AUSTRALIA BATTING
NEWZELAND BATTING
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori hit a boundary off the last ball to help his team clinch a thrilling two-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international of the Chappell-Hadlee Series at the WACA on Sunday.Chasing a modest 182 for victory, New Zealand's run chase appeared to have come off in the initial moments when they lost their first four wickets for a paltry 64 runs on the board.But for Ross Taylor's patient 64 which included a 62-run sixth wicket stand with Kyle Mills (26), the visitors remained in the hunt before losing three wickets during the end moments of the match.Needing five to win off the last over off Nathan Bracken, Tim Southee was bowled off the second ball before Vettori and Jeetan Patel sneaked singles from the next three. Needing one off the final delivery, Vettori sliced the ball to the third man boundary for New Zealand to go 1-0 up in the five-match series.Wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was out in the very first over of the innings while Martin Guptill (13) and Peter Fulton (7) did not last long, fallling victim to Nathan Bracken and Mitchell Johnson respectively.
McCullum was unlucky to be given out leg before the wicket to Shaun Tait for a duck while Guptill was bowled by Bracken for 13 and Fulton was caught and bowled brilliantly by a diving Johnson for seven.Earlier, batting first, Australia were all out 181 off 48.4 overs with Kiwi seamer Kyle Mills taking four for 35.Mike Hussey, who scored a fighting 49, was the top scorer for the hosts after Kyle Mills triggered an early collapse picking up three wickets.New Zealand seamer Kyle Mills picked up both the wickets to fall that of Shaun Marsh (15) and David Warner (7) while skipper Ricky Ponting was needlessly run out for four.Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in the first One-Day International.Australia have now lost four ODIs in a row, losing the previous three to South Africa who toured earlier.
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