New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori says his side’s dramatic win in extra time in the final Twenty20 clash against Australia gives the the Black Caps a running start for the upcoming one-day series.

Australia matched New Zealand’s 6-214 with 4-214 from their 20 overs before Australia’s 1-6 in their “super over” was easily overhauled by the Kiwis, who scored 0-9 with three deliveries to spare.

The game was played before a jubilant crowd of 26,148 at Christchurch’s AMI Stadium, with Vettori admitting later: “That’s the best crowd I’ve played in front of in New Zealand.

“I couldn’t hear anything,” he said.

It was Australia’s first international defeat this summer, after an unbeaten run at home against West Indies and Pakistan and claiming the first T20 International by six wickets against New Zealand in Wellington on Friday.

“The game tonight really sets up the summer,” Vettori said on Sunday.

“I know people will be really excited about it. New Zealanders want us to beat Australia in every sport.

“So to have a game like that in front of a crowd like that will be talked about for a long time and that will hopefully take the whole country into the one-day series and they’ll be looking forward to it.

“Any time you win against a great team, you start believing.

“The guys who have performed today especially will especially think they can continue to do it.

“It’s about guys in form. Brendon (century-maker Brendon McCullum) in particular is a real catalyst for the side. Him and Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor.

“If they perform then I think the team really feeds off that and the same with (pace bowler) Shane Bond.

“If we get those sorts of guys going then I think it bodes well for us in the (one-day) series.”

McCullum, whose 116 not out was one short of Chris Gayle’s T20 world record, said it was nice to make a contribution against a “quality team”.

“There’s not too many teams around the world who have three guys who can bowl at 150 kilometres an hour. That can’t be understated,” McCullum said of Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes and Mitchell Johnson, who was rested for Sunday’s game.

“That’s a huge weapon for them.

“Even today, at 214 most teams would have rolled over in that situation.

“But a team like Australia, they just keep coming at you.”

Vettori said he was thrilled with the efforts of 21-year-old pace bowler Tim Southee, who showed a steady resolve to send down his yorkers when Australia needed 12 off their 20th over to win and came up one short.

Southee also bowled the “super over” to Australia, taking 1-6.

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum scored 116 not out against Australia in the Twenty20 international in Christchurch:-

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS IN TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
117 – Chris Gayle, West Indies v South Africa, Johannesburg, 2007-08
116* – Brendon McCullum v Australia, Christchurch, 2009-10
98* – Ricky Ponting, Australia v New Zealand, Auckland, 2004-05
96* – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka v West Indies, The Oval, 2009
96 – Damien Martyn, Australia v Sri Lanka, Brisbane, 2005-06
94 – Loots Bosman, South Africa v England, Centurion, 2009-10
90* – Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa v West Indies, Johannesburg, 2007-08
(* – denotes not out)

HIGHEST NEW ZEALAND TOTALS IN TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET:-
214-6 v Australia, Christchurch, 2009-10
198-5 v Ireland, Nottingham, 2009
191-9 v West Indies, Hamilton, 2008-09
190 v India, Johannesburg, 2007-08

© AAP 2012

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