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New Zealand started the T-20 World Cup with a bang and defeated defending champions and hosts Australia by 89 runs in the very first match . Australia 17 against the 2010 target to win . 111 runs were lost in 1 over . Player of the match Conway scored an unbeaten 92 off 58 balls with 7 fours and two sixes . While Southee and Santner took 3 wickets each . With this, New Zealand defeated Australia in an international cricket match after 11 years on its own soil .
New Zealand last won the Hobart Test by 7 runs in December 2011 . After that, 15 international matches were played between the two in Australia , out of which New Zealand lost 14 and one Test ( November , 2015 ) was drawn .
New Zealand hit 15 fours and 8 sixes
Australia won the toss and put New Zealand into bat . New Zealand scored 108 runs with 15 fours and 8 sixes from the boundary . Conway added 56 off 25 balls with Allen ( 42 ) and 69 off 53 balls with Williamson ( 23 ). Finally, Conway - Neesham scored an unbeaten 48 off 24 balls to take the score to 200/3 . Cummins scored 46 runs in 4 overs and Hazlewood scored 41 runs in 4 overs . Hazlewood got two wickets .
Australia lost the last 6 wickets for 43 runs
Southie took 3 wickets in six runs and Santner took 3-3 wickets in 31 runs . The top order tried to struggle after Warner ( 5 ) was dismissed cheaply. Maxwell scored 28 runs and Cummins scored 21 runs . Mitchell Marsh had 16 runs and Finch had 13 runs . Australia lost the last six wickets for 43 runs and were 68/4 for 111 all out . Boult took two wickets in 24 runs and Ferguson - Sodhi took 1-1 wickets .
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