- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 2, nb 8, w 2)TOTAL261/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.22)Fall of wickets: 1-86 (AC Gilchrist, 11.6 ov), 2-140 (RT Ponting, 22.5 ov), 3-147 (ML Hayden, 24.3 ov), 4-148 (DR Martyn, 24.4 ov), 5-148 (A Symonds, 25.2 ov), 6-161 (MJ Clarke, 30.4 ov), 7-235 (DS Lehmann, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 10 0 49 2 4.90 40 6 0 1 3 JDP Oram 10 0 77 0 7.70 24 9 0 0 3 CL Cairns 10 0 60 1 6.00 32 6 1 0 2 SB Styris 10 0 37 1 3.70 31 0 0 0 0 DL Vettori 10 1 36 1 3.60 37 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras14 (lb 5, nb 3, w 6)TOTAL244 all out (47.1 Overs, RR: 5.17)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (NJ Astle, 5.4 ov), 2-63 (MS Sinclair, 13.5 ov), 3-68 (SB Styris, 14.5 ov), 4-78 (SP Fleming, 19.1 ov), 5-84 (JDP Oram, 21.2 ov), 6-86 (HJH Marshall, 22.1 ov), 7-154 (CL Cairns, 34.1 ov), 8-166 (BB McCullum, 37.1 ov), 9-236 (DL Vettori, 45.4 ov), 10-244 (CZ Harris, 47.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 7.1 0 27 1 3.76 26 0 0 0 0 B Lee 9 0 48 2 5.33 31 5 0 4 3 JN Gillespie 10 1 41 2 4.10 36 2 0 2 0 A Symonds 10 1 47 1 4.70 34 5 0 0 0 GB Hogg 8 0 45 3 5.62 23 1 3 0 0 DS Lehmann 3 0 31 0 10.33 7 1 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
8 December 2004 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Reserve Umpire: NSD Fowler
- 12th Men: SR Watson (Australia) and IG Butler (New Zealand)
- Australia's 50 in 34 minutes from 6.5 overs
- Gilchrist's 50 in 45 minutes from 37 balls, 8x4, 1x6
- Australia's 100 in 70 minutes from 14.5 overs
- Australia's 150 in 128 minutes from 26.4 overs
- Australia's 200 in 187 minutes from 40.2 overs
- Lehmann's 50 in 94 minutes from 74 balls, 5x4
- Australia 250 in 224 minutes from 49.1 overs
- Innings completed at 6.04pm Sydney time = 19 minutes over time
- New Zealand's 50 in 52 minutes from 10.5 overs
- New Zealand's 100 in 122 minutes from 25.2 overs
- New Zealand's 150 in 149 minutes from 32.4 overs
- Cairns' 50 in 50 minutes from 39 balls, 4x4, 2x6
- New Zealand's 200 in 193 minutes from 42.3 overs
- Mills hit four sixes in four consecutive balls in overs 43 (Lehmann) and 44 (Hogg)
- Attendance: 28,484
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