NZ vs AUS 1st ODI: Maxwell, Green help Australia beat NZ in low-scoring game

Brilliant halfcenturies by wicketkeeperbatter Alex Carey and allrounder Cameron Green helped Australia complete a tricky chase of 233 runs with two wickets and five overs left against New Zealand in the first ODI of the threematch series in Cairns on TuesdayWith this victory Australia is 10 up in the twomatch series New Zealand posted 2329 in their 50 overs in the first innings Devon Conway 46 skipper Kane Williamson 45 and Tom Latham 43 made notable contributions for the Kiwis Allrounder Glenn Maxwell 452 was the star for the Aussies with the ballChasing 233 Australian batters were put to a test and lost early wickets But Carey 85 and Green 89 took their side across the finishing line with two wickets and five overs left Pacer Trent Boult 440 did early damage to the hostsPut to bat first by Australia Kiwis were off to a bad start as they lost Martin Guptill for just 6 with pacer Mitchell Starc getting his wicket after Maxwell took a stunning onehanded catch Captain Williamson was next up on the crease playing only his fourth ODI since World Cup 2019 He built the innings further with Conway with a solid 81run stand Conway was trapped legbefore wicket by Adam Zampa for 46 off 68 balls falling short of his halfcentury NZ was at 912Tom Latham the wicketkeeperbatter continued to keep the scoreboard ticking for Kiwis not going towards the aerial route much This cautious 36run stand with Williamson was put to an end by Maxwell who dismissed the latter for 45 off 71 ballsAllrounder Daryl Mitchell and Latham tried to take their side towards the 200run mark without any further damage But just 21 runs before that Maxwell trapped Mitchell for 26 off 33 balls ending a 52run stand between Mitchell and Latham Maxwell continued to run riot over the Kiwis middle order dismissing Latham 43 and Michael Bracewell 7 in quick successionNew Zealand was reduced to 1916 Following this allrounder Mitchell Santner and James Neesham carried New Zealand beyond the 200run mark But Hazlewood was the next bowler to trouble the Kiwis as he took the wickets of Neesham 16 Matt Henry 4 and Santner 13 This reduced the visitors to 2239Lockie Ferguson 5 and Trent Boult 6 took New Zealand to 2329 at the end of their innings Maxwell 452 was the hero for Australia with the ball Hazlewood also delivered a brilliant spell of 313 in 10 overs Zampa and Starc also took a wicket eachAlso Read Suresh Raina retires Indian cricket fraternity extend their gratitudeChasing 233 Australia was off to an extremely horrendous start The pace duo of Boult and Matt Henry bulldozed through the Australian toporder sending half of the side back in the hut for 44 runs David Warner 20 off 25 balls was the only toporder batter who could post something decent as captain Aaron Finch 5 Steve Smith 1 Marnus Labuschagne 0 and Marcus Stoinis 5 registered singledigit scoresAfter this the duo of Carey and Cameron Green had the weight of massive expectations on their shoulders They had to help Australia reach a respectable total at least with a win 189 runs away from their side CareyGreen spent their time judiciously packing the right mix of caution and intent in their innings The duo brought up their respective halfcenturies with Green registering his maiden ODI halfcentury The duo put on a 158run stand and helped the hosts cross the 200run markPacer Lockie Ferguson delivered the breakthrough dismissing Carey for 85 off 99 balls The game took another twist when Glenn Maxwell 2 and Mitchell Starc 1 were dismissed cheaply reducing Aussies to 2078 Green and Zampa stitched a 26run stand to take their team towards the target sealing the match by two wickets Boult 440 was the leading bowler for New Zealand but he could not guide his team towards a win Henry and Ferguson took two wickets each Greens unbeaten 89 off 92 balls earned him the Man of the Match awardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever