Rattled Kiwis out for lowest score in six years

New Zealand's fearfulness grounds successful Australia has continued, with a illness successful Cairns consigning them to different ODI defeat, with their winless tally dating each the mode backmost to 2009.

Despite the failures of Australia's apical order, most-notably Aaron Finch, the hosts managed to enactment a respectable people connected the committee and unafraid a 113-run win, the Kiwis each retired for 82.

Australia present has an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the series, having taken the archetypal lucifer connected Tuesday.

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From being 5-54 astatine 1 point, a coagulated 61 from Steve Smith arsenic good arsenic a cameo from Glenn Maxwell steadied the ship, earlier Australia's past 3 bats — Mitch Starc, Adam Zampa, and Josh Hazlewood — combined for 77 runs to steer Australia to 9-195.

Any fears of that people not being capable to support were rapidly laid to rest.

Martin Guptill went successful the opening over, portion Devon Conway and Kane Williamson scratched astir to small effect earlier the erstwhile was dismissed successful the ninth over, with the squad people astatine conscionable 14.

Starc strikes aboriginal for Australia

The fig 1 ODI squad successful the satellite looked thing but arsenic determination was precise small combat pursuing Williamson's 17 from 58 balls, though Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner's precocious absorption was capable to propel them past some their lowest-ever ODI people (64), and their worst against Australia (74 backmost successful 1982).

In the end, it was their sixth-worst full ever successful an ODI, and their worst since being each retired for 79 against India successful 2016.

"I didn't vessel my best, to beryllium honest," a humble Zampa said afterwards.

"The afloat flip to Kane, the shot didn't travel retired arsenic good arsenic I'd liked, but sometimes it's similar that," helium said of a somewhat fortunate LBW dismissal of the Kiwi captain.

Australian players congratulate Adam Zampa aft the wicket of Tim Southee. (Getty)

New Zealand had won 9 from 10 50-over matches successful 2022, earlier their nonaccomplishment full for the twelvemonth tripled this week.

The bid volition reason connected Sunday afternoon.

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