Australia thrashes New Zealand in Twenty20

A fast bowling blitz saw Australia thrash New Zealand by 54 runs in a Twenty20 international at the WACA Ground here Tuesday. The home side made 186 for six from its 20 overs, led by an unbeaten 85 from powerful all-rounder Andrew Symonds, and the Black Caps managed just 132 in reply in front of 17,344 spectators.
Although Twenty20 is viewed as a batsman's game, the Australian pace attack derailed New Zealand's run chase from the start with some extremely hostile bowling in another tough match for new Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori.
Michael Clarke, captaining the Australian side for the first time, opened the batting with Adam Gilchrist and made 33 from 26 balls. He made 15 from seven balls, clubbing the third delivery he faced, from Gillespie, over mid-wicket for six.
SCOREBOARD:
AUSTRALIA:

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A.Gilchrist c Patel b Gillespie          1

M. Clarke c Taylor b Vettori            33

M. Hussey st McCullum b Patel           22

A. Symonds not out                      85

A. Voges c Taylor b Patel               26

L. Pomersbach c Taylor b Gillespie      15

A. Noffke run out (Patel)                0

B. Lee not out                           0

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Extras: (lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                4

Total: (6 wickets)                     186

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Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gilchrist), 2-51 (Hussey), 3-71 (Clarke), 4-151 (Voges), 5-183 (Pomersbach), 6-184 (Noffke).
Bowling: Mills 4-0-35-0 (1w), Gillespie 4-1-39-2 (1nb), Oram 3-0-32-0, Patel 4-0-40-2, Vettori 4-0-24-1, Styris 1-0-14-0.
NEW ZEALAND:

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L. Vincent c Gilchrist b Lee             0

B. McCullum c Gilchrist b Lee           13

J. How c Gilchrist b Tait                4

S. Styris c Bracken b Johnson           18

R. Taylor b Tait                         0

M. Sinclair c Gilchrist b Johnson        0

J. Oram not out                         66

D. Vettori b Noffke                      3

K. Mills c Johnson b Noffke              4

M. Gillespie run out (Symonds)           4

J. Patel b Noffke                        4

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Extras: (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 1)          16

Total:                                 132

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Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vincent), 2-21 (McCullum), 3-29 (How), 4-30 (Taylor), 5-31 (Sinclair), 6-49 (Styris), 7-59 (Vettori), 8-69 (Mills), 9-104 (Gillespie), 10-132 (Patel).
Bowling: Lee 4-0-17-2 (1w 1nb), Bracken 2-0-8-0 (2w), Johnson 3-0-19-2 (1w), Tait 4-0-22-2 (1w), Noffke 3.3-1-18-3 (1w), Symonds 2-0-39-0.
Result: Australia won by 54 runs.
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