New Zealand vs Australia 2nd T20I: Australia continued their winning run as they defeated New Zealand by 72 runs in the second T20I match at the Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, February 23.

Australia took an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series, having won the first match on the very last ball.

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They bowled New Zealand out for just 102 runs in 17 overs while defending the 174-run total with Adam Zampa being the pick of the bowlers.

Zampa bowled brilliantly and took four wickets for just 34 runs in his four overs.

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He was well supported by the other bowlers as Nathan Ellis picked up two wickets whereas Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and skipper Mitchell Marsh ended up with a wicket each as well.

Glenn Phillips was the top run-getter for the hosts as he scored 42 runs off 35 deliveries whereas Trent Boult and Josh Clarkson scored 16 and 10 runs respectively.

Earlier, Australia after being put into bat first posted a challenging total of 174 runs before getting bowled out in 19.5 overs.

Travis Head played a fiery knock of 45 runs off just 22 deliveries with the help of two fours and five sixes.

Cummins scored 28 runs whereas Marsh scored 26 runs in 21 balls.

For the hosts, Lockie Ferguson was the pick of the bowlers as he ended up taking four wickets for just 12 runs in 3.5 overs.

On the other hand, Adam Milne, Ben Sears, and Mitchell Santner took two wickets each.

Pat Cummins, who contributed with both bat and the ball, was adjudged as the Player of the Match.

"I will take this. Always enjoyed batting especially in this format, give it a bit of a swing and few came off the edges and flew to the boundary but I will take it. I do most of the times, especially here when you are looking for sixes and fours and feels like you have got bit more of a license. I love it," Cummins said at the post-match presentation.

The third and final T20I match will be played at Eden Park, Auckland on Sunday, February 25.