Australia survived a 64-run victory over New Zealand in the third match. The Kiwis were bowled out for 144 in 17.1 overs at the 209-run target set by Australia.
Opener-wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (5) returned to the dressing room with the ball of Trent Bolt. But then the captain-opener Aaron Finch and Josh Philip formed a great partnership. Ish Sodhi broke their 82-run stand off 52 balls. Philip returned for 43 off 27 balls.
Finch then formed another big partnership with Maxwell to take Ajid to the run hill. Sodhi also broke this pair of them. Finch was dismissed for 69 off 44 balls with eight fours and two sixes. Earlier, he made a stormy partnership of 64 off 37 balls with Maxwell.
After that Maxi started throwing one ball after another outside the boundary. He played a monstrous innings of 70 off 31 balls before returning to the dressing room with the team's 194 runs off Tim Southee. In which he hit 8 fours as well as 5 sixes.
After that, two unbeaten batsmen Marcus Stones (9) and Mitchell Marsh (6) brought Ajit's 200 perono score. New Zealand lost the first wicket by 20 runs despite making a good start.
Opener-wicketkeeper Tim Seifert (4) returned to the dressing room with the ball of Riley Meredith. The Aussie bowler, who made his T20I debut, picked up the second wicket with skipper Ken Williamson (9). Then opener Martin Guptill took the helm of the Kiwis with Devon Conway.
Before this pair became awful, on the contrary, Agar became even more awful. After returning to Conway (38), he made Phillips (13), Jimmy Neesham (0), Mark Chapman (18), Saudi (5) and Kyle Jamieson one by one.
He took 30 runs in 4 overs to take these 6 wickets of Kiwis. Agar also became the best in the match. New Zealand's remaining two wickets were returned to Guptill (43) by Adam Jampa and Sodhi (1) by Ken Richardson.
Bolt was unbeaten on zero. Earlier, New Zealand had won the first two matches of the series.
