The departure from the World Cup has already been confirmed, but New Zealand did not let it put any pressure on their performance. The bowlers of the team created several records by bowling Uganda by few runs.
After that they easily won some more records.
New Zealand bowled out Uganda for just 40 runs.There are two other records for fewer runs in World Cup history. West Indies stopped the Netherlands for 39 runs in the current season.
Sri Lanka bowled out the Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup by the same run. Besides, this is the lowest run against New Zealand in T20 Internationals.
The previous record was against Bangladesh. In 2016, the Kiwis bowled them out for 70 runs.Tim Southee bowled well to keep Uganda short. He took 3 wickets with just 4 runs in 4 overs. He is now the lowest bowler in the history of T20 World Cup by bowling 4 overs. Not only that, Southee is also the bowler who conceded the least number of runs in 4 overs in international T20 for the Kiwis. The previous record, however, was against Bangladesh; Daniel Vettori gave 6 runs in 4 overs in 2010.Not only Southee, Trent Boult and Luke Ferguson bowled well in the match. Boult took 2 wickets for 7 runs. And Ferguson hunted 1 for 9 runs. This is the record for three bowlers giving less than ten runs for a team in T20 International.
New Zealand won by crushing Uganda with 88 balls in hand. This is the third highest number of possession wins in a World Cup. England beat Oman with 101 balls in hand in this season. In 2014, Sri Lanka won against the Netherlands with 90 balls to spare. Besides, this is the victory of the Kiwis with the most balls to spare in the T20 International. In 2007 they won against Kenya with 74 balls to spare.
First to bat, Uganda lost three wickets for 9 runs in the power play, i.e. in the first 6 overs. This is the lowest total for any team in the first 6 overs in a World Cup. The previous record was held by Pakistan. In 2014 against the West Indies in the power play they lost 4 wickets for 13 runs.