Mitchell Marsh enters record books with explosive century during Aus-NZ 3rd T20I

Mountain [New Zealand]October 4 (Ani): Australian T20I captain Mitchell Marsh completed 7,000 international runs and rewrote the record books with a first T20I century against New Zealand in the final match on Mount Maunganui on Saturday. After Australia first chose to bowl, it was Tim Seifert (48 in 35 balls, with five fours and three sixes) and captain Michael Bracewell (26 in 22 balls, with a four and six) and James Neesham (25 in 18 balls, with two fours and two sixes) that NZ took to 156/9 in 20. Sean Abott (3/25), Josh Hazlewood (2/26) was one of the leading bowlers for Australia. In the running case, while Neesham (4/26) and Jacob Duffy (2/29) have a devastation on Australia, Marsh stood high and unbeaten on 103* in 52 balls, with eight fours and seven sixes. Aussies won with three wickets and two overs left. Now in 218 international performances, Marsh scored 7.079 runs at an average of 33.07 in 245 overs, with eight centuries and 40 fifties and a best score of 181 in T20Is, he scored 1,996 runs in 76 games and 73 overs, with an average of 33.26, with 1 century, 11 fifties. His strike rate is nearly 140. Marsh joined Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner and Josh Inglis as Australia’s all-format Centurions in Men’s International Cricket. He also maintains his fine record against New Zealand, with 479 runs in 13 T20I overs at an average of 59.87 and a strike rate of more than 155, including a century and three fifties. Marsh is also the fourth Aussie that hit 100 sixes in T20Is, with 101 sixes and sits in the company of Glenn Maxwell (148), Aaron Finch (125) and David Warner (122). The Allrounder also became the third captain of Australia after Finch (172 against Zimbabwe in 2018) and Watson (124* against India in 2016) to achieve a T20I century. (Ani)