New Zealand 219-7; Australia 215-8 | NZ win second T20 by four runsHosts take 2-0 series lead with the victory in DunedinAustralia finished agonisingly short in another big run chase in
New Zealand, falling 2-0 behind in their T20 series with the Black Caps. Unlike Monday’s 52-run capitulation in Christchurch, there was no debacle in Dunedin as Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams steered Australia to within touching distance of New Zealand’s 219-6.
When Mitchell Santner took 3-6 in the 13th over – dismissing Josh Philippe and then Ashton Agar and Mitch Marsh for golden ducks – the game looked dead and buried. But Stoinis and Sams revived Australia, combining for a stunning 92-run seventh wicket partnership only to both fall in the final over as Australia finished with 215-8.