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Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2007
Australia beat New Zealand by 7 wickets
Dec 14, 2007
Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets with 45 balls to spare in the opening Chappell-Hadlee Trophy cricket one-day match at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Skipper Ricky Ponting scored an unbeaten 107 off 108 balls for his 24th one-day century to steer the Australians home to a comprehensive victory. Wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum fell four runs short of his maiden one-day century as New Zealand totalled 254 for seven off 50 overs batting first.
But the Australians did it comfortably with Adam Gilchrist smashing 51 off 29 balls with six fours and two sixes to set the platform which Ponting carried on stylishly. The series continues with the second match in Sydney on Sunday with the third and final game in Hobart on Thursday.
AUS vs NZ, 1st ODI, Adelaide: Australia 255-3 beat New Zealand 254-7 by seven wickets
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2007
First ODI at Adelaide
Scores
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
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254 for 7 (50.0 overs)
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255 for 3 (42.3 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Vincent | c Hopes | b Lee | 5 |
11 | 1 | 0 |
| McCullum | c Bracken | b Hogg | 96 |
103 | 12 | 1 |
| How | c Hayden | b Tait | 20 |
59 | 2 | 0 |
| Styris | c Gilchrist | b Tait | 5 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Tait | b Lee | 50 |
52 | 1 | 3 |
| Oram | not out | 32 |
38 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sinclair | c Hogg | b Hopes | 2 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Vettori | b Tait | 18 |
20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mills | not out | 7 |
2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Extras | 5nb 8w 1b 5lb | 19 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 254 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gilchrist | c Taylor | b Martin | 51 |
29 | 6 | 2 |
| Hayden | c and b | Mills | 17 |
17 | 1 | 0 |
| Ponting | not out | 107 |
108 | 14 | 0 | |
| Clarke | c Vincent | b Mills | 48 |
76 | 6 | 0 |
| Symonds | not out | 28 |
28 | 3 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 1w | 4 | ||||
| Total | for 3 | 255 | (42.3 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: M R Benson, S J Davis
Australia: Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke, Symonds, Hopes, Lee, Hogg, Tait, Bracken
New Zealand: Vincent, McCullum, How, Styris, Taylor, Sinclair, Oram, Mills, Vettori, Gillespie, Martin