Australia 2/5 to win first one-day international

Australia are hot favourites to continue their seemingly unstoppable form with a win against New Zealand in the first game of their five-match one-day series, at Wellington's Westpac Stadium on Saturday. Ricky Ponting's men are 2/5 to continue their winning form, while New Zealand are 7/4 outsiders.

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The inaugural Chappell-Hadlee Series, in Australia late last year, ended all square at 1-1 after a washout in the deciding match. The other two games were keenly contested - New Zealand won the first by four wickets thanks to a superb 70 from Nathan Astle, then Australia clinched the second as they successfully defended 261.

Adam Gilchrist was Australia's leading runscorer then, passing 50 in both matches. Since then, Michael Clarke has very much come to the fore as Australia's most prominent one-day batsman - he was the leading runscorer in the recent VB Series with 411 runs at 68.5.

Gilchrist: 15/2 Man of the Match, 7/2 Top Australia Batsman
Clarke: 9/1 Man of the Match, 4/1 Top Australia Batsman
Astle: 10/1 Man of the Match, 4/1 Top New Zealand Batsman

Other betting markets
Highest opening partnership: Australia 8/13, NZ 6/5
Most match sixes: Australia evens, NZ 7/5
Player Performances: Symonds 5/6 over 39, McCullum 5/6 over 30

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Please note that odds are correct at time of publication and are subject to change.