New Zealand V Australia Matches Are Always Incredible To Watch. Both Are Neighbours And Healthy Rivals Of Each Other In Cricket. The Series Played Between Them Is Commonly Called Chappal-Hadlee Which Is Named After Australian And New Zealand Cricket Greats. Both Of These Teams Had Already Played A Chappal-Hadlee Series Earlier In 2007. Kiwis Whitewashed Kangaroos In That Series. It Was Thrilling Series In Which Australia Suffered A 10 Wicket Chases And Also Failed To Defend 330+ Score Two Times. After That Series Australia Won The World Cup And Were A Completely Different Team As They Missed Few Of Their Main Players In Kiwi Tour As Well. The Late 2007 Tour Of New Zealand In Australia Comprised Of A T20I And Three ODIs. New Zealand Suffered A Heavy Defeat In The Only T20I.Now It Was The Time For ODIs.
For The First ODI, New Zealand Were Batting First. Vincent And McCullum Came Out To Open For New Zealand. Vincent Fell Early To The Pace Of Lee. McCullum Started To Gain Form. He Smashed Everyone Who Came To Bowl To Him Including Tait Whom He Smashed Three Boundaries In The Over. How Tried To Take His Time And Settle On The Other End. Bazz Reached His Half Century But Still He Didn’t Stop And Continued Playing His Natural Game. How Edged One Straight To Slip Which Clocked At 149.2 Kmph! Styris Came And Went Without Making Significant Contributions. Taylor Came To The Crease With Instincts To Bat Well. McCullum On The Other Hand Continued Hitting Boundaries At Regular Intervals. He Tried To Reach His Century With A Six But Found The Fielder And A Quite Amazing Innings Came To A Disappointing End. Taylor Reached His Half Century Of Just 52 Balls But Fell To The Bowling Of Lee Which Reduced New Zealand To 197 For 5.
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New Zealand Reached A Good Score Of 2544 Runs Through Contributions From Oram, Vettori And A Six From Mills. Gilchrist And Hayden Came Out To Bat For Australia. Gilchrist Started To Smash The Kiwi Bowlers To All Parts Of The Ground. Australia Were Going At 10+ Runs Per Over. Gilchrist Reached A Quick Fire Half Century. His Partner Hayden Fell To Mills. Soon Gilchrist Followed Him. Ponting And Clarke Steadied The Ship. The Smashed Cover Drives And Pure Timing Shots. New Zealand Bowlers Had No Answers For Their Superb Shots. The Match Started Slipping Towards Australia. Field Changes Were Also Not Working For Australia As These Two Were Masters In Finding Gaps.
Clarke Fell Soon But The Damage Was Done. Ponting Read His Century And It Was An Amazing Innings, A Treat To Watch For The Eyes. Symonds Supported Ponting By Scoring Run A Ball 28. Ponting Scored 107 Runs Of Just 108 Balls With 13 Boundaries. Australia Won The Match By 7 Wickets With 2 Matches To Go. Ricky Ponting Was Awarded The Man Of The Match. Cricket In Australia Is Always A Treat To Watch Where Pitches Are Balanced By Making Them Bouncy For The Bowlers And Making Them Fast For The Batsman So That Ball Comes On To Th
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