“Real shame”: Kane Williamson talks about Devon Conway missing T20 World Cup 2021 final vs Australia

Dixit Bhargav | 14/11/2021
"Real shame": Kane Williamson talks about Devon Conway missing T20 World Cup 2021 final vs Australia

Kane Williamson talks about Devon Conway: The captain of New Zealand confirmed that they have made only one change to their Playing XI.

During the final match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2021 between Australia and New Zealand in Dubai, Australia captain Aaron Finch has won the toss and chose to field. Leading Australia for the first time in a World Cup final, Finch was expected to invite New Zealand in to bat first after winning the toss.

“We’ll have a bowl. Looks a little bit dry but I don’t think it will change. It might skid with the new ball. We’re playing the same team. The way we hung in the contest and take it deep was crucial for us.

“[Adam] Zampa has been superb for a while in the shortest format, and hopefully that will continue. It is a new format, a new team and our record over NZ doesn’t matter at all,” Finch said at the toss.

Kane Williamson talks about Devon Conway missing T20 World Cup 2021 final vs Australia

Much like Finch, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson also wanted to follow the trend at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium by fielding first. Williamson once again confirmed that their only change is a forced one to replace injured wicket-keeper batter Devon Conway.

“We would have fielded as well. It looks like a reasonable wicket and who knows about the dew. Just trying to get a competitive total. We have one obvious change. [Devon] Conway is out and [Tim] Seifert is in. It is a real shame that he misses but as a team we have to move on and focus on the challenge at hand.

“Mitch [Mitchell] Santner is a world class operator and it didn’t quite work out in the match the other night [against England]. We don’t want to look too far ahead and we just need to make a few small adjustments,” Williamson said at the toss.

In his only match of the tournament, Seifert had scored 8 (8) against Pakistan in Sharjah. In 36 T20Is till date, Seifert’s 703 runs have come at an average and strike rate of 24.24 and 132.64 respectively with the help of five half-centuries.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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