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World Cup 2015, Australia v/s New Zealand: Aussies hit by thunder Boult, all out for paltry 151

Australia captain Michael Clarke, returning to lead his country again after an injury layoff, had no hesitation in opting to bat after winning the toss in the World Cup match against New Zealand on Saturday.

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Australia captain Michael Clarke, returning to lead his country again after an injury layoff, had no hesitation in opting to bat after winning the toss in the World Cup match against New Zealand on Saturday.

Fast bowler Pat Cummins replaced Josh Hazelwood in the Australian side to further strengthen their impressive pace attack while their tournament co-hosts New Zealand named an unchanged side. The Australians, who have won 11 of their 16 one-day matches against New Zealand at Eden Park, trail the home side in the Pool A standings after their game against Bangladesh was rained off following a decisive victory over England.

New Zealand have beaten Sri Lanka, Scotland and England and were full of confidence before Saturday's match after showing consistent form in both the one-day and the test arenas over the past 18 months. A capacity crowd of 40,000 poured into Eden Park, where New Zealand defeated Australia in the opening game of the 1992 tournament and the game started in glorious sunshine with a predicted high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius.

On paper both sides are evenly matched with aggressive opening batsmen, solid middle orders and forceful finishers down the order. Both teams also possess potent fast bowling resources.. "The wicket looks fantastic, pretty even for both teams," Clarke said in a pitchside interview. "There's a good crowd, let's hope we can entertain them."

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he would have bowled first if he had won the toss. "The wicket looks great, the outfield looks amazing," he said. "This is certainly one of the big games for us. Same team for us, that's the beauty of our side and we'll chase whatever total they set us." 

Latest from Saturday's cricket World Cup Pool A match between New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park:

Australia  innings

1st over - Tim Southee conceded 15 runs off his opening over, including two wides. AUS: 15-0

3rd over - Aaron Finch drove Southee over mid-on for six but was then clean bowled for 14 by the following delivery which knocked his off stump out of the ground. AUS: 36-1

7th over - Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori replaced Southee, whose three overs had cost 32 runs, and immediately hit a challenging length, conceding only two runs. AUS: 53-1

9th over - Boult at third man just failed to get his right hand to a slash from David Warner, who was on 28, off Vettori's bowling. AUS: 62-1 

13th over - Shane Watson, who had struggled against Boult's left-arm swing, pulled Vettori straight to Southee at mid-wicket and was out for 23. AUS: 80-2

14th over - Southee, brought back to replace Boult, dismissed Warner (34) with the first ball of the next over. The left-hander called for a review after a full delivery thudded into his pads but the television replay showed the ball would have hit the stumps. AUS: 85-3

17th over - Vettori captured his second wicket when Steve Smith (4) edged a full delivery off the inside edge straight to Luke Ronchi behind the stumps. AUS: 96-4

18th over - Australia were plunged into disarray when New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum recalled Boult who bowled Glenn Maxwell (1) and Mitchell Marsh (0) with deliveries which both batsmen dragged on to their stumps. AUS 97-6

20th over - Australia captain Michael Clarke (12) pushed Boult straight to Kane Williamson at short cover. The Australians had lost their last six wickets for 24 runs. AUS: 104-7

22nd over - Boult captures two more wickets in four balls to complete his first ODI five-wicket haul. He gets rid of Mitchell Johnson for one with Kane Williamson taking a great catch at short cover. Then Boult bowled Mitchell Starc for a duck. AUS: 106-9.

25th over - With only one wicket left, Australia call their powerplay and take 13 off Vettori's over, including a four through mid-off and a six down the ground from Brad Haddin. AUS: 124-9.

30th over - Haddin, growing in confidence, smashes a full toss from Adam Milne to the boundary rope as Australia's last pair try to salvage a score. AUS: 140-9.

32.2  Anderson gets rid of Haddin to end Aussie resistance.  Anderson pitched it shorter this time, Haddin went through the shot little early with a drive and got a thick edge for short third man. 

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