New Zealand vs England, 3rd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Terribly disappointing and frustrating day that. Rain has the final say in the end. Just one result was possible in this series with the first game being washed out too. So England take the T20I series 1-0. There's a 3-match ODI series coming up next, hopefully that won't be affected by the weather as much. That's all we've got for you from Auckland then. Plenty of cricketing action around though, India and Australia are locked against each other in an ODI, there's a crucial match coming up in the Women's World Cup as India prepare to face New Zealand and there's also Bangladesh taking on the West Indies. Do switch tabs and enjoy one of the other games. That's it from this game, take care and goodbye.

Mitch Santner | New Zealand captain: (on the rain breaks) Yeah, I think so. I guess this time of the year it's always a potential, but I guess a lot of good things come out of the series. It's always nice to play England no matter what time of the year you've been playing. (positives from the series) Yeah, I think the way we bowled in the first game, especially having it on a wicket, I guess did give us a little bit. Yeah, and then of course we didn't get an opportunity with that, but the second game was good. We put a lot of pressure on to hold a good wicket. And I guess going forward we're going to come up against a good team on a good wicket, so I guess the learnings from that. And then again tonight we started well amongst the rain. (on the T20 World Cup next year in India) Yeah, I guess it's more, like you said, the way you want to approach it. I guess conditions here might be a little bit different to what we're going to get in there and potentially depending on where we are. So yeah, I guess we've got a few guys out at different times with injuries or I guess a new series where you guys will be doing some franchise. So I guess the combinations now, yeah, you're trying to, I guess, fine-tune what we've got. And again, we've got another great series, obviously the one-dayers first, but I guess the T20s against West Indies to see what we can do.

Harry Brook | Player of the Series and England captain: Yeah, very frustrating obviously. The weather hasn't been ideal, but it's good to get a little bit of game time out there for the boys. No, it's a great place to tour. We've had an amazing time so far. We've obviously got the ODIs coming up. We've loved every minute of it and we're looking forward to the ODI series coming up now. Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, it's disappointing to only play one game, but yeah, we had an amazing game that night and yeah, it's good momentum moving forward into the T20 World Cup. Yeah, I think we have a beautiful balance at the side. We've got a lot of depth in the batting and then some extremely skilful bowlers in there who can close out games. So I feel like we're in a really good, strong position. (on team bonding) Yeah, absolutely. That's something we've really worked on. We've tried to take that away from cricket as well. So we've tried to spend a lot of time together, have a lot of fun off the field to try and help us have fun on the pitch as well. So yeah, this tour has been an amazing one for us as a group. (on the ODIs) Yeah, there'll be a few changes in the side, obviously. A few big names coming back. Hopefully we can hold a good start on Sunday and keep that momentum going forward.

And the rain has had the final say. The game has been called off. Stay tuned for the presentations.

James Foster | New Zealand assistant coach: (what do they do during the rain break?) Good question. We hang out with the players, get to talk about all sorts of stuff to see what they're up to. Play a bit of cards, spotting an indoor game of football, which I have a good laugh about. There's currently a little bit of cricket going on on the TV, so guys watch themselves bat and it's basically saying how good they are. (who to avoid during the rain break?) Seifert, without a shadow of a doubt. He's the one player you want to avoid at all costs, gets very bored very quickly. Yeah, it has. I mean, first game I thought we were in the box seats. I thought we played really, really well, really smartly. But I still worked through that second innings, but obviously the rain brought an end to that. It was a challenging game of cricket for the second T20. The second T20 England came out hard, and as we know, as with a lot of teams around the world, the depth that a lot of these teams have, they came hard. Obviously, Brook was sensational the other day, but it wasn't just Brookie, it was the whole order, they all contributed and put us under a lot of pressure. But it's always, you know, it's a bit of a throwaway line, but there's always a lot of good learnings that come from that. We had a good discussion yesterday, we came to train yesterday, it rained, so we sort of got into our batters and bowlers groups and sort of just have a bit of yarn, bounce a few ideas, and then look ahead to today's match, in particular with different dimensions of the ground, which is, you know, quite unique boundary sizes here, but the New Zealand team had a lot of experience playing there. Yeah, it's a good point there. I mean, sometimes when you play at grounds, if it's your home ground, I have seen various other leagues, other tournaments around the world, where it just doesn't seem to work out so well. Sometimes the freshness of a team coming to a new ground, don't necessarily come with too many preconceived ideas. But, I mean, we play in England, we're a very strong side. So it's really, you know, a big part of it is just sticking to your strengths, and I very much believe that's a key part of a strength-based approach. Because ultimately, if you don't dissect the opposition so much, you almost can't bowl a ball anywhere. So it's then trying to get the ball into your strengths as a batting unit. Obviously, with the dimensions here, short, straight, a little bit bigger square. So it's then working out your options and being very, very clear in pulling the trigger. Yeah, look, sometimes you've got to go man-to-man. You've got to, you know, if, for example, someone swings the ball in, and you were to say to an opposition batter, when you do the analysis, you know they like the ball swinging in, but then it's just strength-v-strength, and it's a bit of a dance-off, you know. The thing with this England side, and obviously quite similar to the Aussie side we came up against, they've got a lot of power and they've got a lot of flexibility in their line-ups, not just brute power. They've also got finesse as well, so they dovetail really well. It's about being as clear as you can, and it's not an easy job for bowlers. I mean, that's the reality of it. In some days, the opposition is really too good on the day, but we've got a huge amount of skill in this changing room with bat and the ball, we're a very exciting team. We're a team that work very hard together, work well together, and I would say the real super strength of the side is that they're able to find a way. They problem-solve really, really well. I think that goes through into domestic cricket as well. My experience of being here quite a few years ago. The guys just find a way, and that's the real strength of this unit. (on the T20 World Cup in India next year) Yeah, absolutely. You also look at the conditions there. It's going to be very different to here in New Zealand. In New Zealand, we've got another series coming up against the West Indies. Then we go to India in the new year, and it's just probably about formulating and doubling down on our style. Even though we're pretty clear on that at the moment, sometimes you can maybe go away from that in any team. It's just being clear of that, and that's something that this group do really, really well. I would say very much a player-led team as well. They've got a lot of experience. Voices are heard, and it's that type of environment where the players really drive it, as well as the coaches who are nudging the team in certain directions. The tough thing would be picking 15. There are some really strong options. A few guys who aren't fit at the moment, who aren't available for selection, they might come back into the mix. There are some tough decisions, but that's the beauty of this set-up. We've got some world-class players who aren't here at this moment in time. (plans if there's a five-over game tonight?) Who knows? You're right. You're actually spot-on sometimes. Sometimes in the subcontinent it can be very tropical weather. But it's just an opportunity to perform. Five overs aside, anything can happen. It's always fun competing. That's the long and the short of it. Whatever. If it's 5, 10, 15 or 20 overs, we're in the 50-over World Cup. If it's cricket, it's competing. Competing for your country. This is something that these guys love doing - that's playing for New Zealand.

As we wait for the rain to relent, here's an interview of James Foster who's talking to Frances Mackay.

22:06 Local Time, 09:06 GMT, 14:36 IST: The umpires are chatting to Brook on the sidelines while the big covers are being unfurled again. Unfortunately, chances of resuming this game are looking bleak.

22:00 Local Time, 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST: And the rain has returned. What a frustrating phase this is.

21:50 Local Time, 08:50 GMT, 14:20 IST: More good news. 22:00 restart. 8 overs a side game.

21:46 Local Time, 08:46 GMT, 14:16 IST: The covers are coming off. The stumps are being erected. Now for the process of drying the outfield. The hessian is now doing its work. The umpires are conferring.

21:16 Local Time, 08:16 GMT, 13:46 IST: It has stopped raining. Frankie Mackay runs her hand on the outfield and it's very wet. There's a wind blowing which should help blow the rain away. The groundstaff feel that this should be the last of these annoying showers.

21:08 Local Time, 08:08 GMT, 13:38 IST: The rain is back. Off go the players. Groans and moans from the crowd. The covers are coming on. It doesn't look heavy but the umbrellas are up.