Chasing 114 to win the series decider, Australia's top order crumbled to be 9 for five within five overs. The collapse followed a similar slide of 12 for six in game two of the series in Geelong last Sunday. "Very similar to Geelong unfortunately, we didn't really learn our lessons well enough. "But we had the double whammy of losing wickets and not being able to get the scoreboard ticking over as well. Lanning said the batters had let their bowling teammates down after the Kiwis were restricted to 8-113.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 22, 2017 19:18 UTC