Cleaver fifty, Bracewell hat-trick underline series win for New Zealand

Dane Cleaver's maiden T20I fifty - a nicely-paced unbeaten 78 off 55 deliveries - installation New Zealand's series-clinching 88-run victory over Ireland in Game 2 of the 3-match collection in Belfast. Set to chase a daunting 179 to hold the collection alive, the hosts crumbled against the pace of Jacob Duffy inside the powerplay earlier than Ish Sodhi tightened the screws along with his three/21 inside the center-overs. Michael Bracewell, even though, hogged the limelight with his maiden T20I hat-trick that wrapped up Ireland's respond interior 14 overs. Allen offers New Zealand a flying start Finn Allen wasted no time in teeing off as he pulled a quick ball over deep rectangular leg and earlier than making it a 13-run opening over from Craig Young with a four to deep midwicket. While Martin Guptil dealt only in singles, Allen welcomed Barry McCarthy into the assault with a six over the bowler's head, observed with the aid of returned to returned limitations in the first-1/2 of the over. In the 44-run beginning stand, and of New Zealand's 51 within the powerplay, Allen had contributed 35 off just 20 along with all of the boundary shots. Ireland claw lower back with openers' wickets It took a going for walks-in, diving-ahead trap from McCarthy - while Allen miscued ultimately one trying to swing throughout the line - for Ireland to discover a step forward. McCarthy and Mark Adair controlled to sneak in more than one quiet overs before McCullum, after an uncharacteristic 11 off 17, top-edged a pull for a trustworthy seize this time for McCarthy. From fifty one/1 after powerplay, New Zealand had best improved to 70/2 on the start of the tenth over. Cleaver units up NZ's 179 Coming in at one-drop, he took his time settling in but speedy turned out a sedate start of 5 off 9 to his maiden T20I fifty off 39 deliveries; he in the end completed with an unbeaten seventy eight. The turnaround came with a superb interior-out over covers off George Dockrell's very fist ball in the game, earlier than he pulled Young flat over deep midwicket. He had a few near-misses - run-out scares, missed stumping and such - however Cleaver rode his good fortune and solid a useful fifty three-run partnership with Glenn Phillips (23) and another one worth 48 with Daryl Mitchell (14) to put the group lower back heading in the right direction for a triumphing overall. The opposite scoop over 1/3 guy for a six changed into the spotlight of his fifty five-ball knock, while he managed to send two extra over the deep square leg fence, accomplishing his half of-century with the primary. Duffy dents Ireland's chase early Paul Stirling were given into his element very quickly and raced to 21 off thirteen with the assist of three barriers and a six that kicked off Ireland's chase in some style. However, he came undone in opposition to the sheer pace of Lockie Ferguson within the third over and sliced a sitter to mid-off. Duffy then cleaned up Gareth Delany first ball with a pointy inswinger and drew a faint outdoor aspect off Balbirnie in his successive overs. In between, Harry Tector changed into overwhelmed via a sharp direct-hit from Phillips at the non-striker's end on the begin of the 5th over. By the time Ireland's powerplay got here to a near, the hosts had been all the way down to forty one/4 shape where it changed into always going to be an uphill project. Sodhi 3-fer derails Ireland The leggie joined the party in his first over itself, and took out three critical center-order wickets inside the area of six deliveries across the first overs of his commencing spell after powerplay. First to head become Lorcan Tucker, stumped on wandering out of his crease having neglected his tried slog-sweep. Off the very next ball, George Dockrell went driving off a tossed up transport outside off and sent an easy outdoor facet to the primary slip. Curtis Camper picked up a unmarried off the free complete-toss Sodhi bowled for his hat-trick delivery however ended up top-edging to backward factor two balls later, looking to reduce. Bracewell cleans up the tail Adair spoilt Sodhi's figures in his 0.33 over with 4, four and six off consecutive deliveries to pressure New Zealand's hand and feature him taken off the attack. But Bracewell, his alternative, handiest hastened Ireland's surrender together with his first-ever T20I hat-trick. Threatening to open a door for Ireland's comeback no longer so long ago, Adair and McCarthy both went for big heaves leg-side and discovered Phillips to perfection at deep midwicket, even as Young sliced some other easy take for backward point as Ireland collapsed to 91. Brief scores: New Zealand 178/4 in 20 overs (Dane Cleaver 78*, Finn Allen 35; Joshua Little 2-31, Craig Young 2-34) beat Ireland 91 all out in 13.5 overs (Mark Adair 27, Paul Stirling 21; Micheal Bracewell 3/5, Ish Sodhi 3/21) by 88 runs.