Published 16:01 IST, January 6th 2020

Patt Cummins castles Ross Taylor with an absolute peach of a delivery on Day 4

Patt Cummins had castled Ross Taylor with an absolute peach of a delivery on Day 4 of the third and final Test against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Pat Cummins proved why he is top-ranked bowler in red-ball cricket with some incredible bowling performances in third and final Test against New Zealand at Sydney Cricket Ground. He had removed a well-set debutant Glenn Phillips on Day 3 with a marvellous off-cutter. However, he got prized wicket of veteran Ross Taylor with a dream delivery on Day 4.

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Patt Cummins castles Ross Taylor with an absolute beauty

This had happened in  19th over of New Zealand run chase. On third delivery, Cummins had bowled one on line of off stump which angled in full. Ross Taylor who had attempted to play it with a straight bat made a huge mistake in judging ball and played it down wrong line. ball went between his bat and pad and shattered timber.

''Bowled em! Patt Cummins just has knack at getting wickets when required. re's angle in. That's a peach. That is a peach. Bit of seam movement away, wonderful delivery'', said commentators on air.

video was posted by Cricket Australia on ir official Twitter handle. Take a look.

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 Even fans were very delighted after watching Pat Cummins get wicket of Ross Taylor with an absolute beauty. Here's what y had to say.

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Coming into this Test match at SCG, Australia had already won three-match series comprehensively by registering emphatic wins at Adelaide and Melbourne by over 200 runs. Unlike, previous two games, Kiwis did man to show some resistance but it was just t eugh.

Aussies had declared ir second innings at 217/2 riding on a brilliant 111 from stylish opener David Warner to set visitors a 416-run target. In reply, Black Caps never really looked like being in run chase as y lost wickets at regular intervals. In fact, y had lost half ir side for 38 before all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme scored a valiant fifty. 

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Once he was dismissed for 52 n it was only a formality for New Zealand. At score of 136/9, it was said that Matt Henry, who had broken his thumb a couple of days won't be coming out to bat as Aussies registered a comfortable win of 279 runs to seal three-match series 3-0. 

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16:01 IST, January 6th 2020