New Zealand's Shane Bond appeals to the umpire during the
second one day Cricket International against Australia,
Eden Park, Auckland. Photo by NZPA.
Senior men Daniel Vettori and Shane Bond led the way as
New Zealand restricted Australia to 273 for seven batting first
in the second Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket
international here today.
Australia looked set for a 300-plus total but Vettori and
Bond helped slam on the brakes in the middle stages on an
excellent Eden Park batting surface.
Vettori snared the big wickets of Ricky Ponting and Brad
Haddin in his figures of two for 43 off 10 overs while Bond
returned for a sharp second spell to remove Michael Clarke
and topscorer Michael Hussey amid figures of two for 42.
Vettori defied a painful neck injury to take his place in the
side after missing the two-wicket win in Napier.
The injury stopped him batting or bowling at training, but he
said at the toss he pushed himself to take part after batsman
Ross Taylor was ruled out due to a hamstring strain suffered
in Napier.
It meant a callup for Auckland wicketkeeper-batsman Gareth
Hopkins, who took the gloves with Brendon McCullum nursing a
sore back but passed fit to bat.
And there were more injury dramas late in the innings as
James Franklin strained a hamstring while dismissing Cameron
White and limped off, leaving Scott Styris to complete his
over.
As in Napier, it was a case of several Australian batsmen
getting starts but not going on to big scores.
Hussey topscored for a second straight match with 56 while
White (54) and Haddin (53) also notched half-centuries.
Hussey and White hauled Australia up from 116 for four with a
partnership of 101 off 19 overs.
After Ponting won the toss, Australia made another solid
start with Haddin and Shane Watson adding 73 off 13.4 overs
for the first wicket.
Daryl Tuffey broke the stand, removing Watson caught on the
mid-wicket boundary for 47.
Vettori introduced himself in the 15th over and had success
with his fifth ball when Ponting played an ordinary slog
sweep and skied a catch to McCullum.
Haddin hit three fours and three sixes in his 62-ball knock
before Vettori removed him thanks to a brilliant one-handed
return catch.
Bond returned to dismiss an out-of-sorts Clarke, then Hussey
and White revived the innings before they skied catches to
depart within three overs of each other.
Australia added only 41 off the five-over power play between
overs 44 and 49.
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