With clouds hanging over his spot in the side Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 98 and shared a 140-run stand with Mitchell Marsh (80) as Australia chased down 279 to complete a 2-0 series sweep and bolster their dominance over Tasman neighbours New Zealand in the format, a lopsided record that now reads a solitary win for the Kiwis in the last 31 years.
Australia had slipped to 34/4 on the third evening and victory was a further 202 runs away. Safe to say, the visitors were on the backfoot and Marsh was going to be one of their rays of hope for Australia having counter-attacked his way to a run-a-ball 29. He rode his luck as his fierce cut shot in the second over of the day was put down by Rachin Ravindra at point off the bowling of Tim Southee. His batting partner, Travis Head, wasn’t as lucky though as a similar shot two balls later led to his downfall.
Australia have taken the key wicket of Rachin Ravindra with the @BLACKCAPS 294/5 on Day 3
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