Benedict Bermange breaks down the key stats and stories ahead of the T20 World Cup final in Dubai; Watch New Zealand take on Australia in Sunday’s masterpiece, live from 1:00 pm on Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event
Australia participates in their first T20 World Cup final since 2010
The ICC T20 WC 2021 final will be a Trans-Tasmania affair after the two teams in the second-place group passed the semi-finals to set up a replay of the 2015 World Cup final, which Australia won hands-down. convincing.
In fact, that match followed the path of all their knockout matches in ICC competitions:
This will be From Australia first ICC T20 World Cup final since losing to England in 2010 in the Caribbean. For the Kiwis, this is their first visit to a final, after defeats in the semifinals in 2007 and 2016.
In all of Twenty20 International cricket, the teams have met 14 times, with Australia leading 9-5.
However, their most recent meetings occurred between February 22 and March 7 of this year, when New Zealand it won its five-game series 3-2 with a seven-wicket victory in the decisive fifth at Mount Maunganui.
12 matches have been played in Dubai in the tournament to date, with only one of them won by the team that hit first and 11 won by the chasing team.
The only team to buck that trend was New Zealand, which defeated Scotland by 16 runs on November 3. However, that trend is very recent.
Of the total of 74 Twenty20 Internationals played on the ground, 36 were won by hitting first, with 38 hitting second.
All that said, there have only been two successful chases of a 155+ target on the ground in 22 attempts, the second of which was Australia’s semi-final chase.
Spin has had a lot of advantage in Dubai in the tournament to date, as evidenced by Shadab Khan’s performance in the semi-final for Pakistan:
Comparing both teams by game phase, Australia’s hitting has had the upper hand in terms of over runs, but so has New Zealand’s bowling alley. New Zealand’s overall economy rate in the competition has been 6.75 per year, the best of the 16 teams that have participated.
Trent boult He is the leading sewing bowler in the competition, with 11 wickets at 14.09 with an economy rate of 6.54. Tim southee he’s taken eight wickets and conceded better than a run-a-ball, going just 5.75 runs per over.
For Australia, Adam Zampa leads the way with 12 windows, second only to Wanindu Hasaranga, who had the benefit of the first round to help him.
New Zealand might be a bit concerned about their hitting power, as 85 percent of Twenty20’s matches are won by the team that hits the most limits and of the four semi-finalists, they hit by far the lowest ratio of limits:
Australia is a stable team, with the same team playing five of their six games to date, with the only change being Ashton agar replacing Mitchell marsh for the England game on October 30.
New Zealand have also used just 12 players, with their last five games with teams unchanged after Adam milne came for Tim Seifert.
However, they will need to shuffle their package afterwards. Devon conway he broke a bone in his hand after hitting his bat after being sent off in the semi-final victory over England.
Watch live coverage of the ICC T20 World Cup final live on Sky Sports Cricket starting at 1pm on Sunday.
