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

#3 Bowlers being too expensive

When you are defending a below-par score of 150 against a team that has been on a spectacular winning spree, your bowlers need to pull up their socks and bring out their A-game.

New Zealand's strike bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee remained wicketless and proved to be most expensive as Aussie batsmen made merry during their run-chase.

Boult gave away 27 runs in 3 overs, while Southee was looted for 21 runs in 2 overs.

Mitchell Santner accounted 29 runs in 3.4 overs and Colin Munro conceded 18 in 2 but both of them got one wicket each.

Ish Sodhi, with an economy of 5.25 and a wicket to his name, was the most successful New Zealand bowler as Australia won by 19 runs (D/L method).