New Zealand women's cricket team have literally annihilated and destroyed the Irish bowlers in their own backyard as they are the first team in both women's and men's to score 400 plus runs in ODI history.
The New Zealand openers saw off the immediate threat of the new ball and set a foundation for the series hosts to push for victory.
Williamson demonstrated his immense talent and the great promise of his relatively young Test career when he achieved his 18th century at 27 years of age and in his 64th Test.
The Black Caps on Wednesday named its team for the match which will be the first pink-ball Test played in New Zealand and the ninth in any country.
Taylor reached his 18th century in one-day internationals, surpassing 7,000 runs in the 50 over format as he did so, and Latham passed 2,000 runs in a pivotal partnership.
Both Australia and Pakistan are on 126 points but when the points are rounded off, the Kangaroos finish on 125.65 points, 0.19 points behind Pakistan who aggregate 125.84 points.
Chasing 195 to win against England, New Zealand only needed to reach 175 to ensure themselves a place in the finals based on run rate as both teams finished the round-robin stages of the tri-series series with one win each.
The 26-year-old has not played for the country since the Bristol incident, where he was involved in a late-night brawl outside a nightclub in September last year.
Williamson posted his eighth T20 half century but his first in 10 innings since January last year to guide New Zealand to 196/5 as it batted first after winning the toss. England was held to 184/9 in reply.
Lalit Upadhyay (7th minute), Harjeet Singh (32nd) and Rupinder Pal Singh (36th) scored for India while New Zealand's goals came from sticks of Daniel Harris (23rd) and Kane Russell (37th).
Pakistan slumped to 38/6, flirting with its lowest-ever T20 score of 74, before being dismissed for 105 as it batted first on a sub-standard drop-in pitch.
Ardern took to Twitter to announce that she and her partner Clarke Gayford were expecting a child, and that Gayford would become a stay-at-home dad.
Martin Guptill made a superb hundred and Ross Taylor chipped in with a half-century as New Zealand made 271 for seven from its 50 overs.
New Zealand's unbeaten record at home this season was under threat until De Grandhomme went to the crease at No. 7 and hit a 74 not out to help the Kiwis extend their winning streak.
The Sarfraz Ahmed-led side slumped to a shocking 183-run defeat in the third ODI in Dunedin to go down 0-3 in the series against the Black Caps.
Trent Boult's five-wicket hall wrapped up Pakistan for 74 runs (all-out) as the Black Caps win the five-match series 3-0.
England called up Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone and returning paceman Mark Wood in its 16-man squad for the two-match Test series in New Zealand in March.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson reached his 10th ODI century from 106 balls to lead his team to a record total at the Basin Reserve.
New Zealand won the first match by five wickets, before claiming the second match by 204 runs. The hosts also swept the Test series between the teams 2-0.
Talking about his team's preparation, the 42-year-old said that Pakistan were in good shape and were absolutely ready to give New Zealand a run for their money on their home turf.
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