Australia beat new zealand to win one-day series

Australia surpassed their previous highest score of 337 for seven against Pakistan in last month’s triangular series final in Sydney.

It was mission impossible for the Kiwis, who, batting under lights still compiled 301 for nine off their 50 overs to go down by 48 runs.

Australia have now passed 300 in their last three completed 50-over innings.

Steve Waugh’s Australians have wrapped up the series 3-0. There are two more matches to play before a three-Test series.

The win stretched Australia’s unbeaten streak to a record 13 matches, eclipsing the mark set by Graham Gooch’s 1991-92 England team.

The rampant Australians hit a World record 15 sixes off the hapless Kiwi attack.

Mark Waugh hit 70 off 88 balls and skipper Steve Waugh slammed five sixes in his pugnacious knock of 54 off 44 balls.

The outgunned Kiwis threw everything into the run chase, racing to 151 for two from 25 overs as captain Stephen Fleming (82 from 88 balls) and Nathan Astle (45 from 45) combined for a century stand for the second wicket.

But legspinner Shane Warne (3-50) dismissed both batsmen as australia tightened the screws.

Australia: M Waugh b Vettori 70; A Gilchrist c & b Harris 128; A Symonds run out 0; S Waugh b Harris 54; I Harvey lbw Styris 19; M Bevan c Wisneski b Vettori 37; D Martyn not out 29; S Lee not out 4.
Extras (b2, lb2, w2, nb2): 8.
Total (6 wkts, 50 overs): 349
Fall of wicket: 1-189, 2-190, 3-233, 4-267, 5-285, 6-343.
Bowling: Cairns 10-0-76-0, Wisneski 5-0-35-0, Styris 9-0-60-1, Vettori 10-0-71-2, Astle 4-0-28-0, Harris 10-0-58-2, McMillan 2-0-17-0.

New Zealand: M Sinclair c Gilchrist b Fleming 0, N Astle lbw Warne 45, S Fleming c S Waugh b Warne 82, R Twose c Gilchrist b Fleming 35, C Cairns c S Lee b Fleming 25, C McMillan run out 4, C Harris not out 59, A Parore c Warne b S Lee 11, S Styris b S Lee 9, D Vettori b Warne 3, W Wisneski not out 4.
Extras (lb13, nb2, w9): 24.
Total (9 wkts, 50 overs): 301
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-127, 3-159, 4-201, 5-202, 6-209, 7-252, 8-276, 9-292.
Bowling: Fleming 10-0-58-3, B Lee 9-0-59-0, S Lee 9-0-51-2, Harvey 10-0-52-0, Warne 9-0-50-3, Symonds 3-0-18-0.