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Marsh, Hastings take Australia home in tense chase

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Brendon McCullum got his team off to a flying start after choosing to bat  Getty Images
Martin Guptill looked in good form before he holed out to deep cover for 31  Getty Images
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Kane Williamson, though, kept the runs coming with another solid fifty  Getty Images
Adam Zampa, on debut, chipped away at the middle order with the wickets of Williamson and Grant Elliott  Getty Images
New Zealand collapsed soon after, and were reduced to 205 for 7  Getty Images
Mitchell Santner added a useful 39-ball 45 to guide the hosts to a score of 281 for 9  Getty Images
Usman Khawaja started the chase in sprightly fashion and struck his first ODI fifty  Getty Images
Khawaja and Warner smashed a 122-run opening stand in 98 balls  Getty Images
However, the game turned again as New Zealand roared back into the game with quick wickets  Getty Images
David Warner looked set for a ton before he was given out lbw on review for 98  Getty Images
Mitchell Marsh and John Hastings then combined for a 86-run seventh-wicket stand to calmly take Australia to a series-levelling win  Getty Images
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