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New Zealand - 141/4 (Allen 71, Guptill 44, Shoriful 1/21)
Bangladesh 76 (Naim 19, Astle 4/13, Southee 3/15)
NZ win by 65 runs and sweep series 3-0
10th over - Glenn Phillips will bowl the final over.
Wicket - Nasum Ahmed c Southee b Phillips 3 (4b 0x4 0x6) FOW 76
Nasum holes out to Southee at mid-on to end the game.
9th over - Southee is back and on a hat-trick.
No hat-trick for Southee as Mosaddek gets two to point.
Wicket - Mosaddek Hossain c Young b Southee 13 (8b 0x4 1x6) FOW 72/9
Three in four balls for Southee. Mosaddek looks to launch but gets nothing on it and Young runs round from cover to take the catch.
Four runs and a wicket from the over. (BAN 74/9)
8th over - Ferguson continues.
Wicket - Taskin Ahmed b Ferguson 5 (4b 1x4 0x6) FOW 65/8
Full and straight and smashes into the stumps.
Five runs and a wicket from the over. (BAN 70/8)
7th over - Milne is back.
Shoriful clubs this over Chapman at long-on for six.
Wicket - Shoriful Islam b Milne 6 (3b 0x4 1x6) FOW 60/7
Knocks him over. Full and fast and Milne sends Shoriful back.
Four for Taskin through the off-side infield.
12 and a wicket from the over. (BAN 65/7)
6th over - Todd Astle to bowl his last over.
Six! Big shot from Afif as he smokes this over long-leg.
Wicket - Afif Hossain st †Conway b Astle 8 (6b 0x4 1x6) FOW 52/5
Conway whips the bails off and is confident he jhas the stumping and it's confirmed on review. Three wickets for Astle.
Wicket - Mahedi Hasan c Phillips b Astle 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) FOW 52/6
Four for Astle. Holes out to deep midwicket, the easiest of catches for Phillips in the deep.
Astle finishes with 4/13. (BAN 53/6)
5th over - Glen Phillips into the attack.
Six - Almost out but Mosaddeok just has enough on this to clear Mitchell at long-off.
Nine from the over. (BAN 46/4)
4th over - Todd Astle into the attack.
Wicket - Mohammad Naim c Chapman b Astle 19 (13b 1x4 2x6) FOW 31/3
Down the ground goes Naim but he doesn't get much on it and Chapman takes a nice catch.
Four runs for Shanto over point.
Wicket - Najmul Hossain Shanto b Astle 8 (6b 1x4 0x6) FOW 37/4
Astle bowls him! Ugly shot and doesn't pick the wong'un.
Six runs and two wickets from the over. (BAN 37/4)
3rd over - Lockie Ferguson into the attack.
Full and Naim smashes this down the ground for four.
Eight runs from the over. (BAN 31/2)
2nd over - Adam Milne to bowl
Shot! Full and fast and Naim smokes this down the ground for six.
Six more! Milne goes short and Naim flicks this over third man for a maximum.
12 from the over - off the first two balls. Great comeback from Milne. (BAN 23/2)
1st over - Southee to open up.
Four for Soumya as he launches this one to wide mid-on.
Soumya goes down the ground to a slower ball from Southee and has four.
Wicket - Soumya Sarkar c & b Southee 10 (4b 2x4 0x6) FOW 11/1
Inside edges this one onto his pads and Southee runs through and takes a smart diving catch.
Wicket - Liton Das b Southee 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) FOW 11/2
Looks to scoop first ball and has his stumps rattled.
11 runs and two wickets from the over. (BAN 11/2)
So a touch over 14 runs an over required for Bangladesh to get their first ever international win in New Zealand.
10th over - Taskin Ahmed to bowl the final six balls.
Down the ground goes Mitchell and he powers this one for four.
Two for Mitchell to wide mid-on.
Wicket - Finn Allen c sub b Taskin Ahmed 71 (29b 10x4 3x6) FOW 138/3
Top-edges this attempted scoop and an excellent innings comes to an end as short fine-leg takes a simple catch.
Wicket - Daryl Mitchell run out (Mosaddek Hossain/†Liton Das) 11 (6b 1x4 0x6) FOW 141/4
Mitchell run out looking for a cheeky second run on the final ball.
9th over - Shoriful to bowl his last.
Wicket - Glenn Phillips c Soumya Sarkar b Shoriful Islam 14 (6b 0x4 2x6) FOW 123/2
Yorker-length and he's drilled this straight to mid-off
Allen lifts this one to deep mid-wicket for a two bounce four.
Dropped! Straight up and Shoriful looks to take it but he doesn't get a hand on it, Awful.
Just nine from the over. (NZ 131/2)
8th over - Mahedi continues.
Allen goes over the cover infield and has four.
Full toss and Allen whips this over fine-leg for six.
13 from the over. (NZ 122/1)
7th over - Rubel to bowl his last.
Fifty for Allen! Has four down the ground past the bowler. 50 from 18 balls.
Dropped! Soumya puts this one down. Allen toe-ends a cross-bat shot down the ground and Soumya can't take it.
Six for Phillips. Short and he jabs this over square-leg for a maximum.
Back-to-back sixes. Phillips flat bats this down the ground.
19 from the over. (NZ 109/1)
6th over - Mahedi Hasan to bowl.
Guptill goes down the ground with a flat bat for six.
Guptill launches this over square-leg for six!!
Full toss and Guptill goes over cover for four.
Wicket: Martin Guptill c Afif Hossain b Mahedi Hasan 44 (19b 1x4 5x6) FOW 85/1
Same ball - same shot - but this time there's man at deep cover to take the catch.
Down leg side and Allen has four to fine-leg.
21 from the over. (NZ 90/1)
5th over - Rubel Hossain to bowl.
Allen down on one leg and scoops this one for four! Allen is going off. 34 from 12.
Allen over point and has Six! What a ludicrous shot.
14 from the over. (NZ 69/0)
4th over - Powerplay is done and dusted. Shoriful Islam to bowl.
Allen goes down the ground.... gets underneath this one but gets a way with it as Rubel can make a diving catch. A couple of runs.
Full toss and Allen slams this down the ground for four - flat bat whack.
Smashed! Over cover Allen goes like a bullett - one-bounce four.
Dropped! Allen gets underneath another one and again the catch can't be taken.
12 from the over. (NZ 55/0)
3rd over - Nasum to bowl his last.
Allen reverse sweeps for four to get off the mark.
Allen walks accross and slams this one to mid-wicket for four.
Allen repeats the shot and has another four - a little straighter this time.
Allen down the ground and smokes this one down the ground for six!
20 runs from the over. (NZ 43/0)
2nd over - Taskin Ahmed to bowl to Guptill.
Guptill off the back foot has smoked this over square-leg and out of the ground!
Full and Guptill goes over the bowler for six down the ground!
14 runs from the over (NZ 23/0)
1st over - Marty Guptill takes strike to Nasum Ahmed.
Guptill goes over the infield and has a couple to wide mid-off.
Guptill launches this one over cow corner for six....way to short from Ahmed.
Nine runs from the over. (NZ 9/0)
9:01pm - NZ: Guptill, Allen, Conway, Young, Phillips, Mitchell, Chapman, Astle, Milne, Southee, Ferguson
8:57pm - 10 overs a side - three overs of powerplay with two overs max per bowler.
8:56pm - Bangladesh have won the toss and will bowl.
8:47pm - News!! Toss at 8:55pm - not sure on length of game yet.
8:28pm - Nothing new to report - just more rain.
7:50pm - The rain is still falling - not overly heavy, but enough to prevent any chance of play at this point.
7:24pm - Still light rain falling folks, so no play or sign of play at this point.
6:55pm - Light rain falling in Auckland at the moment - toss has been delayed.
Hello, cricket fans and welcome to Newshub's coverage of the third Twenty20 international between the Blackcaps and Bangladesh.
New Zealand hold a 2-0 lead in the best of three series with tonight's match at Eden park the finale for the Blackcaps' 2020/2021 summer of cricket.
The Bangladeshis will be desperate to turn around the fortunes and head back home on a high.
Rain could once again play a role with several dark clouds hanging ominously over Auckland today and heavy rain is forecast to hit the City of Sails at 4pm.
TAB odds: New Zealand $1.08, Bangladesh $6.60
Lineups
New Zealand: [To be selected from] - Tim Southee (c), Finn Allen, Todd Astle, Hamish Bennett, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Will Young
Bangladesh: [To be selected from] - Mosaddek Hossain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Taskin Ahmed, Al Amin Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rubel Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed
