England vs New Zealand, 3rd T20I: New Zealand Kept Themselves Alive in the Series After Winning by 74 Runs

England and New Zealand came against each other in the 3rd T20I of the series at Edgbaston, Birmingham. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first.

Finn Allen and Conway came to bat and Wood opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Finn Allen smashed back-to-back two fours. In the 4th over, Finn Allen started the over with a four and Conway ran out after scoring 9(7) on the last ball. After 6 overs, NZ was at 48-1.

In the 7th over, NZ reached 50 runs. In the 10th over, Seifert got out after scoring 19(17) on the first ball and Finn Allen hit a six on the last ball and with this six, he scored a half-century. In the 12th over, NZ reached 100 runs on the last ball. In the 13th over, Glenn Phillips smashed two boundaries. In the 15th over, Finn Allen started the over with back-to-back three sixes. After 15 overs, NZ was at 137-2.

In the 16th over, Glenn Phillips hit two fours. In the 17th over, Glenn Phillips hit back-to-back two boundaries and Finn Allen got out after scoring 83(53) on the last ball. In the 18th over, Glenn Phillips took a double on the first ball and scored a half-century and smashed three sixes in the same over. In the 19th over, Glenn Phillips got out after scoring 69(34) on the second ball and Mitchell hit a four on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 8(4) on the last ball. In the 20th over, NZ was at 202-5.

 In 20 overs, New Zealand scored 202 runs with a loss of 5 wickets. 

Chasing 203 runs, Bairstow and Will Jacks came to bat and Southee opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Will Jacks hit a four on the second ball. In the 3rd over, Will Jacks hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 11(8) on the fourth ball. In the 6th over, Malan got out after scoring 2(11) on the fourth ball and Harry Brook hit a four on the fifth ball. After 6 overs, England was at 30-2.

In the 7th over, Bairstow got out after scoring 12(16) on the first ball and Buttler finished the over with back-to-back two boundaries. In the 8th over, Buttler finished the over with back-to-back two boundaries and England reached 50 runs. In the 9th over, Harry Brook got out after scoring 8(8) on the third ball. In the 12th over, Moeen Ali finished the over with back-to-back two boundaries. After 12 overs, England was at 92-4.

In the 13th over, Buttler got out after scoring 40(21) on the first ball. In the 14th over, Livingstone got out after scoring 2(6) on the second ball and Moeen Ali finished the over with a six. In the 15th over, Jordan got out after scoring 2(3) on the first ball. In the 16th over, Wood got out after scoring 3(4) on the second ball and Moeen Ali got out after scoring 26(16) on the fourth ball. In the 19th over, Adil Rashid got out after scoring 8(8) on the third ball. England got all out at 128 runs and lost the match by 74 runs.

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