Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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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
First ODI at Perth
AUS v NZ, 1st ODI, Perth: New Zealand beat Australia in thrilling series opener (NZ 1:0)
Feb 01, 2009
Australia's misery continued with New Zealand on Sunday pipping them by two wickets to clinch a low-scoring thriller and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI cricket series.
Chasing a victory target of 182, New Zealand huffed and puffed before Ross Taylor (64) propped them up. Needing five runs off the last over, the Kiwis levelled the score in the fifth ball before captain Daniel Vettori hit the winning run off the last delivery from Nathan Bracken.
Earlier, after Australia captain Ricky Ponting had decided to bat first, Kiwi spearhead Kyle Mills (4/35) and his bowling colleagues skittled out the hosts for 181 in 48.4 overs.
Mills was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round show. Both the teams now move to Melbourne for the second ODI on Friday.
AUS v NZ, 1st ODI, Perth: New Zealand 182-8 (50.0 overs) beat Australia 181 (48.4 overs) by 2 wickets
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
First ODI at Perth
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and decided to bat
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181 all out (48.4 overs)
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182 for 8 (50.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Marsh | c Fulton | b Mills | 15 |
28 | 2 | 0 |
| Warner | c Fulton | b Mills | 7 |
18 | 0 | 0 |
| Ponting | run out | 5 |
13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarke | run out | 12 |
27 | 1 | 0 | |
| D Hussey | c McCullum | b Patel | 13 |
26 | 1 | 0 |
| M Hussey | c Elliott | b O'Brien | 49 |
65 | 1 | 1 |
| Haddin | b Mills | 31 |
54 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hopes | c Vettori | b O'Brien | 18 |
30 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson | b Mills | 20 |
17 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bracken | lbw | b Southee | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tait | not out | 9 |
10 | 2 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2w | 2 | ||||
| Total | all out | 181 | (48.4 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| McCullum | lbw | b Tait | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Guptill | b Bracken | 13 |
33 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fulton | c and b | Johnson | 7 |
35 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Clarke | b Bracken | 64 |
97 | 6 | 1 |
| Elliott | c M Hussey | b Hopes | 8 |
31 | 0 | 0 |
| Broom | b Clarke | 29 |
50 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mills | b Tait | 26 |
35 | 3 | 0 | |
| Vettori | not out | 7 |
9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Southee | b Bracken | 3 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patel | not out | 2 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 11w 3b 9lb | 23 | ||||
| Total | for 8 | 182 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: S A Bucknor, B N J Oxenford
Australia: Marsh, Warner, Ponting (Captain), Clarke, M Hussey, D Hussey, Haddin (Wicket Keeper), Hopes, Johnson, Bracken, Tait
New Zealand: McCullum (Wicket Keeper), Guptill, Fulton, Taylor, Elliott, Broom, Mills, Vettori (Captain), Patel, Southee, O'Brien