MELBOURNE, Jan 21: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming produced a masterful performance with the bat to guide his country to a memorable four-wicket win over Australia in a thrilling finish to a Carlton and United Series One-Day clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.The Kiwis ended a mostly wretched summer on cloud nine as Fleming fashioned a cultured unbeaten 116 in his team's 6-253 as they chased the home country's 4-251.New Zealand got home with five balls to spare in a nail-biting finish after looking a beaten team with 3-42 in the 14th over.Their victory was built on a superb fourth-wicket stand of 136 between Fleming, who completed his second century in international limited-overs cricket, and Adam Parore (46).The Kiwi triumph came in the last qualifying game of a series from which they have already been eliminated.ScoreboardAustralia: M Waugh c Nash b Vettori 31, T Moody c O'Connor b Harris 19, R Ponting c O'Connor b Cairns 100, D Lehmann run out 46, S Waugh not out 45, I Harvey not out 4,Extras (w-6) 6, Total (for 4 wkts, 50 overs) 251Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-65, 3-133, 4-246Bowling: O'Connor 4-0-23-0 (w-2), Cairns 10-2-46-1, Vettori 10-0-41-1 (w-3, Harris 10-0-50-1, Astle 7-0-35-0, Nash 3-0-24-0, Mcmillan 6-0-32-0 (w-1).New Zealand: C Spearman c Gilchrist b Wilson 10, N Astle c Law (sub) b Wilson 13, B Young c M Waugh b Moody 8, S Fleming not out 116, A Parore c&b Moody 46, C Mcmillan lbw b Warne 26, C Cairns c Law b Wilson 4, C Harris not out 13, Extras: (w9, lb7, b1) 17 Total (for six wkts) 253Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-26, 3-42, 4-178, 5-219, 6-226Bowling: P Wilson 10-1-39-3, P Reiffel 8-1-31-0, T Moody 10-1-52-2, I Harvey 8-0-42-0, S Warne 8.1-0-48-1, M Bevan 5-0-33-0.
