Cricket Highlights, 6 Sep: AUS vs NZ (1st ODI)

AUS vs NZ (1st ODI) – Highlights

Yesterday morning, Australia and New Zealand met in the first of the three-match ODI series. New Zealand put up a great target for Australia as they batted first. Chasing that target, Australia won the match with the stormy batting of Alex Carey and Cameron Greene. Along with that, Australia also took a step towards winning the series. On the other hand, Cameron Green got the title of man of the match with outstanding batting.

New Zealand lost the toss and chose to bat first. Devon Conway scored 46 runs off 68 balls for them. He also hit 4 fours and 1 six. Kane Williamson scored 45 with 3 fours and 1 six, Tom Latham scored 43 from 57 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Daryl Mitchell was dismissed for 26 with 2 fours. Besides, Martin Guptill scored 6 runs, Michael Bracewell 7 runs, James Neesham 16 runs, Mitchell Santner 13 runs, Matt Henry 4 runs, Lockie Ferguson 5 runs, and Trent Boult 6 runs. With 15 runs extra the Kiwis finally collected 232 runs with the loss of 9 wickets.

Glenn Maxwell took 4 wickets for 52 runs in 10 overs. Josh Hazlewood took 3 wickets. Besides, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa took 1 wicket each.

The capital was not very big. Only 233 runs. But the New Zealand bowlers made this capital unintelligible for Australia. However, the end was not good. Australia won in the end with the bravery of two-middle order batsmen.

The Aussies lost 8 wickets after going into bat for a target of 233 runs. But at the last moment, with the determination of Cameron Green and Adam Zampa, Australia won the match by 2 wickets with 30 balls in hand. 

With this match, the third ODI match was played at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns, Queensland. The previous two were held, 19 years ago, in 2003. Both are against Bangladesh. After 19 years, Australia was playing against New Zealand in this field. And they managed to keep the winning streak.

With a target of 233 runs, Australia lost 5 first-row batsmen for 44 runs. Especially the wickets of Aussie batsmen started to fly like straw in front of the bowling of Matt Henry and Trent Boult.

Alex Carey and Cameron Green tied the pair for the 6th wicket. The two made an impeccable partnership of 158 runs together. It was this pair that basically brought victory to Australia.

Despite a 158-run stand by Alex Carey and Cameron Green, the match moved towards a suffocating situation. Because, after Alex Carey got out after 202 runs, 2 more wickets fell in 207 runs. In other words, Australia went from 202 for 5 wickets to 207 for 8 wickets.

At that time, it seemed impossible for Australia to win without something dramatic. Cameron Green and Adam Zampa did the impossible. Adam Zampa and Cameron Green combined for the 9th wicket to end the match. Green was unbeaten on 89 off 92 balls. He also hit 1 six with 10 boundaries. Adam Zampa remains unbeaten with 13 runs off 13 balls.

Alex Carey got out after scoring 85 runs off 99 balls. He hit one six with 8 boundaries.

Trent Boult took 4 wickets for 40 runs in 10 overs. Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets each.

AUS vs NZ Scoreboard  

Australia – 233/8 (45)

New Zealand – 232/9 (50)

Result – Australia won by 2 wickets 

Player of the match – Cameron Green

AUS vs NZ Playing XIs