Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series :: Aus-Eng-NZ 2006/07
Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (D/N)
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asad Rauf and Steve Davis
Match Result : Australia won by 5 wickets. Aus 4 pts NZ 0 pts
Man of the Match : Ricky Ponting
New Zealand (50 Overs Maximum)
Lou Vincent b Tait 90 (113) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Stephen Fleming (C) c Hussey b Lee 9 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Peter Fulton lbw b Clarke 60 (81) 4 ‘4s’
Ross Taylor b Clarke 21 (31) 1 ‘4s’
Scott Styris c Hussey b Clark 34 (36) 3 ‘4s’
Jacob Oram c Hodge b Lee 15 (9) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brendon McCullum (WK) b Clark 19 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Daniel Vettori not out 3 (4)
James Franklin not out 13 (5) 1 ‘6s’
Mark Gillespie
Shane Bond
Extras: 26 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 4 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 11)
Total : 290/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-12 (Fleming, 2.5 ovs), 2-163 (Fulton, 31.3 ovs), 3-188 (Vincent, 36.5 ovs), 4-212 (Taylor, 41.3 ovs), 5-233 (Oram, 44.3 ovs), 6-269 (Styris, 47.6 ovs), 7-275 (McCullum, 49.1 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 10-0-71-2 (3w 3nb)
Tait 10-1-26-1
Clark 10-1-61-2 (1w 1nb)
Johnson 7-0-48-0 (1w)
Clarke 9-0-45-2 (2w)
White 4-0-26-0 (1w)
Australia (Target : 291 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Franklin 29 (28) 4 ‘4s’
Matthew Hayden c Taylor b Franklin 28 (44) 2 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Vincent b Gillespie 104 (113) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke c McCullum b Vettori 9 (20)
Brad Hodge not out 99 (86) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey run out (Vincent/Oram) 8 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Cameron White not out 1 (1)
Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Shaun Tait
Mitchell Johnson
Extras: 13 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 9 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 291/5 (Overs : 48.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-56 (Gilchrist, 10.6 ovs), 2-65 (Hayden, 12.6 ovs), 3-112 (Clarke, 22.4 ovs), 4-266 (Ponting, 46.1 ovs), 5-279 (Hussey, 47.4 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Franklin 10-0-56-2 (2nb)
Bond 9-0-64-0 (1w 2nb)
Gillespie 8.2-0-45-1 (1nb)
Oram 5-0-44-0 (1nb)
Vettori 10-0-55-1 (2w 2nb)
Styris 6-0-26-0