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Commonwealth Bank Series / Scorecard

Commonwealth Bank Series - 11th match

Australia v New Zealand

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2501 | 2006/07 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
4 February 2007 - day/night (50-over match)


New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
L Vincent	b Tait	90	160	113	6	1	79.64
36.5 good length ball on off stump swinging into Vincent, he tries to flick but the ball beats him and hits the pad before going on to hit the stumps, Tait gets his reward for an outstanding spell, he's bowled at a terrific pace all day and with much more control 188/3
SP Fleming*	c Hussey b Lee	9	14	11	1	0	81.81
2.5 Lee strikes! Short of a length ball on off stump, angling away from Fleming who drives on the up, he can't keep the drive along the ground and ends up hitting it straight to Hussey at mid-off 12/1
PG Fulton	lbw b Clarke	60	134	81	4	0	74.07
31.3 LBW! The sweep does Fulton in. Clarke pitches that just outside off stump, Fulton goes down on one knee and tries to sweep, he misses and the ball hits him just in line of off stump, replays show that the ball would have hit middle and off stump 163/2
LRPL Taylor	b Clarke	21	47	31	1	0	67.74
41.3 bowled him! Clarke bowls that fast and a fraction shorter on off stump, Taylor makes a little bit of room and tries to play the slog sweep, he misses and Clarke hits 212/4
SB Styris	c Hussey b Clark	34	53	36	2	0	94.44
47.6 full toss on middle and leg stump, Styris hits it well off his pads but picks out Hussey at deep midwicket, Hussey takes a relatively simple catch and New Zealand are six down 269/6
JDP Oram	c Hodge b Lee	15	13	9	1	1	166.66
44.3 caught at deep midwicket! Huge huge wicket for Australia, Lee banged it in short and Oram pulled it powerfully, that man Hodge again covers good ground and dives low to his left to take a sharp catch, he's delighted and the Aussies run to mob him, they know the importance of that wicket 233/5
BB McCullum†	b Clark	19	27	14	1	0	135.71
49.1 outstanding yorker, right up there in the blockhole, McCullum tries to hit it down the ground and the ball squeezes under his bat and rattles leg stump 275/7
DL Vettori	not out	3	9	4	0	0	75.00

JEC Franklin	not out	13	4	5	0	1	260.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 11, w 9, nb 4)	26

Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 230 mins)	290	(5.80 runs per over)

Did not bat MR Gillespie, SE Bond

Fall of wickets1-12 (Fleming, 2.5 ov), 2-163 (Fulton, 31.3 ov), 3-188 (Vincent, 36.5 ov), 4-212 (Taylor, 41.3 ov), 5-233 (Oram, 44.3 ov), 6-269 (Styris, 47.6 ov), 7-275 (McCullum, 49.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	10	0	71	2	7.10	(3nb, 3w)
2.5 to Fleming, Lee strikes! Short of a length ball on off stump, angling away from Fleming who drives on the up, he can't keep the drive along the ground and ends up hitting it straight to Hussey at mid-off 12/1 44.3 to Oram, caught at deep midwicket! Huge huge wicket for Australia, Lee banged it in short and Oram pulled it powerfully, that man Hodge again covers good ground and dives low to his left to take a sharp catch, he's delighted and the Aussies run to mob him, they know the importance of that wicket 233/5
SW Tait	10	1	26	1	2.60
36.5 to Vincent, good length ball on off stump swinging into Vincent, he tries to flick but the ball beats him and hits the pad before going on to hit the stumps, Tait gets his reward for an outstanding spell, he's bowled at a terrific pace all day and with much more control 188/3
SR Clark	10	1	61	2	6.10	(1nb, 1w)
47.6 to Styris, full toss on middle and leg stump, Styris hits it well off his pads but picks out Hussey at deep midwicket, Hussey takes a relatively simple catch and New Zealand are six down 269/6 49.1 to McCullum, outstanding yorker, right up there in the blockhole, McCullum tries to hit it down the ground and the ball squeezes under his bat and rattles leg stump 275/7
MG Johnson	7	0	48	0	6.85	(1w)

MJ Clarke	9	0	45	2	5.00	(2w)
31.3 to Fulton, LBW! The sweep does Fulton in. Clarke pitches that just outside off stump, Fulton goes down on one knee and tries to sweep, he misses and the ball hits him just in line of off stump, replays show that the ball would have hit middle and off stump 163/2 41.3 to Taylor, bowled him! Clarke bowls that fast and a fraction shorter on off stump, Taylor makes a little bit of room and tries to play the slog sweep, he misses and Clarke hits 212/4
CL White	4	0	26	0	6.50	(1w)


Australia innings (target: 291 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	b Franklin	29	46	28	4	0	103.57
10.6 bowled him! Franklin jumps in joy as Gilchrist misses a heave over midwicket and gets a thick inside edge on to his stumps, rash shot that because he tried to fetch that from outside off stump 56/1
ML Hayden	c Taylor b Franklin	28	63	44	2	0	63.63
12.6 dropped a fraction short and Hayden pulls and pulls hard, he hit that flat and straight down Taylor's throat at deep midwicket, he hardly had to move and completes an easy catch 65/2
RT Ponting*	c Vincent b Gillespie	104	171	113	6	1	92.03
46.1 caught in the deep! Ponting slams it down the ground to long-off, he hit that right out of the screws, Vincent sprinted in from the fence, dived forward and took an excellent low catch 266/4
MJ Clarke	c †McCullum b Vettori	9	45	20	0	0	45.00
22.4 caught behind! Clarke reaches out for a very wide ball and tries to cut, he should have left that for it would have most certainly been wide, he gets the toe end of the bat on it and McCullum takes a sharp catch 112/3
BJ Hodge	not out	99	123	86	7	1	115.11

MEK Hussey	run out (Vincent/Oram)	8	9	5	1	0	160.00
47.4 from Oram, Hussey is run-out, Hussey drove that into the deep cover region, he called for the second and took off from the non-striker's end, Hodge sent him back, the throw was flat and powerful from Vincent in the deep and Oram broke the stumps with Hussey just short 279/5
CL White	not out	1	5	1	0	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 1, w 3, nb 9)	13

Total	(5 wickets; 48.2 overs; 219 mins)	291	(6.02 runs per over)

Did not bat SW Tait, SR Clark, B Lee, MG Johnson

Fall of wickets1-56 (Gilchrist, 10.6 ov), 2-65 (Hayden, 12.6 ov), 3-112 (Clarke, 22.4 ov), 4-266 (Ponting, 46.1 ov), 5-279 (Hussey, 47.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JEC Franklin	10	0	56	2	5.60	(2nb)
10.6 to Gilchrist, bowled him! Franklin jumps in joy as Gilchrist misses a heave over midwicket and gets a thick inside edge on to his stumps, rash shot that because he tried to fetch that from outside off stump 56/1 12.6 to Hayden, dropped a fraction short and Hayden pulls and pulls hard, he hit that flat and straight down Taylor's throat at deep midwicket, he hardly had to move and completes an easy catch 65/2
SE Bond	9	0	64	0	7.11	(2nb, 1w)

MR Gillespie	8.2	0	45	1	5.40	(1nb)
46.1 to Ponting, caught in the deep! Ponting slams it down the ground to long-off, he hit that right out of the screws, Vincent sprinted in from the fence, dived forward and took an excellent low catch 266/4
JDP Oram	5	0	44	0	8.80	(1nb)

DL Vettori	10	0	55	1	5.50	(2nb, 2w)
22.4 to Clarke, caught behind! Clarke reaches out for a very wide ball and tries to cut, he should have left that for it would have most certainly been wide, he gets the toe end of the bat on it and McCullum takes a sharp catch 112/3
SB Styris	6	0	26	0	4.33

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat
Points Australia 4, New Zealand 0

Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SJ Davis
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire PR Reiffel

Match notes

New Zealand innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
New Zealand: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (L Vincent 29, PG Fulton 19, Ex 2)
Drinks: New Zealand - 71/1 in 16.0 overs (L Vincent 32, PG Fulton 21)
Power Play 3: Overs 16.1 - 21.0
New Zealand: 100 runs in 19.6 overs (123 balls), Extras 9
L Vincent: 50 off 64 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 120 balls (L Vincent 50, PG Fulton 39, Ex 12)
PG Fulton: 50 off 68 balls (3 x 4)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 28.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 15
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 175 balls (L Vincent 74, PG Fulton 60, Ex 16)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 39.4 overs (246 balls), Extras 19
New Zealand: 250 runs in 46.3 overs (290 balls), Extras 23

Australia innings
Australia: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (AC Gilchrist 27, ML Hayden 22, Ex 2)
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Drinks: Australia - 83/2 in 17.0 overs (RT Ponting 20, MJ Clarke 4)
Australia: 100 runs in 20.2 overs (125 balls), Extras 3
RT Ponting: 50 off 57 balls (4 x 4)
Australia: 150 runs in 32.2 overs (200 balls), Extras 6
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (RT Ponting 23, BJ Hodge 23, Ex 4)
Drinks: Australia - 164/3 in 34.0 overs (RT Ponting 68, BJ Hodge 23)
Australia: 200 runs in 38.6 overs (241 balls), Extras 7
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 109 balls (RT Ponting 48, BJ Hodge 47, Ex 6)
BJ Hodge: 50 off 58 balls (3 x 4)
Australia Innings: 1x5 ball over (41st over - 5 balls; (JEC Franklin, called by Umpire SJ Davis)
Australia: 250 runs in 43.5 overs (271 balls), Extras 11
RT Ponting: 100 off 105 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 141 balls (RT Ponting 59, BJ Hodge 82, Ex 9)
One Day International Scorer: Binoy George