New Zealand posted their highest T20I total, 259/7, and beat India by 87 runs in Auckland to make it 3–1. Arshdeep Singh reached 150 T20I wickets, and Australia need 288 on the last day of the Cape Town decider.
1. NZ's record 259/7 beats India by 87 in Auckland
Glenn Phillips hit 107, his third T20I hundred, and New Zealand reached 259/7, their highest T20I total (see highest T20I totals). He arrived early with the score on 34/2 and added a big stand with Michael Bracewell as the middle overs went for plenty. Jacob Duffy then took 4/23, removing Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan in the first over of the chase, and India finished on 172/9. Tilak Varma top-scored with 35 and Mayank Yadav took 3/48. India still lead 3–1; it was New Zealand's first win of the series after defeats in the 1st and 2nd games.
2. Arshdeep Singh: first Indian man to 150 T20I wickets
Arshdeep Singh reached 150 T20I wickets in Auckland. In our 26 October snapshot he had 148 in 101 matches at 20.41, economy 8.65, well clear of the next Indian men, Jasprit Bumrah (126), Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel (114 each). Across India's men and women, only Deepti Sharma has more, with 191. Full list: most T20I wickets.
3. Cape Town decider: Australia need 288 on day five
Hundreds from Ryan Rickelton (101) and Wiaan Mulder (115) took South Africa from 140/4 to 387 all out, a lead of 287 over Australia's 429. Mitchell Starc took three more wickets. In our 26 October snapshot Rickelton had two Test hundreds and Mulder three. The series is 1–1 after the Durban and Gqeberha Tests, so today settles it.
4. Mumbai Indians bring in Uthappa and McClenaghan
Ahead of IPL 2027, Mumbai Indians have added Robin Uthappa as batting coach and New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan as bowling coach, with Dhawal Kulkarni also joining the support staff. It follows a season in which they finished near the bottom of the table.
5. Coming up and squad news
The fifth and final India v New Zealand T20I is on Sunday 1 November in Hamilton. Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of India's ODI series in New Zealand with a hamstring injury and will play for India A instead. In Mirpur, West Indies captain Roston Chase's spell has put his side on top against Bangladesh going into day four. India's Under-19 Asia Cup squad includes Anvay Dravid and Aaryavir Sehwag.
Read the previous note
Yesterday's note: South Africa lead Australia by 40 in Cape Town; Bhut 8/17.
The figures behind the infographic
| Statistic | Glenn Phillips (T20Is) | Arshdeep Singh (T20Is) | Jacob Duffy (T20Is) | Ryan Rickelton (Tests) | Wiaan Mulder (Tests) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 99 | 101 | 49 | 17 | 26 |
| Runs | 2438 | 119 | 40 | 930 | 1325 |
| Average | 33.39 | 6.61 | 8.00 | 34.44 | 34.86 |
| Strike rate | 144.68 | 102.58 | 97.56 | 52.75 | 56.02 |
| 100s | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wickets | 9 | 148 | 63 | 0 | 47 |
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News items come from the day's cricket reports. Scores appear only when two independent reports agree, or a report matches Crickrida's data; items reported by only one source are given without figures. The 30 October results are not yet in our scorecards, which run to 25 October. The table shows Crickrida's 26 October career snapshot, before the third and fourth T20Is and the Cape Town Test. South Africa's lead of 287 is worked out from the totals.