Santner leads NZ to T20 sweep vs Dutch

New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner played a captain’s innings with a career-best Twenty20 score of 77 not out to steer the Black Caps to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over the Netherlands on Friday.

The win in the final match of New Zealand’s European tour allowed Santner’s men to claim a clean sweep over Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands before heading to the West Indies for the first T20 match in Jamaica, scheduled for next Wednesday.

Santner was devastating with the bat against a spirited Dutch bowling attack, which saw him smash four sixes and nine fours.

Daryl Mitchell (51 not out) and Santner put on a partnership of 123 runs with the skipper sealing victory in the 14th over with a boundary. – AFP