Haddin’s century gives Australia 2-1 lead

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: March 10, 2010

commentComment     Email This Post Email This Post     Printable version

Haddin’s century gives Australia 2-1 lead thumbnail

Hamilton: Opening batsman Brad Haddin scored a fluent hundred as Australia beat New Zealand in the third one-day international by six wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match Chappell-Hadlee series.

Haddin smashed seven fours and five huge sixes en route to a 121-ball 110 as Australia chased down the victory target of 245 with 2.4 overs to spare at Seddon Park. Haddin was ably assisted by skipper Ricky Ponting, who scored 69 as Australia came back from 0-1 down to go into a series lead.

Australia, who went into the game without Vice-captain Michael Clarke who quit the tour due to personal reasons, won the toss and put New Zealand into bat. And the Australian bowlers didn’t disappoint their skipper as the Black Caps could not even bat out their full quota of overs. Paceman Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson picked up three wickets each.

Ross Taylor was the top scorer for the Kiwis with 62 but none of the other batsmen capitalised on their starts. Scott Styris, who won New Zealand the first game with the bat, scored 41.

Australia didn’t get off to the best of starts in their run chase as Shane Watson was run out early, but Haddin and Ponting steadied the visitors with a 151-run stand for the second wicket. Ponting’s 71-ball knock included nine boundaries.

New Zealand hit back with two quick wickets of Ponting and Mike Hussey, before Haddin was stumped with 16 runs more to chase. But it was all a bit too late as Cameron White and Adam Voges ensured that there were no further hiccups.

Match Summary:

Australia 248 for 4 (Haddin 110, Ponting 69) beat New Zealand 245 (Taylor 62, Johnson 3-41, Harris 3-48) by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: Brad Haddin

Tagged with: , , , , ,


WPSN comments




Related News Headlines

Cricketain Latest