New Zealand Playing XI vs Australia- 2nd T20I, Australia Tour of New Zealand 2025
Published - 03 Oct 2025, 08:00 AM
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New Zealand will be up against Australia in the second of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about New Zealand's Playing 11 vs Australia for the second match of the series.
New Zealand Playing XI vs Australia- 2nd T20I, Australia Tour of New Zealand 2025:
Openers: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk)
The Kiwis were outplayed in all three aspects in the first T20I against Australia, and the home side would be aware of that.
The opening match, which began in extremely difficult conditions in terms of weather, saw New Zealand lose three early wickets while batting first, with both openers getting out in the first couple of overs in an attempt to take on the Australian fast bowlers.
The opening pair of Tim Seifert and Devin Conway would hope to correct the mistakes they made in the first outing and take a more calculated approach in what are expected to be helpful conditions in the next match.
Both Seifert and Conway can take a couple of overs to judge the conditions and plan the innings accordingly, which will increase New Zealand's chances of posting an above-par total while batting first.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Tim Robinson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Bevon Jecobs, Michael Bracewell (c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson
The Blackcaps would be satisfied with the way the team's middle order bailed them out of trouble after they lost three wickets early in the innings.
The pair of Tim Robinson and Daryl Mitchell added close to 100 runs for the fourth wicket, with Robinson scoring a century, which helped New Zealand get to a challenging total of 181 runs, although it didn't prove to be enough.
Despite the partnership between the duo, the Kiwis would be concerned about the performance of other batters, as none of them got going, which meant that the home side was 10-15 runs short of a winning total.
The captain and the team management would want the batters to put on a much-improved effort with the bat in what happens to be an important game in the context of the series.
Bowlers: Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry
BlackCaps will have to get its bowling combination sorted before the start of the second T20I against Australia if the home side wants to make a comeback and level the three-match series.
The Kiwi bowlers looked short of plans against an aggressive Australian batting uneup, which was looking to hit everything out of the ground in the first T20I.
The likes of Lyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, and Matt Henry were taken to the cleaners by Mitchell Mrash and company, irrespective of where they pitched the ball.
When the fast bowlers bowled short, they were hit over the square boundaries and down the ground when they pitched the ball up.
As far as the spinners or spinner, as there was only one spin bowling option in the form of captain Michael Bracewell in the playing XI for the opening game of the series, he didn't have much to do.
The Kiwis will have to get their act together when it comes to bowling against an in-form Australian batting lineup in the upcoming match.
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