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T20 WC: Nice To Come Out And Contribute To Start The Ball Rolling, Says McConchie

T20 World Cup: New Zealand spinner Cole McConchie said he was pleased to make an impact in the Mens T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa after being drafted into the side at short notice. McConchies off-spin meant New Zealand used him as a match-up for countering the Proteas left-handed batters, which worked when he dismissed Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickelton in the second over, as the Blackcaps restricted South Africa to 169/8. We talked about it sort of the last couple of days, but it even got finalised sort of just before warm-ups. So nice to come out and contribute and kind of start the ball rolling there. I havent played here previously, so I talked to the boys, and it was just from the spin point of view, kind of bowl hard into the wicket and see if we could get a little bit of grip early. But the way that the South African boys struck it there at the end, hopefully its kind of flattening out and weve got a bit of a chase I think, said McConchie to broadcasters at the innings break. We talked about it sort of the last couple of days, but it even got finalised sort of just before warm-ups. So nice to come out and contribute and kind of start the ball rolling there. Also Read: Live Cricket Score Quizzed on if New Zealand would have taken this score at the start of the game, McConchie said, I think so. Stats probably lead a little bit higher, but as you say, if youve got a great bowling attack, so were going to have to be on top of our game, but well take that at the start. Article Source: IANS

4 Mar 2026 9:26 pm