Walloped!
Australian fielders huddle together in celebration. This is their 21st consecutive win in World Cups. Australia win by 215 runs. Massive. This is New Zealand's biggest defeat in ODIs.
Man-of-the-Match Matthew Hayden
This is Sriram Veera, your commentator for the day, signing off. Adios.
Another googly. Another victim. Fulton is the last man to fall. It was flighted outside leg stump, Fulton shaped to paddle it fine, missed and it came back to crash into the stumps.
on the middle and leg, turned to square-leg
leans forward, pushes to cover
Harry in South Africa: "Agree with Denver Kiwi. Cape Town Kiwi here reckons these midweek cricket games between rugby World Cups are great scraps, for puppies :). Alto ugh that Hayden chap could brute his way into the Wallaby squad come September." Ha!
defended back to Hogg
full and on the stumps, pushed to cover
full in length, outside stump, driven to the off side
And then they were one. well outside the off stump, full in length, Mason fishes at it and Asad Rauf reckons he got a itsy bitsy teeny weeny nick.
Harshdeep throws in this stat: "In case you don't know, Australia today became most ODI matches playing country beating Pakistan's record of 656 ODI's. This is Australia's 657th ODI."
from wide of the crease, on the middle, turned towards midwicket.
fuller, on the off stump line, cuts in, driven to mid-off
banged in short but it sails down leg side
Ameera, from T&T, writes in: "... when Australia's playing, I hear that song from Men at Work in my head "they come from the land down under... can't you hear the thunder? You better run, and take cover." They should adopt it as their theme song, and everytime Hayden walks out to bat, they should be playing it."
off cutter, on the off and middle, defended back to the bowler
full, 138.7 kph, on the off and middle, dug out back to the bowler
slightly short, on the middle and leg, Fulton pulls, in the air, past square-leg. Catch it was Gilchrist's call ..... er... can we get the opposition get a few boundaries at least?
down the leg side, spins away, Fulton lets it go past him. Wide called.
googly does the trick. Floated up, on the middle, Gillespie has a slog-sweep across the line and ends up lobbing a dolly to McGrath at mid-on.
shortish, on the leg and middle, lapped around the corner, behind square-leg
fuller, on the off stump line, flicked to the on side
on the middle and leg, clipped to behind square-leg
spins in from outside off, Fulton goes back, waits for the turn, tucks it behind square-leg
Mark, our kiwi in denver is back:" Ok, this Kiwi in Denver suddenly remembers he can't go to any bars today...um, work stuff... but how about September for the rugby world cup?"
Good one! Well done us!
on the middle and off, turned to right of mid-on where Hogg makes the stop and fires in an throw at non-striker's end. Misses.
