It's been 22 years since New Zealand last had an opening-stand of over hundred against Australia. Australia have been defeated by ten wickets for the first time in ODI history today. They were missing five key players - Ponting, Gilchrist, Clarke, Lee and Symonds - but they have been humiliated.

The New Zealand bowlers - Shane Bond in particular - made a difficult pitch look unplayable. The Australian batsmen were very subdued and didn't build any momentum. Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming batted aggressively from the start of the chase and that made a lot of difference.

Here's another interesting fact, if Australia go on to lose the Chappell-Hadlee series, South Africa will move ahead of them as the No 1 ranked team on ODIs. It will be the first time Australia have been dethroned since the ratings were introduced by the ICC in 2002.

Shane Bond is the obvious choice for the Man of the Match. He bowled superbly right through and returned figures of 5 for 23. I've enjoyed bringing today's game to you. Keep a watch on Cricinfo for updates on Oram's finger. Thank you for all your emails and do join us on Sunday for the second ODI at Auckland. This is George Binoy signing off. Cheers!

26.6

Johnson to Vincent, SIX runs

Vincent does it with panache! He picks a fullish delivery on off and middle and swings it over square leg for a flat and powerful six, New Zealand have hammered Australia

26.5

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Johnson to Vincent, no run

Johnson fires in short and Vincent takes his eyes off the ball and turns his back on it, it thuds into his back

26.4

Johnson to Fleming, 1 run

drifts on to leg stump and Fleming clips it off his pads to deep backward square leg

26.3

Johnson to Vincent, 1 run

fuller length on middle and off stump, Vincent pushes it to mid-off and runs a quick single

26.2

Johnson to Vincent, FOUR runs

Vincent smashes a short and wide ball through point for four more, just eight needed now

26.1

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Johnson to Vincent, no run

fuller length on middle and off stump, driven to midwicket on the front foot

end of over 267 runs

NZ: 137/0CRR: 5.26 • RRR: 0.50

Stephen Fleming69 (75b 8x4 2x6)

Lou Vincent62 (82b 7x4 1x6)

Brad Hogg 2-0-16-0

Mitchell Johnson 7-0-37-0

25.6

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Hogg to Fleming, no run

full ball on the pads, flicked to Hussey at midwicket

25.5

Hogg to Fleming, FOUR runs

Flemign comes down the pitch, takes the ball on the full and chips it in the air and in the gap at deep midwicket, that wasn't very well controlled but the placement was perfect

25.4

Hogg to Vincent, 1 run

driven down to long on for a single

25.3

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Hogg to Vincent, no run

bowled flat but slower through the air outside off stump, Vincent gets across and tries to flick but misses

25.2

Hogg to Vincent, 2 runs

played fine down to fine leg for a couple of runs

25.1

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Hogg to Vincent, no run

defended on the front foot on the leg side

David writes in with this "It really has to be said that New Zealand's World Cup preparation is suffering due to a lack of decent competition from their opponents in the Chappell Hadlee series." Wonder what he's talking about!

end of over 256 runs

NZ: 130/0CRR: 5.20 • RRR: 0.76

Stephen Fleming65 (73b 7x4 2x6)

Lou Vincent59 (78b 7x4 1x6)

Mitchell Johnson 7-0-37-0

Brad Hogg 1-0-9-0

24.6

Johnson to Fleming, FOUR runs

full and on the pads, Fleming leans forward and clips it off his pads down to the fine leg fence, the proverbial bread and butter

24.5

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Johnson to Fleming, no run

fuller ball on off stump, Fleming gets on to the front foot and drives to cover

24.4

Johnson to Vincent, 1 run

Johnson bowls the bouncer and Vincent is late in getting out of the way, he leavs his bat sticking out and the ball hits the edge and flies down to third man, he nearly got four for it

24.3

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Johnson to Vincent, no run

short of a length ball on leg and middle, Vincent gets on to the front foot and defends to midwicket

24.2

Johnson to Fleming, 1 run

whipped down to deep backward square leg for a single

24.1

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Johnson to Fleming, no run

fuller ball on off and middle, Fleming plays it through midwicket

There have been a lot of questions on whether Australia have ever lost an ODI by ten wicket. Well Travis confirms that they haven't, so this could be the first time. New Zealand have won only once by ten wickets before.

end of over 249 runs

NZ: 124/0CRR: 5.16 • RRR: 0.96

Stephen Fleming60 (69b 6x4 2x6)

Lou Vincent58 (76b 7x4 1x6)

Brad Hogg 1-0-9-0

Mitchell Johnson 6-0-31-0

23.6

Hogg to Fleming, 1 run

23.5

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Hogg to Fleming, no run

driven down the ground to long on for one