Lauren Down smashed a 52-ball 64 as New Zealand took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series — AFP Lauren Down's unbeaten 64, and her 76-run partnership with Katey Martin for the seventh wicket, and Frances Mackay's cameo down the order helped New Zealand beat India by three wickets in the third ODI and seal the five-match series with two matches to spare in Queenstown on Friday, reports ESPNcricinfo.
When Lea Tahuhu, who went off the field towards the end of the Indian innings because of a hamstring strain, holed out at deep midwicket in the 35th over, New Zealand looked down for the count at 171 for 6, chasing 280.
However, Down, who replaced Brooke Halliday in the XI, and Martin kept New Zealand on course with their alliance and tilt the balance.
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