Australia beats New Zealand by 27 runs in rain-shortened 3rd T20
Australia beat New Zealand by 27 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system in the heavily rain-affected third T20 international Sunday to complete a 3-0 sweep the series and to harden its favoritism for the World Cup later this year. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss in his 100th T20 international and sent Australia in, mindful the rain might dictate terms later in the match. Australia’s was interupted three times by rain breaks and finally terminated after 10.4 overs when it was 118