Australia vs New Zealand, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: England, Australia, New Zealand T20I Tri-Series, 2018 Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Date & Time: Feb 03, 07:20 PM LOCAL

New Zealand asked to bat first. © Getty

Australia's victory was set up by Billy Stanlake's triple early in New Zealand's innings. Andrew Tye, and the rest of the bowling gang, complimented him well to keep the visitors to just 117. Rain reduced Australia's target to 95 off 90 balls, but in the end, it was quite easily done by the Maxwell-Lynn pair, who put on a 77-run stand for the third wicket to put Australia on course.

Australia win by seven wickets!Maxwell finishes it off with two boundaries in the space of three deliveries. What a comprehensive victory for Australia. They'd been aggressive form the word go, and finish off the match in style, with more than three overs to spare. Maxwell finishes with an unbeaten 40, Lynn chipped in with 44 after those two early blows.

LYNN FALLS:Second wicket for Boult, but too late in the day! Short ball, Lynn pulls but straight to Sodhi. The damage has been already done though. Lynn falls for 44 but he's put Australia on course. Just eight away now.

Because you have to see it to believe it:

What really grinds my gears is that the @BLACKCAPS have been in terrific form recently, and tonight were like

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Smith's resting, Warner's leading and Lynn's back. Plenty to look out for! Hold on, we have toss coming up in 15!

The ODI series is done and dusted, and Australia would be more than eager to move on after being thrashed 4-1 in their own backyard. As we move on to some fast-paced, T20 action, here's the preview of Game #1.

Hello and welcome!We're here with the live blog of the Game #1 of the tri-nation T20I series between Australia, New Zealand and England. Today's clash is between the Trans-Trasman rivals, also the two hosts for this series, Australia and New Zealand.