Australia have slammed the brakes on New Zealand to claim their T20 series with a game in hand and inflict a ninth-straight loss on the Kiwis in the format.

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Highlights of the Women's Cricket Twenty20 International match between Australia and New Zealand which took place at Great Barrier Reef Arena Mackay

Tasman rivals New Zealand by 29 runs at Great Barrier Reef Arena on Sunday evening to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the bilateral T20 series.

Australia 142 (Healy 38, Perry 34, Kerr 4-20) beat New Zealand 113 for 7 (Bates 34, Gardner 3-17) by 29 runs Ashleigh Gardner made a successful return from a concussion scare to claim three wickets and help Australia claim an untidy and unconvincing series-win over New Zealand after a stunning collapse with the bat in the second T20I in Mackay.