Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
GD Elliott
115(124) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %69%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 56 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
BJ Haddin
109(114) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %73%
- Productive Shot
- on side drive on front foot
- 30 runs
- 4x4 - 1x6
08/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 8 2009
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
269 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
08/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 8 2009
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
269 (47.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.15 start, First Session 14.15-17.45 Interval 17.45-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days
08 February 2009 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 301/9 (50 OVERS)
- Michael Clarke64 (69)
- Brad Haddin109 (114)
- Iain O'Brien3/68 (10)
- Grant Elliott2/44 (8)
NEW ZEALAND 269 (47.3 OVERS)
- Peter Fulton40 (63)
- Grant Elliott115 (124)
- Ben Hilfenhaus2/44 (9)
- Cameron White2/10 (2)
New Zealand batted well to reach where they did, and when Elliott and McCullum were going strong, a win could not have been ruled out. Partnerships were the key for New Zealand as their middle order put together productive stands at a fairly good rate, despite a poor start. Brad Haddin has been adjudicated as the Man of the Match, and Australia have averted a sixth consecutive defeat to keep the series alive.Do tune in for the next ODI in Adelaide on February 10, which promises to be another cracker. Until then, it's goodbye from all of us at Cricinfo. Adios!
47.3
W
Bracken to Patel, OUT, all over, slower ball bowled full on middle and off, he makes room to slice that over point, misses, and the stumps take a beating
JS Patel b Bracken 9 (14m 9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00
47.2
6
Bracken to Patel, SIX, big one! Excellent shot, he got stuck into that one, slower ball bowled full on middle, swung away off the front foot over deep midwicket for a six
47.1
0
Bracken to Patel, no run, slower ball bowled full outside off, looks to smash that away over mid-off, misses
39 needed off 18
END OF OVER:47 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 263/9 (39 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.59, RRR: 13.00)
- Iain O'Brien0 (3b)
- Jeetan Patel3 (6b)
- Ben Hilfenhaus9-1-44-2
- Nathan Bracken8-1-59-1
46.6
0
Hilfenhaus to O'Brien, no run, short on middle again, tries to help it one its way to fine leg, misses
46.5
0
Hilfenhaus to O'Brien, no run, another attempted bouncer, bowled short on middle, the batsmen backs away from it
46.4
0
Hilfenhaus to O'Brien, no run, bouncer banged in short on middle, the batsmen ducks under it
Match Coverage
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Brad Haddin enjoyed the freedom of opening while Grant Elliott showed his emerging class as they raised their maiden one-day centuries
Warner, Harris dropped for last two ODIs
Australia have announced two changes for the remaining matches of the Chappell-Hadlee Series, but New Zealand's final squad for Tuesday's match in Adelaide will not be known until results of Brendon McCullum's shoulder scans have been received
Cricket Australia raises money for bushfire victims
Cricket Australia will unite with sponsors to raise money for victims of the bushfires that have claimed at least 126 lives across Victoria
Australia stay alive as Haddin century ends losing streak
Brad Haddin's maiden one-day international century pushed Australia to 9 for 301 as they stayed in the Chappell-Hadlee Series
Moles asks New Zealand for series whitewash
Andy Moles outlined the growing confidence within his young squad when he called upon his charges to inflict a rare whitewash on Australia