Australia v New Zealand ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 8th Match, Group A: Australia (AUS) v New Zealand (NZ) Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 25 February 2011 full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

Australia stamped their authority on the World Cup with a crushing seven-wicket win over New Zealand in Nagpur.

Australia v New Zealand ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
After being set a below-par 207 for victory, openers Brad Haddin and Shane Watson made light work of the target as the defending champions eased home in just 34 overs.

Haddin (55 from 50) and Watson (62 from 61) set Australia on their way with a 133-run opening partnership as the Kiwis followed up their poor batting display with an ill-disciplined bowling performance.

With such a low score to defend, the Black Caps were always going to be under pressure to get early wickets but their bowlers produced a horrible show as they conceded 29 wides.

Hamish Bennett managed to drag things back for the Black Caps when he dismissed both openers in the same over, with Haddin mistiming a pull to deep midwicket and Watson getting an inside edge onto his stumps. Tim Southee also managed to get his name to the wickets column when he had Ricky Ponting stumped by Brendon McCullum.

However, by then the damage had been done and Michael Clarke (24 not out) and Cameron White (22 not out) saw their side home.

Australia’s batsmen, though, will be thankful to pace bowlers Mitchell Johnson (four for 33) and Shaun Tait (three for 35) for setting up the victory. The duo tore through the New Zealand batting line-up from the get-go.

After losing openers Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill in the first 10 overs, the Kiwis never really recovered as they soon slipped 73 for six. Nathan McCullum’s 52 from 76 balls and Daniel Vettori’s 44 added some respectability to their total and it gave their seamers something to bowl at.

However, their bowlers also failed to turn up, which resulted in a demoralising seven-wicket loss in a game that also doubled as a battle for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy.

New Zealand’s next encounter is a clash against minnows Zimbabwe next Friday, while Australia take on Sri Lanka the following day.

Australia v New Zealand ICC World Cup 2011 Scorecard

New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov)

Australia 207/3 (34.0 ov)

Australia won by 7 wickets (with 96 balls remaining)

	New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Guptill	b Watson	10	45	25	2	0	40.00
	8.5 126.3 kph, oh well, Watto has castled Guppy with another grubber. Bad signs this, for the game. Back of a length from Watto, Guppy may have been better off coming forward in hindsight, but I doubt it would have helped. It just never came up off the track, Guppy played a half-cock forward block, but it kissed the toe of the bat and just shot through onto the stumps. Balls bounce more on nine-pin bowling alleys. 40/2
	BB McCullum†	c Krejza b Tait	16	19	12	3	0	133.33
	3.4 142.1 kph, McCullum has holed out, or has he? Caught at third man by Krejza, but the umpire wants to check if he over-stepped. He landed alright, but the foot skid a few inches forward. Still doesn't over-step so McCullum has to go. Full delivery outside off, Baz looks for the extravagant carve over point, but since his feet weren't across it went off the outside edge, close to the bottom of the bat. He went at that so hard, that it carried to Krejza at third man at good height. 20/1
	JD Ryder	c †Haddin b Johnson	25	49	31	6	0	80.64
	13.2 141.5 kph, caught behind! New Zealand are making no progress here. Johnson hits a good length around off stump and gets the ball to straighten just enough off the pitch. Ryder pushes forward tentatively and gets a thick nick through to Haddin. It's what eventually happens when you let one bowler bowl at a batsman for long periods without making him change his line by rotating strike. 66/3
	LRPL Taylor	b Tait	7	45	22	1	0	31.81
	16.6 139.9 kph, bowled him! Tait fires a full and fast yorker at Taylor, who had no hope once he made the decision to play across the line. He played around the ball and it crashed into off stump. 73/6
	JEC Franklin	c †Haddin b Johnson	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	13.5 138.3 kph, there you go, too high at No. 5. Franklin keeps his feet rooted in his crease and tries to drive at one extremely far away from his body. Rubbish shot, and the edge is taken oh so easily by Haddin. 66/4
	SB Styris	c †Haddin b Tait	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
	14.4 138.6 kph, horrific shot from Styris and the implosion continues. Tait pitched one short and wide, Styris went to slash it but it was a bit too far from him. He needed to get a bit closer to the ball but he didn't and the edge is once again taken by Haddin. 67/5
	JM How	lbw b Smith	22	60	47	1	0	46.80
	28.6 76.5 kph, How reviews an lbw call that looked plumb at the outset. Tossed up on middle from a touch wide of the crease, grips and straightens as How looks to defend it in front of front pad. The bat came across from its backlift, that began with the bat pointing at gully, a little late. The ball thudded into the pad in front of middle and was headed towards the stumps too. A review wasted, How is gone. 121/7
	NL McCullum	lbw b Johnson	52	94	76	3	0	68.42
	41.2 139.6 kph, Nathan reviews an lbw decision. Another interesting one, as Mitch landed on middleand leg. The ball was doing nothing, just carried on with the line. Nathan, for some reason, was looking to get across to the off stump and nurdle to the leg side. A fine plan that, but not if you miss the plan. He did. Hit in the front of middle, and it was carrying on to hit off. Both reviews done for New Zealand, and an important wicket for Aus. 175/8
	DL Vettori*	c †Haddin b Lee	44	62	43	5	0	102.32
	44.6 121.6 kph, after seven brilliant wicket-less overs, Lee picks one in his shoddiest over of the day. Vettori has run more at the crease today than between them, and again motors away to well outside off. Lee does well to stick to his guns and keep it outside off, back of a length. Vettori goes for the pull and gets an inside edge, through to Haddin. 206/9
	TG Southee	c Ponting b Johnson	6	20	10	0	0	60.00
	45.1 139.6 kph, Ponting is saved a hefty fine for slow over rates as Australia manage to bowl New Zealand out, just five minutes over time. Poor, poor shot from Southee. Looks to launch a straight length ball without getting forward, and just tonks it up in the air. It goes up into the Nagpur sky and when it comes down, Ponting is ready, despite the fact that the midday sun would have blinded him. 206/10
	HK Bennett	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 1, lb 8, w 13, nb 2)	24
	Total	(all out; 45.1 overs; 207 mins)	206	(4.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-20 (BB McCullum, 3.4 ov), 2-40 (Guptill, 8.5 ov), 3-66 (Ryder, 13.2 ov), 4-66 (Franklin, 13.5 ov), 5-67 (Styris, 14.4 ov), 6-73 (Taylor, 16.6 ov), 7-121 (How, 28.6 ov), 8-175 (NL McCullum, 41.2 ov), 9-206 (Vettori, 44.6 ov), 10-206 (Southee, 45.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	8	2	29	1	3.62
	44.6 to Vettori, 121.6 kph, after seven brilliant wicket-less overs, Lee picks one in his shoddiest over of the day. Vettori has run more at the crease today than between them, and again motors away to well outside off. Lee does well to stick to his guns and keep it outside off, back of a length. Vettori goes for the pull and gets an inside edge, through to Haddin. 206/9
	SW Tait	7	0	35	3	5.00	(2nb, 4w)
	3.4 to BB McCullum, 142.1 kph, McCullum has holed out, or has he? Caught at third man by Krejza, but the umpire wants to check if he over-stepped. He landed alright, but the foot skid a few inches forward. Still doesn't over-step so McCullum has to go. Full delivery outside off, Baz looks for the extravagant carve over point, but since his feet weren't across it went off the outside edge, close to the bottom of the bat. He went at that so hard, that it carried to Krejza at third man at good height. 20/1 14.4 to Styris, 138.6 kph, horrific shot from Styris and the implosion continues. Tait pitched one short and wide, Styris went to slash it but it was a bit too far from him. He needed to get a bit closer to the ball but he didn't and the edge is once again taken by Haddin. 67/5 16.6 to Taylor, 139.9 kph, bowled him! Tait fires a full and fast yorker at Taylor, who had no hope once he made the decision to play across the line. He played around the ball and it crashed into off stump. 73/6
	MG Johnson	9.1	3	33	4	3.60	(2w)
	13.2 to Ryder, 141.5 kph, caught behind! New Zealand are making no progress here. Johnson hits a good length around off stump and gets the ball to straighten just enough off the pitch. Ryder pushes forward tentatively and gets a thick nick through to Haddin. It's what eventually happens when you let one bowler bowl at a batsman for long periods without making him change his line by rotating strike. 66/3 13.5 to Franklin, 138.3 kph, there you go, too high at No. 5. Franklin keeps his feet rooted in his crease and tries to drive at one extremely far away from his body. Rubbish shot, and the edge is taken oh so easily by Haddin. 66/4 41.2 to NL McCullum, 139.6 kph, Nathan reviews an lbw decision. Another interesting one, as Mitch landed on middleand leg. The ball was doing nothing, just carried on with the line. Nathan, for some reason, was looking to get across to the off stump and nurdle to the leg side. A fine plan that, but not if you miss the plan. He did. Hit in the front of middle, and it was carrying on to hit off. Both reviews done for New Zealand, and an important wicket for Aus. 175/8 45.1 to Southee, 139.6 kph, Ponting is saved a hefty fine for slow over rates as Australia manage to bowl New Zealand out, just five minutes over time. Poor, poor shot from Southee. Looks to launch a straight length ball without getting forward, and just tonks it up in the air. It goes up into the Nagpur sky and when it comes down, Ponting is ready, despite the fact that the midday sun would have blinded him. 206/10
	SR Watson	3	1	9	1	3.00	(1w)
	8.5 to Guptill, 126.3 kph, oh well, Watto has castled Guppy with another grubber. Bad signs this, for the game. Back of a length from Watto, Guppy may have been better off coming forward in hindsight, but I doubt it would have helped. It just never came up off the track, Guppy played a half-cock forward block, but it kissed the toe of the bat and just shot through onto the stumps. Balls bounce more on nine-pin bowling alleys. 40/2
	JJ Krejza	9	0	47	0	5.22	(1w)
	SPD Smith	9	0	44	1	4.88	(1w)
	28.6 to How, 76.5 kph, How reviews an lbw call that looked plumb at the outset. Tossed up on middle from a touch wide of the crease, grips and straightens as How looks to defend it in front of front pad. The bat came across from its backlift, that began with the bat pointing at gully, a little late. The ball thudded into the pad in front of middle and was headed towards the stumps too. A review wasted, How is gone. 121/7

	Australia innings (target: 207 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	b Bennett	62	87	61	6	1	101.63
	18.3 Bennett has picked two in two. Do NZ have a chance to get back into this? Once again, Watto perishes soon after crossing his 50. Bennett continues to operate with that nagging lack of pace, this time back of a length and well outside off. Watto waited for it to come on and played an ugly cross-batted swipe. The ball was coming slower than he expected, and took the inside edge before crashing into the stumps. 136/2
	BJ Haddin†	c Franklin b Bennett	55	84	50	8	0	110.00
	18.1 95.4 kph, Bennett gets Haddin with a 96.4 kph slow bouncer. Comical stuff all round. It came out much shorter than Bennett wanted - landed midway down the pitch, took off in slow motion and seemed to stop - in mid-air mind you - as Haddin evaluated his options. He decided to throw the horizontal bat at it and swat it down, but it was too high for him to control. He ended up looping it to deep midwicket, despite rolling the wrists over it, and this time Franklin holds. 133/1
	RT Ponting*	st †BB McCullum b Southee	12	39	28	1	0	42.85
	26.5 135.0 kph, Ponting must be miffed. Hide the TV in the dressing room. Lovely work from Baz, he's stolen a wicket out of nowhere. Southee pushes another one half a foot down the leg side, Ponting is lulled out of the crease as he plays a walking flick and misses. McCullum doesn't. With hands quicker than a rattlesnake he collects and removes the bails. By the time Ponting turned back, McCullum was celebrating. Hide the TVs I say. 167/3
	MJ Clarke	not out	24	77	37	4	0	64.86
	CL White	not out	22	39	28	3	0	78.57
	Extras	(lb 3, w 29)	32
	Total	(3 wickets; 34 overs; 167 mins)	207	(6.08 runs per over)

Did not bat DJ Hussey, SPD Smith, MG Johnson, JJ Krejza, B Lee, SW Tait

Fall of wickets1-133 (Haddin, 18.1 ov), 2-136 (Watson, 18.3 ov), 3-167 (Ponting, 26.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TG Southee	10	2	45	1	4.50	(4w)
	26.5 to Ponting, 135.0 kph, Ponting must be miffed. Hide the TV in the dressing room. Lovely work from Baz, he's stolen a wicket out of nowhere. Southee pushes another one half a foot down the leg side, Ponting is lulled out of the crease as he plays a walking flick and misses. McCullum doesn't. With hands quicker than a rattlesnake he collects and removes the bails. By the time Ponting turned back, McCullum was celebrating. Hide the TVs I say. 167/3
	DL Vettori	7	0	39	0	5.57	(1w)
	HK Bennett	7	0	63	2	9.00	(7w)
	18.1 to Haddin, 95.4 kph, Bennett gets Haddin with a 96.4 kph slow bouncer. Comical stuff all round. It came out much shorter than Bennett wanted - landed midway down the pitch, took off in slow motion and seemed to stop - in mid-air mind you - as Haddin evaluated his options. He decided to throw the horizontal bat at it and swat it down, but it was too high for him to control. He ended up looping it to deep midwicket, despite rolling the wrists over it, and this time Franklin holds. 133/1 18.3 to Watson, Bennett has picked two in two. Do NZ have a chance to get back into this? Once again, Watto perishes soon after crossing his 50. Bennett continues to operate with that nagging lack of pace, this time back of a length and well outside off. Watto waited for it to come on and played an ugly cross-batted swipe. The ball was coming slower than he expected, and took the inside edge before crashing into the stumps. 136/2
	NL McCullum	3	0	22	0	7.33
	JD Ryder	5	0	24	0	4.80	(3w)
	JEC Franklin	2	0	11	0	5.50

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to field ICC Cricket World Cup points Australia 2, New Zealand 0 Chappell-Hadlee Trophy Australia won the one-off match

Player of the match MG Johnson (Australia)

Johnson: "Happy with the way it came out. Important game for us - to go out there and perform, it was great. I have bowled first change for a while, I guess that's my role. If I get a chance to open the bowling, I'll put my hand up, but we have a fine attack with Lee and Tait at the top. I still remain aggressive and go for wickets, I am enjoying this role. Will like to bat lower down and smack a few as well."

Ponting: "Good game for us today. NZ are a very good one-day side, good win for us. We said right at the start of the tournament, if our fast bowlers bowl as well as they can, it can't matter who we play. They could have actually been better with the new ball. The fact that they took wickets early meant I did not have to fall back on Watson through the day. The top order played in a different manner to how they played against Zimbabwe. It was good to see."

Vettori: "Disappointing performance with the bat. Lost three or four wickets early and we were setback. Good that Nathan McCullum played the innings he did, but it was not enough. We have to move past this quickly and play well against Zimbabwe in 7-8 days. There is always areas to improve - fielding was outstanding, but bowlers need to back it up."

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