Australia Humbled as Black Caps Dominate SCG T20 World Cup Opener

By Louis Cameron (Cricket.com.au)

Australia's T20 World Cup title defence took a major blow as last year's beaten finalists New Zealand extracted revenge in a one-sided rematch at the SCG highlighted by a wonder grab from Glenn Philips.

The Aussies slumped to their second-biggest defeat (by runs) and worst ever at home after being skittled for just 111 in pursuit of New Zealand's 3-200 in a fizzer of a tournament opener on Saturday evening.

The reigning champions never recovered from the blazing start made by Kiwi openers Finn Allen (42 off 16) and Devon Conway (92no from 58 balls) as the pair torched their vaunted bowling line-up.

Click here to see the full match report, courtesy of cricket.com.au. 

Originally published as: 'Australia thrashed in Cup opener as NZ land huge blow'