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New Zealand vs Australia highlights: New Zealand take Chappell-Hadlee trophy

8th February, 2016
First ball: 12pm (AEDT)
Venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton
TV: Live Fox Sports
Betting: Australia $1.80, New Zealand $2.00
1st ODI: New Zealand won by 159 runs
2nd ODI: Australia won by four wickets

New Zealand:
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Mark Henry, Trent Boult

Australia:
Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, John Hastings, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland
Brendon McCullum will be playing in the Pakistan Super League, which is in its second season. (AFP PHOTO / Michael Bradley)
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Match Results:

New Zealand have sent Brendon McCullum out of the One Day International arena a winner, taking a 55 run victory over Australia, and the Chappell – Hadlee trophy 2-1 in dominating circumstances.

Australia would win the toss and elect to bowl first, but it would seemingly backfire as Brendon McCullum played his most composed innings of the tournament, but still with a very high strike rate. He was joined early on by Martin Guptill and the pair put on 80 runs in the first nine overs.

That would be the height of the New Zealand innings though, with McCullum falling during the 10th over for 47 from 27 balls in an effort that laid the platform for the rest of the innings.

It was a platform the rest of the batsmen struggled to build on though, as New Zealand became what seemed like unnecessarily defensive with Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill at the crease.

Adam Zampa played a big role in the defensiveness though, as he bowled brilliantly in a 10 over spell that only went for 45. He would also pick up the crucial wicket of Guptill.

With the top three back in the sheds, Australia bowled spin at both ends, before Mitchell Marsh and their pace bowlers went into restrictive mode as Grant Elliott and Henry Nicholls built a partnership.

At 4 for 200, New Zealand were looking to be in a strong position, but the bowling of Mitchell Marsh, Josh Hazlewood and John Hastings decimated the New Zealand lower order, restricting them to just 246.

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In reply, Australia got off to a flying start, with both David Warner and Usman Khawaja striking the ball beautifully. Warner would be dismissed with the score on 39 at the end of the 5th over, before Khawaja went in the 12th over with the score on 75.

Steve Smith and George Bailey then went about accumulating the runs, and were doing a fine job until Smith, and then Glenn Maxwell came and went in the space of three balls.

Bailey was then joined by Marsh who batted well, scoring 41 from 42 before getting out controversially. While the correct decision was made, it was done without a strong appeal and a referral to the video umpire, based on what had been seen on the big screens around the ground.

From there, it was all downhill for Australia as they crashed to be all out for 191, some 55 runs short of the target.

The teams now get ready for a two match Test series kicking off on Friday.

Final Score:

New Zealand 10/246 (45.3 overs)
Australia 10/191 (43.4 overs)

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New Zealand win by 55 runs.

Match Preview:

Brendon McCullum plays his final one-day international match in the decider between New Zealand and Australia at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage of the match from 11:30am (AEDT).

After an ODI career that has been one of the most electric of all time, McCullum reaches the end in what will be his 260th match for New Zealand in one-day cricket. He has scored over 6000 runs, and always been a menace to bowlers with a strike rate of nearly 100 over the length of his career.

Despite the fact that this is his last game, he still has a big role to play; at the top of the order during this series, he has seemed to be more of a threat than ever.

Playing with a care-free attitude, his scores in the first two games have been 44 from 29 balls and 28 from 12 balls getting New Zealand off to a flier on each occasion.

Australia’s answer to McCullum must be opener David Warner. While he struggled in the first game, only scoring 12, he managed to lead Australia to victory in the second scoring 98 off 79.

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New Zealand took the first match of the series in a canter, yet there still would have been negatives. After one of the best starts to a one-day innings you are ever likely to see and going eight runs per over in the first ten, they only managed to make 307 as Australia’s bowlers came back strongly.

From there, New Zealand’s bowlers performed a work of art to remove Australia for 148, after reducing them to 6 for 41 off nine overs.

Following the big win, the teams went to Wellington and New Zealand again would bat first. They only made 281 this time, as Australia’s bowlers did a much better job controlling things early in the innings and picking up wickets. Kane Williamson would top score with 60.

As already mentioned, David Warner then guided Australia to victory. The middle order collapse, though, that was only steadied by Mitchell Marsh and John Hastings who scored 69 and 48 respectively will worry Australia though. Losing 4 for 22 in six overs is not good in anyone’s books.

A strong start will be important for both sides in this one. With the series on the line, and so many power hitters in each team, it won’t take long for the game to get away.

Prediction
New Zealand will be aiming to put in a massive effort for McCullum here, no doubt about it. Australia will fight hard, but their middle order has looked fragile at best.

New Zealand in a close one.

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