Cricket: Australians won't lie down - Anderson

Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson
Lightning doesn't strike twice, and nor does Australia's cricket team complete successive flops.

That's the mindset of Black Caps allrounder Corey Anderson ahead of the second one-day international at Wellington, three days after the world champions were roasted at Eden Park.

The 159-run win is being treated as anomaly by the hosts, who sense a ferocious response under the lights at Westpac Stadium.

"Aussies are always fighters. They'll come out firing. They've copped a lot of heat from the Aussie media," Anderson said.

"We don't expect to roll them over for 150 or anything like that. That's something that doesn't happen very often."

Anderson says the key to clinching the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series with a game to spare will be sticking to plans that have succeeded in a red-hot period over the past year.

"We've just got to make sure we don't get too far ahead of ourselves."

Ominously for Australia, the form batsman of the New Zealand summer - Martin Guptill - makes his first appearance at the venue since he roared to 237 not out against the West Indies in their World Cup quarter-final 11 months ago.

Guptill's blistering recent form is expected to fetch him a high price at the Indian Premier League auction which unfolds during the game.

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