CB Series Game 11: Australia Vs New Zealand

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat on a good MCG pitch. Australia is without Andrew Symonds who recieved surgery on his injured bicep this morning and is in doubt for the world cup. Hodges keeps his place in the team and Ponting returns.

New Zealnd batted well and scored 290 runs from their 50 overs. It will be a tough chase for Australia

Australia won by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare thanks largely to the brilliant batting of Ponting 104 and Hodge 99* who looks as though he has booked his ticket to the world cup.

New Zealand innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	L Vincent	b Tait	90	160	113	6	1	79.64
	SP Fleming	c Hussey b Lee	9	14	11	1	0	81.81
	PG Fulton	lbw b Clarke	60	134	81	4	0	74.07
	RL Taylor	b Clarke	21	47	31	1	0	67.74
	SB Styris	c Hussey b Clark	34	53	36	2	0	94.44
	JDP Oram	c Hodge b Lee	15	13	9	1	1	166.66
	BB McCullum	b Clark	19	27	14	1	0	135.71
	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

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)
	SW Tait	10	1	26	1	2.60
	SR Clark	10	1	61	2	6.10	(1nb, 1w)
	MG Johnson	7	0	48	0	6.85	(1w)
	MJ Clarke	9	0	45	2	5.00	(2w)
	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
	ML Hayden	c Taylor b Franklin	28	63	44	2	0	63.63
	RT Ponting	c Vincent b Gillespie	104	171	113	6	1	92.03
	MJ Clarke	c McCullum b Vettori	9	45	20	0	0	45.00
	BJ Hodge	not out	99	123	86	7	1	115.11
	MEK Hussey	run out (Vincent/Oram)	8	9	5	1	0	160.00
	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

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)
	SE Bond	9	0	64	0	7.11	(2nb, 1w)
	MR Gillespie	8.2	0	45	1	5.40	(1nb)
	JDP Oram	5	0	44	0	8.80	(1nb)
	DL Vettori	10	0	55	1	5.50	(2nb, 2w)
	SB Styris	6	0	26	0	4.33

Scorecard thanks to Cricinfo