Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
New Zealand will play 5 ODIs, 2 Tests and one T20 during the Australian tour starting November 13, 2008.Get the latest news of New Zealand's 2008-09 Australia Tour →
Cricket Matches Schedule
- Thu 13, Nov 2008 - Sun 16, Nov 2008: Warm Up - New South Wales v New Zealanders at Sydney
- Thu 20, Nov 2008 - Mon 24, Nov 2008: 1st Test - Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane
- Fri 28, Nov 2008 - Tue 2, Dec 2008: 2nd Test - Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide Oval
- Sun 1, Feb 2009: 1st ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Perth
- Fri 6, Feb 2009: 2nd ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne
- Sun 8, Feb 2009: 3rd ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Sydney
- Tue 10, Feb 2009: 4th ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide Oval
- Fri 13, Feb 2009: 5th ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane
- Sun 15, Feb 2009: Twenty20 (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Sydney
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Second ODI at Melbourne
AUS v NZ, 2nd ODI, Melbourne: New Zealand beat Australia by 6 wickets (NZ 2:0)
Feb 06, 2009
Australia slid to their fifth consecutive defeat at home. The home side’s 226 total was a competitive target on a slow pitch but New Zealand paced their innings brilliantly.
The Kiwis started patiently and McCullum (43) was involved in two 40-plus partnerships with Fulton and Taylor (47) to ensure his team didn’t lose early wickets.
Taylor then added 72 with Elliot, but despite his dismissal, New Zealand were always in the hunt. Warner gave good support to Elliot, who made an unbeaten 61, and helped see his team through to a victory and a 2-0 lead. Earlier, Australia made 225 runs for loss of five wickets.
Michael Clarke was declared the Man of the Match for his 98.
AUS v NZ, 2nd ODI, Melbourne: New Zealand 226-4 (48.5 overs) beat Australia 225-5 (50.0 overs) by 6 wickets
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Second ODI at Melbourne
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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225 for 5 (50.0 overs)
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226 for 4 (48.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Warner | c Vettori | b Mills | 2 |
11 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | b O'Brien | 98 |
133 | 7 | 0 | |
| Haddin | c McCullum | b Southee | 12 |
20 | 1 | 0 |
| D Hussey | run out | 10 |
22 | 1 | 0 | |
| M Hussey | c Vettori | b O'Brien | 75 |
94 | 4 | 0 |
| White | not out | 17 |
14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferguson | not out | 6 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3w 2lb | 5 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 225 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| McCullum | c M Hussey | b Hopes | 43 |
75 | 3 | 0 |
| Guptill | c White | b Bracken | 8 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
| Fulton | c Haddin | b Hopes | 21 |
34 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Haddin | b Johnson | 47 |
74 | 3 | 0 |
| Elliott | not out | 61 |
75 | 6 | 0 | |
| Broom | not out | 26 |
21 | 4 | 0 | |
| Extras | 12w 8lb | 20 | ||||
| Total | for 4 | 226 | (48.5 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: S A Bucknor, P R Reiffel
Australia: Clarke (Captain), Warner, Haddin (Wicket Keeper), M Hussey, D Hussey, Ferguson, White, Hopes, Johnson, Bracken, Hilfenhaus
New Zealand: McCullum (Wicket Keeper), Guptill, Fulton, Taylor, Elliott, Broom, Mills, Vettori (Captain), Patel, Southee, O'Brien