The visitors have resisted tinkering with their XI despite a big loss in the opening game
Australia he won the toss and decided to make a bowl New Zealand
Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss in Dunedin and initially opted for bowling for the second game in a row while the tourists struggled to send a yawning loss back to New Zealand in the opening game. series.
Both sides announced teams unchanged from the opening game in Christchurch, with the Australians looking for a much more consistent display under sunny skies in the first ever T20I ever played at Oval University.
Australia last played an international match in Dunedin at the white ball stage of the 2000 round. A 50-run victory by Steve Waugh’s side who was murdered by crowd riots and a 10-minute delay after Adam Parore took out a wicket after hitting a helmet with bouncer Brett Lee and then fell on the stocks.
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway, 5 Glenn Philipps, 6 Jimmy Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult
Australia 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 Matthew Wade (wk), 3 Josh Philippe, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Daniel Sams, 8 Ashton Agar, 9 Jhye Richardson, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Adam Zampa
Daniel Brettig is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @danbrettig