Lauren Down throws the finishing blows as New Zealand pull off 280 chase, clinch series

 New Zealand 280 for 7 (Kerr 67, Down 64*, Satterthwaite 59, Goswami 3-47) beat India 279 (Deepti 69*, Meghana 61, Verma 51, Mair 2-43, Rowe 2-52) by three wickets

Lauren Down's unbeaten 64, and her 76-run organization with Katey Martin for the seventh wicket, and Frances Mackay's appearance down the request assisted New Zealand with beating India by three wickets in the third ODI and seal the five-coordinate series with two matches in excess in Queenstown on Friday.

Whenever Lea Tahuhu, who went off the field towards the finish of the Indian innings in light of a hamstring strain, holed out at profound midwicket in the 35th over, New Zealand peered out cold at 171 for 6, pursuing 280. Notwithstanding, Down, who supplanted Brooke Halliday in the XI, and Martin kept New Zealand on course with their coalition and slant the equilibrium.

Whenever the success was fixed, Down hitting Deepti Sharma for a six over the bowler's head first bundle of the last finished, it turned into the second-most elevated effective pursue in the entirety of ladies' ODI cricket. It additionally broadened India's losing streak in ODIs while batting first to ten, the last win having come in November 2019.

New Zealand were shaken from the get-go in their pursuit by Jhulan Goswami, who got back to the XI subsequent to missing the past match. She initially caught Sophie Devine before the stumps in the first finished, prior to tidying up her initial accomplice Suzie Bates in her next.

In any case, Amy Satterthwaite then, at that point, kicked off Amelia Kerr to bring New Zealand in the groove again. The two found the ropes routinely as New Zealand got to 58 for 2 after the powerplay. They were additionally helped by several dropped possibilities - Deepti and S Meghana spilt chances off Satterthwaite, while Deepti likewise let go of an intense opportunity from Kerr and wore it on her foot.

The acquaintance of twist drove with Satterthwaite utilizing the breadth, regularly playing the shot to conveyances well outside off. She raised her 26th ODI fifty in some style and looked relentless, until she gave Mithali Raj getting practice at mid-on off Goswami's bowling. That finished the 103-run stand among Satterthwaite and Kerr.

Kerr, who had scored an unbeaten century in the subsequent match, took over after that with her breadths and cuts. There was not really a dab ball as Kerr and Maddy Green moved rapidly, and Kerr raised her third ODI fifty before long.