Top-ranked New Zealand collapsed to 82 all out in the face of scintillating bowling Thursday as Australia won the second one-day international by 113 runs to seal the Chappell-Hadlee series in Cairns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australia clinched a thrilling opening match on Tuesday by two wickets with the three-match showdown now destined for a dead rubber on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Spinner Adam Zampa weaved his magic for 5-35 while paceman Sean Abbott, in the side for the injured Cameron Green, bowled an amazing 28 consecutive dot balls, conceding just one run from five overs with two wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mitchell Starc chipped in with 2-12 in a comprehensive thrashing with 17 overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We knew we had got to a total we could defend, we just needed to be ultra disciplined with the ball, and we did that from ball one," said Australia captain Aaron Finch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Once we started to build some pressure, we felt it would be harder to score as the game went on."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Trent Boult had snared four wickets and Matt Henry three as New Zealand restricted Australia to 195-9 after winning the toss and putting them into bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The under-pressure Finch failed again, out for a duck, but Steve Smith hit 61 and Starc (38 not out) and Josh Hazlewood (23 not out) added vital late runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It nevertheless appeared to be a catchable target, but the chase began disastrously for the visitors when Martin Guptill (two) got a thick edge to Starc in the opening over and Finch took the catch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Things got worse when Abbott removed Devon Conway (five) and Tom Latham (0) in the space of four balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson fell lbw to Zampa, completely missing a full toss, with his dismissal leaving them in deep trouble on 33-4 in the 19th over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The counterpunch didn't come with Zampa trapping Daryl Mitchell lbw for 10 before Jimmy Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee, Henry and Boult all fell cheaply.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Obviously not out best effort with the bat, a number of soft dismissals," said Williamson.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Having said that Australia were outstanding with the ball and gave us nothing."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
- Steady the ship -
\r\nAfter scoring 5, 5, 1, 15, 0 and 0 in his last six ODIs, Finch flopped again, sending a tame lofted drive into the safe hands of Williamson off Henry's bowling on only his second ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The same duo teamed up again to remove David Warner (five) in an almost mirror dismissal two overs later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A counter-attacking Smith smacked two boundaries before new partner Marnus Labuschagne was trapped lbw by Boult, who then removed Marcus Stoinis the same way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Australian top order similarly crumbled in the first match, when Alex Carey and Green came to the rescue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Green missing, Carey teamed with Smith to steady the ship in a 28-run stand before he was stumped on 12.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australian dangerman Glenn Maxwell hit the first six of the game in the 28th over, but he misjudged a Boult delivery soon after, holing out to Guptill in the deep on 25.<\/p>\r\n\r\n