ICC T20 WC: Australia in comfortable position against Kiwis

Dubai: Team Australia made a comfortable start against New Zealand while chasing their 172 to win the ICC Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup on Sunday.

They are at 107 for two when 12.3 overs are completed.

Earlier, New Zealand Skipper Kane Williamson was brutal and artistic during his beautifully crafted knock of 85, which took Kiwis to a competitive 172 for four.

Put into bat, New Zealand literally struggled in the first 10 overs with Martin Guptill's painful 28 off 35 balls slowing the proceedings.

Williamson made the stage his own own with a grace of a 'ballet dancer' hitting 10 fours and three sixes in his 47-ball knock.

In the last 10 overs, New Zealand scored an astounding 115 runs to make a match of the 'Grand Finale'.

The first half of the night certainly belonged to Williamson, who again reiterated the age-old saying -- a technically accomplished Test batter can play any format with authority as he did during an en evening when it mattered the most.

(With inputs from PTI)