New Zealand edge past Australia

First one-day international, Napier:
New Zealand 281-8 (50 ovs) beat Australia 275-8 (50 ovs) by two wickets
Match scorecard

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Styris hit seven boundaries and a six in his 34-ball knock

Scott Styris blasted a quickfire 49 to propel New Zealand to a two-wicket win over Australia in Napier in the first of their five-match one-day series.

Australia posted 275-8, largely thanks to Mike Hussey (59) and Shane Watson (45), but they lost wickets regularly.

Brendon McCullum (45) and Peter Ingram (40) set New Zealand off to a good start in reply while stand-in captain Ross Taylor's 70 kept them in touch.

And Styris lofted Doug Bollinger for a match-winning six in the final over.

The visitors had looked likely to set a target in excess of 300 after Watson hit Tim Southee for 14 in the first over and Australia raced to 50 in the sixth over.

But once he was out, caught by Ingram at deep midwicket off the bowling of Jacob Oram for 45 off 31 deliveries, the run-rate slowed considerably.

Ricky Ponting scored 44 before he was undone by James Franklin's slower ball and drove to Martin Guptill at short cover while Michael Clarke was surprised by a Daryl Tuffey bouncer on 22.

Hussey put on 72 with James Hopes (33) to lift the Aussies to a competitive total.

McCullum and Ingram put on 75 for the first New Zealand wicket, but they too lost batsmen as partnerships were blossoming.

Taylor, who replaced the injured Daniel Vettori as skipper, held the innings together with a run-a-ball 70, although when he holed out in the deep to Hussey off Watson, his side were 204-5.

Neil Broom, Tuffey and Southee all fell cheaply to leave Styris needing to engineer 30 runs with Shane Bond, as all rounder Oram had been forced off left the field with a knee injury.

Bond played his part, hitting Watson for two boundaries to level the scores with one over left and Styris lifted Bollinger for a maximum with four balls remaining to hand Australia their first defeat in 14 one-day games.

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