Chappell-Hadlee Series

[Xavier]

First ODI in Wellington. New Zealand at full strength, Australia without Gilchrist, Ponting, Symonds and Lee. NZ win the toss and sent Australia to bat.

After 4 overs Australia are 16/2 as Bond (2-1-2-2) dismissed Jaques and wk Haddin... Australia are in trouble, is their decline begun?

[Xavier]

Australia 27/2 after 10 overs, Hayden and Hussey at the crease, RR is very slow.
('bye)

[babubangla]

Batting first, Australia bowled out for just 148 !!
Their run rate is 2.98 !!!
The last time that Australia had a run rate below 3 in the first innings of an ODI was in the 1979 world cup !!

[cricman]

Bond does it again to Australia 148 AO, I hope Fleming decides to blitz them and give Australia a Humiliating loss.

[scoilaheez]

Australia is a dominant team but without Warne, Gilchrist, Ponting, Symonds and Clarke they are much weaker. Shane Watson is terrible and they badly need those injured/rested players.

[scoilaheez]

Forgot to mention, Hogg is 36 and past it. Bring back Warne, or at least the hitting of White.

[gatekeeper]

NZ will win by 8 wickets.

[Kabir]

Australia 148 (49.3 ov)
New Zealand 91/0 (19.6 ov)

Can't believe my eyes. Is this possible? I thought even the backup players of Australia have the capability to beat any team in the world? I'm baffled.

[gatekeeper]

NZ won bt 10 wickets with 23 overs reamaining.

[cricman]

This is what I'm Talking About! SA is the favorite in group A, Australia will only make it because the other 2 teams are Garbage.

Does Anyone see the paralles from the Ashes 05 and this upcoming WC?

[Hatebreed]

Hahaha loss by 10 wickets! Aussies must be seriously demoralised.

[karimjay.]

First ever 10 wicket loss.

I never go for Aus. It was still a terrible game to watch..

Did anyone else see Hussey teary?

[Rabz]

Pretty shocking isnt it??
whats more surprising is that Aussies never had a 10 wicket loss ... well up untill today..

i think this is gonna work good for the team...
they seemed to have been lacking that fire power ..
now with some defeats..it would give them a good knock on the head, a reality check..

surely they know how to bounce back..
and im talking about the world cup here

[Xavier]

Second ODI is on playing. NZ miss Oram who broke a finger in the first match.
Fleming won the toss and again sent Australia to bat. After 8 overs they are 32/1 with almost all runs coming from Tuffey bowling... in 4 overs Bond dismissed Jaques and only conceded 1 run, a wide and a leg bye! Look out for him at the next wc!
Jaques out for 3 and Hayden is on 18* off 26 balls.

[James90]

Originally Posted by Kabir
Can't believe my eyes. Is this possible? I thought even the backup players of Australia have the capability to beat any team in the world? I'm baffled.

Who's to say they can't? Bond is the best ODI bowler in the world at the moment. Pollock's the only one who might come close.

[Sovik]

hussey is in superb form.he just scored fifty

[Xavier]

lol... while all NZ bowlers were hammered by Hussey and Hodge, Fleming sent Vincent to bowl (?) and he only conceded one run!

[Xavier]

loooool... and in Vincent second over Hussey smashes 3 sixes! Cricket's a funny game...

[Xavier]

Century for Hussey, Aussies could make +300 now!

[Xavier]

Hussey out after a fantastic innings:

MEK Hussey c Taylor b McMillan 105 (84b 8x4 6x6) SR: 125.00

[Sovik]

great batting performance by hussey, hodge and white. australia 336/4

[Xavier]

NZ successfully chased 331 in the C-H 2005, but it seems too tough now!
White scored 42 off 19 balls: 3x4 3x6, Tuffey ends with this figure: 10-0-80-0

[Bancan]

New Zealand won

[ialbd]

my goodness, what a game. Well done black caps.

NZ won by 5 wickets

[karimjay.]

Damn it! I was playing cricket myself when they played..and I missed it! Adious Australia.