NZ VS AUS - 2nd T20I, Australia tour of New Zealand, 2024

That's it from this one. We will be back with the last game on Sunday the 25th of February at the same venue. Do join us then. Till then take care and be well. Bye.

Pat Cummins | Player of the Match: I will take this. Always enjoyed batting especially in this format, give it a bit of a swing and few came off the edges and flew to the boundary but I will take it. I do most of the times, especially here when you are looking for sixes and fours and feels like you have got bit more of a license. I love it. Go and hide on the boundary, haven't fielded on the boundary for a while, just concentrate on bowling and nothing else. He has done a fantastic job. Not too much different but it's a nice little change. The wicket helped tonight, had a little bit in it and everyone had a good night, and all of them seemed to come off. A bit sideways although I have played here a few times and it has not been the same result.

22:23 Local Time, 09:23 GMT, 14:53 IST: Superb bowling show from Australia and they win the series 2-0 with a game to spare. The total of 174 proved way too much for this New Zealand outfit missing Ravindra and Conway through injury. Hazlewood at the top was relentless with his hard lengths and gave nothing away. He suffocated the batters and then the others chipped in. Zampa came in for punishment in his first over but he came back well to take a four-fer. For New Zealand the lack of depth showed in the batting as Santner came at 3. Only Phillips made a contribution with 42 but his wicket was the final nail in the coffin. The pitch at Eden Park rewarded the hard back of a length, into the wicket and Australia mastered it today with their seamers. Stay tuned for the presentation...

Nathan Ellis to Ferguson, out Bowled!! Nathan Ellis finishes it off? Don't think Conway will come out. Full, fast and straight on the stumps, Ferguson misses the drive and the stumps are pegged back. And that's the end of the game. Australia win the series. Ferguson b Nathan Ellis 4(7)

Nathan Ellis to Ferguson, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Nathan Ellis to Ben Sears, 1 run, full on off, Ben Sears gets forward to drive to long-on

Nathan Ellis to Ben Sears, no run, back of a length and hard length outside off, Ben Sears is rushed and he can only tap to backward point

Nathan Ellis to Ben Sears, no run, seam-up and rushes into hit the pad as the length is fuller, impact marginal and maybe even outside the leg-stump, Australia don't review

Nathan Ellis to Ben Sears, no run, a back of the hand slower ball on the stumps, Ben Sears defends to backward point

Nathan Ellis to Ben Sears, no run, short of length and nips back into the thigh pad, Ben Sears misses the nudge and off the thigh to backward point

Nathan Ellis [2.0-0-15-1] is back into the attack

Conway is back from hospital and sitting in the dugout with the hit and helmet on.

Zampa to Ben Sears, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off, Ben Sears gets forward to drive to long-off

Ben Sears, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Zampa to Boult, out Caught by Smith!! End of the fun and four for Zampa. Thrown up outside off, Boult eyes another big hit, the thick outside-edge flies to backward point and a simple catch. Boult c Smith b Zampa 16(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

Zampa to Boult, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Zampa to Boult, SIX, this is bigger. Thrown up outside off, Boult lofts from there and gets it over wide long-on, off the middle of the bat

Zampa to Boult, FOUR, full just outside off, Boult sinks on one knee and slogsweeps to the deep mid-wicket fence. Wade goes: "oh shot"

Zampa to Ferguson, 1 run, now Ferguson comes down the track and lofts on the bounce to long-on

Zampa to Boult, 1 run, Wade quips: "Just felt like he was coming down that ball". Boult comes down the track and gets a thick inside-edge on the slog to deep square leg