Trans-Tasman T20 Tri-Series 2018: Australia vs New Zealand- 5th match, 5 talking points

#4 The opening carnage by Australia

Just when one had thought that Australia had been batted out of the game, David Warner and D’Arcy Short walked out with positive intent and started smashing runs at will over the park. They raced away to 111 in 7.4 overs and the writing was almost on the wall.

The Kiwis needed a couple of quick wickets but were unable to dislodge the opening pair till the score had reached 121.

Warner, who had hardly been in any sort of a form going into the match, was the first to be dismissed by Ish Sodhi for a well-made 59 in just 24 deliveries at a staggering strike-rate of 245.83! Short carried on and ensured that he held one end up in the high pressure run chase and by the time he was dismissed in the seventeenth over for 76 in 44 balls, he had done enough to take Australia close.