Birmingham, June 2 (Cricketnmore) New Zealand rode on a century by Kane Williamson and excellent batting by Luke Ronchi and Ross Taylor to post a total of 291 runs in their Group A match against Australia at the Champions Trophy cricket tournament here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson led the Kiwi charge with a solid innings of 100 runs before being run out. His 97-ball innings included eight boundaries and three sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ronchi chipped in with a quick fire 65 off 43 deliveries which included nine boundaries and three sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Taylor on the other hand, was unlucky to miss out on what would have been a well deserved half century as he was dismissed on 46, hitting six boundaries during his 58-ball stay at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood produced an excellent display of pace bowling to return figures of 6\/52, three of those wickets coming off four deliveries in the penultimate over of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow pacer John Hastings had figures of 2\/69 while fast bowler Pat Cummins got one wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Electing to bat first on winning the toss, New Zealand were off to a steady start as openers Ronchi and Martin Guptill took the total to 40 runs in the sixth over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hazlewood struck the first blow for Australia when Guptill was outfoxed by a bit of extra bounce and was caught by Glenn Maxwell at point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A heavy drizzle led to suspension of play for around one and a half hours forcing the officials to reduce the match to 46 overs a side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson and Ronchi however, did not let the break affect their focus, adding 77 runs between them off 60 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hastings brought the partnership to an end when he sent Ronchi back to the pavilion, courtesy another excellent catch at point by Maxwell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson and Taylor then put together 99 runs in 18.1 overs to put the Kiwis on course for a big total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Taylor was dismissed when he mistimed a slower ball from Hastings, offering a simple top edge to Moises Henriques in the covers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson completed his century exactly five overs later, smashing Hastings for a boundary before taking a quick single to reach triple figures, his ninth in One-Day Internationals and his first against Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The right-hander was dismissed off the very next ball he faced when he was run out thanks to an accurate throw by Cummins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson's departure heralded a mini collapse by the Kiwis as they lost the remaining six wickets over the next six overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hazlewood clinched the wickets of Adam Milne, Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult in the 45th over to bring the curtains down on the New Zealand innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Source - Agency<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kane-williamson59.jpg", "alt_img": "CT 2017: Kane Williamson century helps Kiwis to healthy total against Australia", "alt_title": "CT 2017: Kane Williamson century helps Kiwis to healthy total against Australia", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "CT 2017: Kane Williamson century helps Kiwis to healthy total against Australia", "seo_desc": "Birmingham, June 2 (Cricketnmore) New Zealand rode on a century by Kane Williamson and excellent batting by Luke Ronchi and Ross Taylor to post a total of 291 ", "seo_keywords": "Kane Williamson, Australia vs New Zealand", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ct-2017-kane-williamson-century-helps-kiwis-to-healthy-total-against-australia", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1772", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-06-02 21:27:00", "updated": "2017-06-02 21:27:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-06-02 21:27:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-06-02 21:27:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ct-2017-kane-williamson-century-helps-kiwis-to-healthy-total-against-australia-27578" }