New Zealanders vs Australia A – Tour Match – Live Cricket Score and Match Update
New Zealanders have made a rattling start to the tour match against Australia A, courtesy of a sublime display of batting from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 Field, Brisbane, November 24, 2011.
Send into bat, the Kiwis began with their trusted pairing of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, where they shared some towering 100-run stands.
The form continued with McCullum taking charge to the Aussie bowlers and climbing onto any loose delivery. However, Guptill, his partner, rotated the strike, giving McCullum room to loosen up and have a go at the bowlers.
100-run mark was reached in no time as the hosts tried everything they had at their disposal. Finally the wicket arrived in the 29th over of the game, with pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 taking Guptill for 43.
This however, did not stop the aggressive nature of his partner and he duly brought up his century, going at more than run a ball. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 was the next to fall, caught in front of the stump, with Pattinson grabbing his second scalp.
McCullum last involvement was to take the team total to 200 before the Australian fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933.
The Kiwi ODI glove man scored 146, bludgeoning a mammoth 21 fours and 6 maximum strikes to leave the field to a resounding reception.
By now http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679 started to score freely. The score rate though gradually declined with the departure of McCullum and the tourists clawed their way back into the game as Ben
Cutting got his name on the wickets column.
He managed to entice Ryder to play uppishly, with the good catch taken by Pattinson. The all-rounder made 22 to leave his team at 256 for 4.
An absorbing first day will give the tourist a lot of encouragement before the start of a crucial battle against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, with the first Test starting from December 1st at the same venue.
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