George Worker becomes fourth New Zealand batsman to score fifty on T20I debut

Worker joined the club that contains the likes of Scott Styris, Aaron Redmond and Anton Devcich.

George Worker became the fourth New Zealand batsman to score a half-century on Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on Sunday. Worker achieved the feat when he hammered a 38-ball 62 to guide New Zealand to a score of 198 in 20 overs in the one-off T20I against Zimbabwe at Harare. Worker earned the ‘Man of the Match’ award for the same, as New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe by 80 runs to end their tour on a winning note. Scott Styris (2005), Aaron Redmond (2009) and Anton Devcich are the other names that feature in this list. READ: New Zealand thrash Zimbabwe by 80 runs in only T20I

The details of the innings of all four batsmen are mentioned in the table below:

New Zealand finished on 198 for 5 at the end of 20 overs, with contributions mainly coming in from Worker and Martin Guptill (33 off 24). The latter steered the visitors off to a strong start, before a couple of quick wickets pushed them to the backfoot. In the end, some hard hitting by Luke Ronchi (23), Colin Munro (23 not out) and Nathan McCullum (18 not out) saw the visitors add 56 runs in the last four overs of the innings. UPDATES: Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, only T20I at Harare

The New Zealand pace duo of Mitchell McClenaghan and Adam Milne, who had returned to the side after battling an injury, did not allow the Zimbabweans to settle right from the start as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The batsmen either succumbed to rash shots or to some lethal pace, with the asking rate climbing steeply with each fall of wicket. Craig Ervine top-scored for the Zimbabweans by adding 42 to the total.

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