ICC World Cup, Australia vs NewZeland

Australia made a astonishing victory against Newzeland to top the table in Group A. It was Johson who made the victory easy for Australia. After winning the toss,Australian captain Ricky Ponting elected to field first. It was NL McCullam's and Vettori's innings which made the Kiwis to cross 200 runs. McCullam scored 52 runs and Vettori scored 44 runs for Newzeland. Johnson took 4 wickets from 9.1 overs by givin just 33 runs. Tait took 3 wickets and Lee, Smith and Krejza took 1 wicket each.

For Australia, their openers Shane Watson and wicket keeper cum batsman Haddin gave a wonderful starting. They made a opening partnership of 133 runs. watson scored 62 runs and Haddin scored 55 runs for Australia. Bennett took 2 wickets and Southee took 1 wicket for NewZeland. Johnson was declared as the Man of the Match for taking 4 wickets. He has taken 8 wickets in total in ICC world cup 2001 from 2 matches.

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