Australia complete 3-0 whitewash of the Kiwis

David Warner once again proved to be a task too much for the kiwis at the MCG today.

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In the final ODI of the Chappell-Hadlee series, New Zealand were playing for their pride as they had already lost the 3 match series.

Australia won the toss on a sunny day in Melbourne and Steve Smith chose to bat. The decision seemed to backfire as the Aussies lost two early wickets, opener Aaron Finch's(3) poor run of form continued, while Steve Smith(0) could not even open his account. Trent Boult took both the wickets.

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George Bailey and David Warner steadily continued the innings to build a partnership in order to recover from the early losses, they managed to add 62 runs.


After Trent Boult, it was the turn of Colin de Grandhomme, who struck twice in a single over to remove George Bailey(23) and Mitchell Marsh(0). With the two wickets in quick succession, New Zealand felt like they can restrict Australia to a low total but David Warner was still there in the middle.

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Warner and Travis Head, took Australia out of the trouble and added 105 runs for the 5th wicket, meanwhile David Warner completed his century. His 7th in calendar year 2016. The menace of Warner didn't let New Zealand bowlers escape as he hit them all over the park.

Wickets fell on the other side at regular intervals but Warner stood tall, he went on to cross 150 mark with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes.
Warner could have finished the innings on unbeaten 156 only to get run-out by Trent Boult on the last ball of the innings.

Australia scored 264/8 in 50 overs.

New Zealand started there innings confidently as the openers, Guptill and Latham, added 44 runs for the first wicket. Latham(28) was the first one to depart, on a Pat Cummins delivery. Captain Williamson and Guptill took the responsibility on their shoulders to score some runs, but Williamson(13) couldn't do much as he got out LBW on James Faulkner delivery. Williamson even challenged the decision but it was turned down as the three reds stopped his innings there.

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Guptill(34) was the next one to go. New Zealand were 79/3 when Guptill was dismissed. After his wicket, New Zealand added just 68 runs and lost 7 wickets as Australia bowled them out for just 147 runs.

Trent Boult was the last one to bite the dust as Australia claimed a 117 run victory.

Australia completely dominated the Kiwis in the Chappell-Hadlee series as they completed the clean sweep.

David Warner was awarded Man of the Match and Man of the Series.

His words after the match - "It's a team performance. Credit to the bowlers for coming out and executing the plans. Us as batsmen, we had to relay the message and they did extremely well. My first coach of cricket until I was about 16 or 17 passed away, my condolences to his family. I would like to hope my form is getting better, but I need to keep hitting the nets and work harder."


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