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To win the series 2-0, New Zealand defeated Ireland in the second one-day international. In the third ODI, Ireland would be playing for pride while New Zealand would be aiming for a clean sweep.
Ireland batted first in the second ODI and amassed 216 before being dismissed by bowling. Ireland's top and middle order horribly failed, and at one point in the 37th over, they were battling at 126 for 6. At this point, George Dockrell stepped in to save Ireland. He boldly hammered the New Zealand bowlers all over the place. Before getting holed out to long on, he scored 74 runs off just 61 balls. Ireland passed the 200-run threshold and reached 216 before being bowled out thanks to a cameo of 27 runs in 15 balls from Mark Adair during the final overs.
For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell each claimed two wickets.
New Zealand had a dismal start to the chase, losing 2 wickets in the first 2 balls of their innings. Now that Will Young and Martin Guptill were back in the pavilion, it was up to Finn Allen and Tom Latham to lead their team to a comfortable position.

- After these two hitters left the game, New Zealand lost wickets once more as a result of a mess. Michael Bracewell, the hero of New Zealand's previous game, came to their aid once more by scoring 42 off 40 balls in the 39th over with 3 wickets in hand to give his team the victory.
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Dejected Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie lamented on his team's failure to build on their victory over New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday, saying, "It is a pretty dismal dressing room at the moment."
"Most of the time, we got everything correctly, but Michael performed exceptionally well in the final 10 overs. Although we gave a strong effort, we are in the results business, and losing by one goal hurts."
The Black Caps, losers of the last two 50-over World Cup finals, were also without Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, and usual skipper Kane Williamson.


While Ish Sodi (25) and Lockie Ferguson (8), as well as Bracewell's uncles Brendon and John, cousin Doug, and all of whom had played international cricket, shared crucial partnerships of 61 and 64 for the seventh and ninth wickets, respectively.
His first hundred at this level was higher than Harry Tector's of Ireland, whose 113 served as the foundation for the hosts' 300-9.
The 22-year-old scored 100 runs off 109 balls, including 13 fours and two sixes, to convert his eighth fifty in his past 11 ODI innings.
