps in the third T20. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz

The Black Caps have claimed a 2-1 series win over the United Arab Emirates with a 32 run win in this morning's deciding T20 in Dubai.

Batting first the Black Caps reached 166 for 5 with Will Young and Mark Chapman scoring fifties.

Young top scored with 56 runs from 46 balls with Chapman blasting 51 runs from 32 balls.

Ben Lister then took three wickets as the Black Caps restricted the hosts to 134 for 7.

Aayan Afzal Khan top scored for the UAE with 42.

The Black Caps, who were missing a host of first choice players, won the first T20 before losing the second.

New Zealand next head to England for four T20s and four one-dayers, with the trip to the UK starting with tour matches against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, with the match against Worcestershire starting on Saturday morning.

-RNZ