And here’s the match report from Wellington:
Summary
A dominant performance from Australia and disappointing for New Zealand, who were hoping to put themselves in a better position to qualify for the 2025 ODI World Cup with a win today. Australia hold on to the Rose Bowl – although they already retained it after the win in game two after the first game was washed out, they would certainly have wanted to win it, not just retain it through a draw.
Australia have had two dominant series wins now, after comprehensively beating India just a few weeks ago. They will now go into the Ashes after a break for Christmas, which will almost certainly bring more of a challenge. England look like the only team who can threaten Australia’s dominance, so it should be an excellent series to watch.
From a New Zealand perspective, there is plenty to ruminate on. Their next series isn’t until March when Sri Lanka head over for an ODI and T20I series, before taking on Australia again in T20Is later that month. Their biggest issue continues to be depth – they rely so much on the ‘big three’ of Bates, Kerr and Devine to make runs and that is something that can be more easily exposed in ODIs.
Thank you so much for joining us here today – I’m sure I’ll be back on the OBO before too long in this summer of cricket, so I will see you then!
