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| Usman Kawaja carried the drinks for Australia in first one day vs New Zealand |
Aden Park, Aukland : New Zealand beat Australia by 159 runs in first one day of the series in a day and night match here.
Australia won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first on a batting friendly match. New Zealand scored 307/8 in 50 overs.
MJ Guptal and HM Nicholls were top scorers from New Zealand side by scoring 90l (76b) and 61 (67b) respectively.
In reply, Australia were all out on 148 in 24.2 overs, TA Boult and MJ Henry took 3 wickets each.
Match Summary
Toss: Australia, who chose to field first
Player of the Match: MJ Guptill (New Zealand)
Series: New Zealand led 3 match series by 1-0