Jimmy Neesham
Jimmy Neesham excelled with both the bat and his performance in the World cup final game against England where he took three wickets and delivered the game-tying run out on the penultimate delivery was one of his best performances.
Jimmy Neesham excelled with both the bat and his performance in the World cup final game against England where he took three wickets and delivered the game-tying run out on the penultimate delivery was one of his best performances.
Jimmy Neesham excelled with both the bat and his performance in the World cup final game against England where he took three wickets and delivered the game-tying run out on the penultimate delivery was one of his best performances. In the Super Over, he was given the bat and managed to score 13 runs off 5 balls, including a big six against Jofra Archer. When Martin Guptill was run out trying to make a second run that would have given New Zealand the World Cup, he was at the non-end striker's for the final ball. He earned his debut for his country in a Twenty20 match during New Zealand's 2012–13 tour of South Africa, following some standout domestic season performances in the shorter formats. Neesham started his first-class career with Auckland, but his switch to Otago paid off as he produced some significant contributions in the 50-over format in the 2011–12 season, scoring three times 40 or more runs in seven innings at an average of more than a run per ball. He took a career-high 5 for 44 against Wellington and 4 for 23 against Canterbury, adding to his total of wickets. He was immediately rewarded with selection to the limited-overs squads for the tour to South Africa and his debuts in T20I and ODI. Neesham scored a century in his Test debut against India in February 2014, and he was at the other end when captain Brendon McCullum became the first Black Cap to record a triple century in a Test. When he reached a century against the West Indies in Jamaica, he became just the eighth player in Test history to do so.