Australia vs New Zealand, 1st ODI at Perth, Feb 01 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

he's done it! Vettori's hit the winning run! Bracken bowls a full ball outside off stump, he was looking for the yorker no doubt.Vettori loves width outside off, he loves the cut, and he places the ball through backward point and yells in triumph

just opens the face of the bat and steers it to short third man, New Zealand can't lose now, the scores are level

fires in the yorker and he gets underneath a low full toss and works it away to deep square leg

gets forward and steers it down to backward point and the batsmen are struggling, the fielder has a shy at the bowler';s stumps and Patel is nowhere in the scene

timber! Bracken bowls that deadly off cutter and Southee fails to pick the slower ball, he exposes his leg stump and tries to heave it away over square leg as the ball thuds on to his middle stump

fires that on the blockhole and he pushes it firmly through the line to long-on

backs away and Tait bangs it in short, he adjusts his stroke and slices it down to third man

fires in the yorker outside off and he gets forward and digs it out wide of point

he bangs in the bouncer from round the wicket and Vettoru ducks under it hoping it will be called a no ball, Bucknor at square leg signals one for the over

comes round the wicket, Vettori backs away too far and he fails to make any contact

he makes room and exposes all three stumps, he gets an inside edge past the stumps and Haddin does really well to save it, they steal a run

bangs it in short, he tries to hook but misses

beaten outside the off stump, they steal a bye

this is getting more dramatic! Southee taps a yorker length ball towards short mid-off and sends his partner back, the fielder under arms the ball at the stumps and misses, the fielder backing up misfields and the batsmen contemplate an over throw, Vettori is sent back again and Bracken hits the stumps, replays indicated that it was very close

a fabulous catch by Clarke and we have a twist in the tale here, Bracken pitches it up outside off, he walks across his stumps, reaches forward and slices it on the up to backward point, Clarke flings himself to his left and cups it with both hands

excellent bowling by Bracken, he bowls the slower one on a yorker length and Taylor can only push it back to the bowler

it;s a full toss outside off and he fails to put it away, the outside edge is well taken by Haddin

he takes his eyes off a bouncer and the ball clips his body and rolls to the off side

Vettori steers it wide of Clarke at backward point and sets off for a sharp single, the throw is just wide and all of a sudden, a male spectator in shorts runs onto the field carrying a beach ball! An army of security personnel chase him and try to trip him, hilarious stuff at the WACA