Trans-Tasman Trophy, Final: New Zealand vs Australia - Things which went wrong for the hosts

#1 Not being able to contain the Aussie batsmen

Chasing a modest target of 151, Australian openers David Warner and D'Arcy Short came out all guns blazing and started dealing in boundaries from the word go.

Tim Southee and Trent Boult struggled to control the run flow as their fielders added insult to injury by dropping catches and making plenty of misfields.

Short was the star of the run chase, belting three sixes and six fours en route to 50 from 30 balls.

Warner (25) and Short (50) fired the visitors to 72 inside 8 overs before both the openers were removed in quick succession by Ish Sodhi and Colin Munro.

Mitchell Santner then got rid of Ashton Agar to reduce the Aussies to 84/3 in 10.3 overs.

Then, the men in form Glenn Maxwell (20*) and Aaron Finch (18*) guided Australia to 121/3 in 14.4 overs before the play was interrupted by rain.

Eventually, the game was called off and the best team of the tournament Australia were declared winners by 19 runs (D/L method).