AUS vs NZ ODIs 2022: Steve Smith’s Century And Australia’s Finch Depart With Victory
AUS vs NZ ODIs 2022: Steve Smith’s century and Australia’s Finch bid farewell with victory, Australia clean sweep the three-match ODI series against New Zealand 3-0. The Kangaroo team won the last match by 25 runs on the basis of Steve Smith’s century.
Clean sweep 3-0 in ODI series of matches:-
Australia won the third ODI by 25 runs on the basis of Steve Smith’s century. In this way, he made a 3-0 clean sweep in the 3-match ODI series against New Zealand.
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AUS vs NZ ODIs 2022: Playing first in the match, Australia scored 267 runs for 5 wickets. Smith scored 105 runs. In response, New Zealand’s team was all out after scoring 242 runs. This was Australia’s ODI captain Aaron Finch’s last match.
He bid farewell with victory. However, he could not perform much with the bat in this match as well and was dismissed after scoring 5 runs. Smith scored 167 runs in the series and was also named Player of the Series.
Both added 49 runs for the first wicket:-
Phil Allen and Devon Conway got New Zealand off to chase the target. Both added 49 runs for the first wicket. However, after this, the team stumbled and the score became 77 for 3 wickets.
AUS vs NZ ODIs 2022: Captain Kane Williamson could only score 27 runs. Tom Latham scored 10 and Daryl Mitchell scored 16. As soon as he was dismissed, the score became 112 for 5 wickets and Australia put themselves ahead in the match.
Glenn Phillips and James Neesham tried to get the team back with a half-century partnership for the sixth wicket. Neesham fell victim to Cameron Green after scoring 36 runs. Phillips scored 47 and Mitchell Santner scored 30.
Philips made a comeback:-
AUS vs NZ ODIs 2022: But on the strength of the bowlers, Australia bundled out New Zealand for 242 runs in 49.5 overs. Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 60 runs. Apart from this, Cameron Green and Sean Abbott got 2-2 wickets.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl. Australia lost the wickets of both the openers for just 16 runs. After this, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne took over the team with a century partnership for the third wicket.
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Smith scored 105 runs in 131 balls. Hit 11 fours and a six. At the same time, Labuschagne scored 52 runs off 78 balls. Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 42 and Cameron Green scored an unbeaten 25 to take the score beyond 260 runs. Trent Boult took 2 wickets for 25 runs in 10 overs.