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| Australia tour of New Zealand - ODI (4th Match) |
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| Finished | New Zealand |  | | 238/10 | ( 44.1 overs ) |
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| | Australia |  | | 202/4 | ( 31.1 overs ) |
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| Australia won by 6 wickets (D/L method) |
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| Do join us for the final ODI between both teams at Wellington Mar 13 (14:00 local, 01:00 GMT) |
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| White: It has been nice and to be there in the end was nice. The wicket was really good to bat on and I tried to play as straight as possible. I'm not required to roll my arm over, which allows me to concentrate on my batting a lot more. I have been involved in a couple of losing series here, so it means a great deal to win it this time. |
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| Man of the Match:CL White (Australia) - Runs:50 - Balls:57 - 4s:5 - 6s:1 - S/R:87.71 |
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| Ponting: It is a good result, I would have thought. We kept taking wickets, kept applying the pressure and it paid off in the end. Hauritz bowled beautifully today, he has not got a lot of opportunities this series, he made it count today. White has been terrific for us, in finishing off games and he batted with a great deal of maturity. It is good to see a couple of Aussie fans out here. |
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| Vettori: We lost too many wickets, when you have to strike at the end, you dont have too many resources and against Australia, you just cant do that. Today things did not work, even though you want it to. Rough decisions are a part of Cricket, Bondy and I tried to apply the pressure, but it was always difficult to do it. We will play for pride in the final ODI. |
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| Bond started things off by dismissing Haddin for a golden duck. Ponting and Watson launched a counter-attack but Vettori managed to send them back quickly. White, along with Voges got Australia home in the end and Australia have retained the Chappell-Hadlee trophy. |
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| New Zealand have only themselves to blame for this defeat. After being 120/1, NZ collapsed spectacularly to 238 all out. The Rain delay gave Australia a revised target of 200 in 34 overs. |
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| Australia led the 5-match series 3-1 |
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| Australia won by 6 wickets (D/L method) |
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| 31.1 | | Southee to M.Hussey, 4 |
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| FOUR. Fuller length ball on the off stump and drives it through mid-off. |
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| 30.6 | | Vettori to M.Hussey, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Tossed up on the legs and flicks it to deep backward square leg for a run. |
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| 30.5 | | Vettori to M.Hussey, 0 |
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| No Run. Tossed up on the legs and plays it to on side fielder. |
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| 30.4 | | Vettori to M.Hussey, 4 |
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| FOUR. Tossed up just outside the off stump and Hussey tries to push, gets an outside edge down to third man fence for FOUR! |
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| 30.3 | | Vettori to M.Hussey, 2 |
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| 2 Runs. Short ball on the legs and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
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| 1 Run. Full toss on the off stump and drives it towards mid-on for a run quickly. |
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| 30.1 | | Vettori to M.Hussey, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Tossed up on the middle and leg, sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
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| FOUR. Low full toss on the legs and smashes it to deep mid-wicket. |
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| FOUR. Good length ball on the legs and White smashes it to deep mid-wicket. |
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| 29.4 | | Southee to M.Hussey, 1 |
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| 1 Run. Fuller length ball on the off stump and drives it to long-off for a single. |
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| 1 Run. Good length ball on the off stump and pushes it to cover for a quick run. |
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