{"id":4004,"date":"2023-04-06T02:35:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2023-04-06T02:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:35:50","slug":"milne-and-seifert-star-in-black-caps-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4004","title":{"rendered":"Milne and Seifert star in Black Caps win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-sub-nav c-sub-nav--inline \">\n<nav class=\"o-menu\">\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__primary u-divider-bottom@until-medium\">\n<div class=\"article article-news article-news-487401\">\n<header class=\"article__header c-story-header\">\n<div class=\"o-kicker\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"c-story-header__headline\">Milne and Seifert star in Black Caps win<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-story-header__meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--vfcmT7Jc--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1680667586\/4LB0QES_Tim_Seifert_Black_Cap_jpg\" alt=\"Tim Seifert plays through leg side during his innings against Sri Lanka at University Oval, Dunedin.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Tim Seifert plays through the leg side during his innings against Sri Lanka at University Oval, Dunedin.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0BLAKE ARMSTRONG<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Zealand have kept the T20 cricket series against Sri Lanka alive, with a nine wicket win in game two in Dunedin.<\/p>\n<p>With Sri Lanka winning the opening game in Hamilton in a super over, another win for the tourists would have sealed the three match series with a game to spare.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Caps won the toss and opted to bowl and at 91 for two in the 11th over Sri Lanka were on course for a competitive total but they then lost their next eight wickets in the space of seven overs.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Milne was the most successful of the New Zealand bowlers taking 5-26 in his four overs, his best figures in international T20 cricket and the third best by a New Zealand bowler in T20 internationals.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow pace bowler Ben Lister picked up two wickets while Henry Shipley, Rachin Ravindra and Jimmy Neesham took one apiece.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s--rgnUKfJa--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1680665416\/4LB0RET_Black_Caps_Rachin_Ravindra_and_Adam_Milne_jpg\" alt=\"Black Caps Rachin Ravindra and Adam Milne.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Black Caps Rachin Ravindra and Adam Milne.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Andrew Cornaga\/www.photosport.nz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Black Caps got off to a flying start with opener Chad Bowes clubbing 31 off just 15 balls, including seven boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>When he was dismissed Tim Seifert continued the onslaught, finishing 79 not out off just 43 balls including 6 sixes while skipper Tom Latham finished unbeaten on 20.<\/p>\n<p>Milne was named player of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The series decider is in Queenstown on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>-RNZ<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__footer\">\n<div class=\"c-tag-list\">\n<ul class=\"c-tag-list__items\">\n<li class=\"tag-item\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milne and Seifert star in Black Caps win Tim Seifert plays through the leg side during his innings against Sri Lanka at University Oval, Dunedin.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0BLAKE ARMSTRONG New Zealand have kept the T20 cricket series against Sri Lanka alive, with a nine wicket win in game two in Dunedin. With Sri Lanka winning the opening game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4007,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions\/4007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}