Lockie Ferguson new record: Lockie Ferguson from New Zealand became the first bowler to deliver four overs without allowing any runs in a T20 World Cup game. This happened in New Zealand’s final group match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Papua New Guinea, where he took 3 wickets and didn’t give up any runs in his 4 overs. However, New Zealand was already out of the competition after defeats to Afghanistan and West Indies.
The only other bowler to do this was Canada’s Saad Bin Zafar in 2021 during a T20 World Cup Americas Regional Qualifier game against Panama.
Papua New Guinea VS NZ
In this game, Papua New Guinea batted first and were all out for 78 runs in 19.4 overs. Charles Amini scored the most with 17 runs for PNG. Apart from Ferguson’s standout bowling, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, and Ish Sodhi each took 2 wickets, and Mitchell Santner got one wicket for New Zealand.
Chasing the score, New Zealand won the game by making 79 runs with 3 wickets down in 12.2 overs. Devon Conway made 35 runs, captain Kane Williamson was unbeaten at 18, and Daryl Mitchell was also not out at 19 runs.
For PNG, Kabua Morea claimed 2 wickets and Semo Kamea got one wicket.