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Australia win T20 tri-series
February 21, 2018

Australia won the Trans-Tasman T20 tri-series with a 19-run DLS-method victory against New Zealand in Auckland.

The Kiwis chose to bat but after Martin Guptill and Colin Munro's brief flurry, spinner Ashton Agar pegged them back.

The left-armer took 3-27, with Ross Taylor's unbeaten 43 from 38 balls the only score over 30 in their 150-9.

David Warner and D'Arcy Short took Australia to 72-0 in reply and they were 121-3 in the 15th over when a second rain delay ended the match.

Australia had beaten both England and New Zealand twice in the group games and in their 100th international moved to the top of the T20 rankings with their seventh win in the past eight matches.