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Ashton Agar stifled New Zealand with the ball before D'Arcy Short capped an excellent debut series by crunching his second T20I fifty

Australia and New Zealand meet in the inaugural final of the Trans-Tasman T20 tri-series at Eden Park

Australia's stand-in T20 captain is going to rely on enterprising leadership as an answer to Eden Park's short boundaries for the tri-series final against New Zealand on Wednesday

Craig Overton has been drafted into England's one-day squad after Liam Plunkett was ruled out with a hamstring injury.

The New Zealand coach disagreed with his England counterpart Trevor Bayliss over how much T20 cricket should be played at international level

There will be a Trans-Tasman rematch in the tri-series final at Eden Park after the home side did enough to stay ahead of England on net run rate

Eoin Morgan is fit to return for England as they look to take advantage of New Zealand's record-breaking defeat in Auckland and steal a place in the final

Derbyshire have signed Mitchell Santner, the New Zealand spinner, as one of their overseas players for 2018

There were a few catches put down during the record-breaking T20 at Eden Park, but one very valuable one was taken

Eden Park was transformed into a T20 batting paradise as Australia pulled off a world-record run chase in Auckland, reducing Martin Guptill's 49-ball hundred to a footnote

The side with the most riding on this match is the one not playing: England's chances of squeezing into the final rest on Australia winning then beating the hosts in Hamilton on Sunday

Essex have secured a return for Neil Wagner, the New Zealand left-armer who played a key role in their 2017 Championship title

Kane Williamson provided a stirring riposte to suggestions he should step aside from the T20 side by top-scoring with 72 as New Zealand put themselves on course for a spot in the tri-series final

Natali Dodd and Hayley Jensen have returned to the T20I squad for the home series against West Indies while the legspinner Erin Bermingham, who has taken an indefinite break from cricket, was unavailable for selection

Kane Williamson, New Zealand's captain, has responded to criticism from Simon Doull about the team's T20 fortunes and reiterated that he wants to be involved in all formats

The hosts have added Henry Nicholls to their squad as cover for their captain who is nursing a back niggle

New Zealand's batting mainstay of the 60s and 70s, who led them to their first Test win over Australia, has died one day short of his 80th birthday

New Zealand have responded to three consecutive T20I defeats by making two changes to their batting for the remainder of the tri-series involving England and Australia

The former New Zealand bowler and now commentator said the current 20-over set-up has too many Test players and needs a coach who has experience playing T20s

New Zealand were too slow to adjust to the nature of the Sydney pitch according to Ross Taylor who thought a total of 140 would have given them a fighting chance