"A positive piece of news from the weather Gods at Mount Maunganui. The rain is easing and the coin toss has been slated for 7.45pm approximately 10 minutes from now. Let's hope it goes better for the tosser/ spinner/ flipper than this effort from the AFL a coupla weeks back Share Australia's large, laconic captain Mitchell Marsh didn't notch a century on Wednesday but his 85 was a masterclass in power hitting and won him the Player of the Match."
"There's a few umbrellas packing up at the Bay Oval so we hope to have a coin toss and today's final XIs for you shortly. However, there are a heap of players missing across the board through injury, red-ball focus, parental duties or freak accidents. Weirdest of all, both squads lost their star allrounders on the eve of the series in bizarre training mishaps."
"Tim Robinson's first T20I century in Game One was a ripper in a losing cause. The Black Caps were 6-3 in the second over, with Josh Hazlewood removing Tim Seifert in the opening over and Ben Dwarshuis striking twice in two balls to send Devon Conway and Mark Chapman back to the sheds before Robinson swaggered out. Playing his 13th T20I, the tousle-haired 23-year-old scored an unbeaten 106 off 66 balls."
Rain at Mount Maunganui eased and the coin toss was scheduled for 7.45pm. Several players were unavailable across squads because of injury, red-ball focus, parental duties, or freak accidents. Both teams lost their star allrounders in training mishaps: Rachin Ravindra suffered a deep facial laceration after colliding with an advertising hoarding and was ruled out, while Glenn Maxwell broke a wrist bowling in the nets. Mitchell Marsh scored 85 through power hitting and won Player of the Match in a previous game. Tim Robinson scored an unbeaten 106 off 66 balls in Game One despite the Black Caps' loss.
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