Tector, Stirling centuries not enough as NZ clinch series 3-0

Ireland tumbled to a devastatingly thin loss by one run notwithstanding an uncommon batting exertion in the series finale in Dublin, where they verged on pursuing down New Zealand's mammoth complete of 360/6. Hundreds of years from Paul Stirling and Harry Tector laid the stage for the home side to invalidate Martin Guptill's work in the main innings, however the pursuit boiled down to 10 off 6 balls, and afterward 3 off 1 - which debutant Graham Hume couldn't pull off. In spite of the rankings and general discernment, Ireland kept up with their capacity to take on against a highest level side - as they did during the T20Is against India. However the series against New Zealand was at that point lost, the Ireland players emerged with the expectation of an essential night in the public capital as Stirling made a stroke-filled begin to pursue. Andy McBrine went along with him for a brief yet compelling second-wicket stand worth 55 runs. From 62 for 2 of every 10 overs started the pursuit characterizing organization among Stirling and Tector, who likewise hit hundred years in the initial apparatus. They kept Ireland's scoring rate at six-an-over notwithstanding a stoppage against the spinners. Be that as it may, a change in gears during a six-over stage between the 23rd and the 29th over pushed New Zealand on their toes as the asking rate and Irish expectations expanded. The customary limits kept on streaming even as Tom Latham attempted different bowling blends looking for a leap forward. By the 32nd over, Paul Stirling had his century however Matt Henry gave him the boot three overs later to a wildly energetic applause for a 103-ball 120. New Zealand utilized this excusal to shake Ireland's pursuit further as the hosts went from 241 for 3 to 278 for 5 in about 30 conveyances. However, Tector scored his second hundred of the series to keep the fantasy alive of accomplishing the inconceivable. As the situation got to a strained 53 off 42, Mitchell Santner returned to convey a new disaster for Ireland's possibilities with Tector's wicket - for 108 off 106. George Dockrell attempted to guarantee the twin hundreds of years wouldn't go to no end, yet succumbed to a 17-ball 22 when the condition was down to 13 off 9. It went to 10 off 6, which Blair Tickner pretty much safeguarded. As Ireland burrow watched in dismay, New Zealand left with a 3-0 compass, maybe thanks not simply the solid groundwork laid by Guptill with what was his eighteenth ODI hundred, yet additionally the venturesome endeavors of Henry Nicholls (79 off 54) and Glenn Phillips (47 off 30). New Zealand crushed 54 runs off the last 30 balls to arrive at their large aggregate - a late exertion that ended up being totally imperative eventually. Brief Scores: Ireland 359/9 in 50 overs (Paul Stirling 120, Harry Tector 108; Matt Henry 4-68, Mitchell Santner 3-71) lost to New Zealand 360/6 in 50 overs (Martin Guptill 115, Henry Nicholls 79, Glenn Phillips 47; Joshua Little 2-84) by 1 Run