Aussies sweep series with 213-run victory over Kiwis

Australia crushed New Zealand by 213 runs on the final day of the second cricket Test to clinch a series clean sweep at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. The Australians claimed victory six balls after lunch when No 11 Chris Martin was caught close to the wicket by skipper Ricky Ponting off Shane Warne.
The Kiwis, resumed on the final day at 140 for five, and they resisted through the entire morning session, primarily through the spirited batting of Daniel Vettori, who topscored with 59 in 111 minutes.
Vettori was out in the final over before lunch when he holed out in the deep to Jason Gillespie giving home-town hero Darren Lehmann his second wicket with his left-arm spin. Paul Wiseman remained 15 not out off 37 balls.
Australia will now play New Zealand in three one-day matches for the newly-struck Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, starting in Melbourne on Sunday.
Australia will then play three Tests against the touring Pakistanis in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney and a triangular one-day series with Pakistan and West Indies before heading to New Zealand for a three-Test and one-day series in February-March.
SCOREBOARD:
AUSTRALIA (1st innings): 575 for 8 declared (J. Langer 215, D. Lehmann 81, M. Hayden 70; D. Vettori 5-152, P. Wiseman 3-140):
NEW ZEALAND (1st innings): 251 (S. Fleming 83, N. Astle 52; G. McGrath 4-66, J. Gillespie 3-37):
AUSTRALIA (2nd innings): 139 for 2 declare (M. Hayden 54, J. Langer 46)
NEW ZEALAND (2nd innings - overnight 149 for 5):

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M.Richardson c Langer b Kasprowicz      16

M.Sinclair lbw b Gillespie               2

S.Fleming b McGrath                      3

S.Styris c Clarke b Warne                8

N.Astle c Langer b Lehmann              38

J.Oram c Gilchrist b McGrath            40

B.McCullum lbw b Gillespie              36

D.Vettori c Gillespie b Lehmann         59

J.Franklin c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz     13

P.Wiseman not out                       15

C.Martin c Ponting b Warne               2

EXTRAS: (B-1, LB-12, NB-5)              18

TOTAL: (all out)                       250

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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-11, 2-18, 3-34, 4-34, 5-97, 6-150, 7-160, 8-206, 9-243, 10-250
BOWLINF: McGrath 12-2-32-2 (3nb), Gillespie 16-5-41-2, Kasprowicz 14-4-39-2 (2nb), Warne 27.3-6-79-2, Lehmann 13-0-46-2
OVERS: 82.3
TOSS: Australia
AUSTRALIA: win by 213 runs
AUSTRALIA: win series 2-0
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Justin Langer (AUS)
MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Glenn McGrath (AUS)
UMPIRES: Steve Bucknor (WIN) David Shepherd (ENG)
MATCH REFEREE: Mike Procter (RSA)
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