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MELBOURNE, Dec 5: Hamish Marshall scored an unbeaten 50 to lead New Zealand to an emotional four-wicket win over Australia with two balls to spare in the first match of the inaugural Chappell-Hadlee one-day series on Sunday.
Kiwi fans celebrated loudly in the crowd of 30,753 as the world champions looked on stunned when wicket keeper Brendon McCullum (20 not out) hit the winning run and raised his arms in triumph. The second game of the three-match series is in Sydney on Dec 8 with the final contest in Brisbane two days later.
SCOREBOARD
Australia
A. Gilchrist b Cairns 68
M. Hayden c Sinclair b Oram 13
R. Ponting lbw b Vettori 29
D. Lehmann c Butler b Oram 50
D. Martyn lbw b Vettori 1
A. Symonds c Mills b Vettori 0
M. Clarke b Cairns 36
S. Watson c McCullum b Butler 3
B. Hogg not out 20
B. Lee b Cairns 8
M. Kasprowicz not out 9
Extras (lb2, b2, w2, nb3) 9
Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 246
Fall of wkts: 1-64, 2-113, 3-121, 4-123, 5-123, 6-194, 7-198, 8-220, 9-236
Bowling: Mills 4-0-28-0 (1w), Butler 8-0-58-1 (1w 2nb), Oram 9-0-51-2 (1nb), Cairns 10-0-39-3, Vettori 10-1-31-3, Styris 9-0-35-0
New Zealand
S. Fleming lbw b Lee 0
N. Astle c Ponting b Lehmann 70
M. Sinclair run out 48
S. Styris c Lee b Lehmann 5
H. Marshall not out 50
J. Oram c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 24
C. Cairns b Lee 14
B. McCullum not out 20
Extras (lb9, w7) 16
Total (6 wkts, 49.4 overs) 247
Fall of wts: 1-0, 2-128, 3-131, 4-140, 5-189, 6-208
Bowling: Lee 8-0-40-2 (1w), Kasprowicz 9-1-53-1 (6w), Watson 8.4-0-42-0, Hogg 7-0-33-0, Lehmann 9-0-35-2, Symonds 8-0-35-0
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
New Zealand lead series 1-0
Man-of-the-Match: Hamish Marshall (NZL)
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) Rudi Koertzen (RSA). -Agencies
