New Zealand Beat Australia in 7th ODI of series,2010

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in New Zealand in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 1 and 4. The 7th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand on 13th Mar 2010. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Australia won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 7th ONE DAY international match: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Harris, Michael Hussey

And New Zealand team and 11 was looking like this in this 7th ONE DAY international Match: Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum (wk), Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond, James Franklin, Ross Taylor (c), Tim Southee, Neil Broom, Martin Guptill, D vettori

New Zealand batted well and was able to post total of 241 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of S Styris who made 55 runs in 66 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 83 runs in 100 balls and Daryl Tuffey who made 34 runs in 41 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 88 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 242 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted well but was unable to chase the target of 242 runs and was only able to make 190 runs in 46.1 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 51 runs with top contributions from S Watson who made 53 runs in 79 balls with 4 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 67 runs in 100 balls.

New Zealand won the match by 51 runs and series ends at 4-3 in favor of Australia.

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