. | Edited By: Anoop Dev Singh
Updated on: Dec 29, 2022 | 1:57 PM
In the Super Smash tournament, Otago beat Auckland by 37 runs, all-rounder Dean Foxcroft took 5 wickets to win the team.
In New Zealand’s T20 tournament Super Smash, Otago defeated Auckland by a huge margin of 37 runs on Thursday. Batting first, Otago scored 165 runs, in reply Auckland’s team was bundled out for 128 runs. The hero of Otago’s victory was all-rounder Dean Foxcroft, who took 5 wickets for just 11 runs in 4 overs. (PC-Dean Foxcroft INSTAGRAM)
This is the best bowling performance of Dean Foxcroft in T20. This off-spinner has done the feat of taking five wickets in T20 cricket for the first time. Dean also played an inning of 44 runs in this match. (PC-GETTY)
The special thing about Dean Foxcroft is that he lives in South Africa but he plays domestic cricket in New Zealand. Dean has made his First Class, List A and T20 debut in New Zealand only. While he is from Gotang, South Africa. (PC-GETTY)
Let us tell you that in the year 2020, Dean Foxcroft got an offer to play domestic cricket in New Zealand but due to the Corona epidemic, he got stuck in South Africa. Even in the year 2021, he could not play domestic cricket because the New Zealand government had closed its borders to foreign countries. In such a situation, living in South Africa for this player was no less than a curse. (PC-GETTY)
Dean Foxcroft’s figures are superb. This player is considered a specialist of white ball cricket. In the list, Dean has scored 677 runs in 21 matches at an average of over 42. In T20 too, his average is above 40 and he also does good off-spin. (PC-Dean Foxcroft INSTAGRAM)
