New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner is ready for the fourth T20 International against Australia after his negative test for covid-19

Mitchell Santner was ruled out of the third T20I match, “He was self-segregated as a precautionary measure while waiting for the results of a COVID test”.

In the absence of Santner Australia won the third T20I match by 64 runs and trail New Zealand by 2-1 in the five-match series.

New Zealand Cricket confirmed that Mitchell Santner is available for the fourth T20I match against Australia and has posted an update on the official Twitter handle of Blackcaps

Team update | BLACKCAPS all-rounder Mitchell Santner has returned a negative COVID test this afternoon. He is feeling better and available for selection for T20 four against Australia at Sky Stadium on Friday night. #NZvAUS #CricketNation

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 4, 2021

New Zealand bowler Mitchell Santner and Tim Southee moved up to number 6 and number 7 in the T20 international bowling ranking after the two T20I matches against Australia

In the first T20I match Tim Southee produced impressive figures of 3 overs 10 runs and 2 wickets and along with Ish Sodhi claimed 4 wickets for 28 runs

In the second match, Mitchell Santner produced impressive figures of 4 over, 31 runs and 4 wickets and this second match was a high scorer match but at the end, New Zealand won by just 4 runs

New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill and Devon Conway moved up to no. 11 and number 17 positions in the T20I batting ranking

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ICC T20I Bowling Ranking:

Position	Player	Team	Rating
1	Rashid Kham	AFG	736
2	Tabraiz Shamsi	SA	733
3	Mujeeb ur Rahman	AFG	730
4	Adil Rashid	ENG	700
5	Adam Zampa	AUS	676
6	Tim Southee	NZ	653
7	Mitchell Santner	NZ	648
8	Ashton Agar	AUS	643
9	Sheldon Cottrell	WI	634
10	Chris Jorden	ENG	618