Australia's Mitchell Starc took 5-26 to lead his side to an 86-run victory over the BLACKCAPS at Lord's.
AS IT HAPPENED...
๐ View from the @HomeOfCricket balcony! Letโs go! #NZvAUS LIVE ON @skysportnz + @radiosportnz ๐บ ๐ป #CWC19 #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/Rb0YKO1quZ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
A chat for @JimmyNeesh ๐ฃ A net for @Martyguptill ๐ and pitch report with the skippers! Itโs ON here at the @HomeOfCricket for the @cricketworldcup ๐๐ฝ #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC19 #cricket pic.twitter.com/TxKZ2tF5e7
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Huddled up and ready for action! We arenโt far away from a start here at Lordโs. FYI thatโs blue sky and โ๏ธ you can see ๐คฃ @HomeOfCricket #NZvAUS #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS LIVE on @skysportnz + @radiosportnz #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/LXPYmcHKIb
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
TOSS NEWS: Not #KaneWilliamson's day with the coin, Aaron Finch wins it and has chosen to bat first ๐๐ฝ BLACKCAPS in the field ๐๐ฝ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
TEAM NEWS: Henry Nicholls and Ish Sodhi are two changes for the BLACKCAPS in for Colin Munro and Matt Henry respectively ๐#NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/ZaruKAEYSZ
Here's the full list of the two teams for today's @cricketworldcup fixture! NZ in the field first after Aaron Finch won the toss! #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/IPDuOe8weA
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Boult charging in with the new ball for the first over, does it get any better than this?! #NZvAUS #CWC19 #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/M8geDDlgBQ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 dots/two maidens to start from Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme here at the @HomeOfCricket. #NZvAUS is ON! #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC19 @cricketworldcup pic.twitter.com/msNpnyVpUA
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
WICKET! BOULT has the early @cricketworldcup breakthrough for NZ, trapping Aaron Finch in front LBW for 8! Great start for the BLACKCAPS! Where are you watching from? Tweet us your pics using #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #cricket #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/IFrDgX9I5g
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฅFIREBALL FERGUSON ๐ฅstrikes first ball! Goes short of a length and it chases Warner who can't get the hands out of the way, snaffled by Tom Latham! Great start for Lockie Ferguson ๐๐ฝ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฆ๐บ 40/2 | 10 overs#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
๐ฒ FOLLOW LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/ybDpQV525n
BLACKCAPS GATHER! Martin Guptill has taken a screamer around the corner at a leg gully to dismiss Steve Smith from the bowling of Lockie 'Fireball' Ferguson ๐ฅ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฆ๐บ 51/3 | 12.2 overs #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
๐ฒ FOLLOW LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/oex0bUT5Sw
Time for a drink at the @HomeOfCricket - it's been an enthralling first hour of play! Boult strikes early, Ferguson bowling heat and creating chances + let's not forget a RIPPER from Guptill!
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฆ๐บ 68/3 | 16 overs #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
๐ฒ LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/Lv1QQkQFnk
Now Neesham is on the act! A teasing delivery outside the off stump takes the edge of Stoinis for 21 & Australia are 4 down for 81!#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
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He's done it AGAIN! @JimmyNeesh with a spectacular caught & bowled! Glenn Maxwell went to pull - it caught the toe end of his bat - Neesham dives in his follow through and takes a one-handed speccy! WOW! ๐ฒ#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฒ LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/QOxriTF0Ha
Shades of the 2015 @cricketworldcup anyone?! Today's #NZvAUS match plotting a similar course... @PhotosportNZ as always nailing the ๐ท
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ฆ๐บ 112/5 | 25 overs | @HomeOfCricket #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC19
๐ฒ LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/klWRqFWMNZ
AUSSIE FIGHT!
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Khawaja (60*) is righting the ship for our neighbours after the early wickets. He and Carey (62*) have put on a patient 90-run stand to be 182-5 after 38 overs. Card | https://t.co/0Ow4xiIcFl #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/R55ZRw4zXM
The GOLDEN ARM strikes!
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Kane Williamson's rewarded for a skillful spell, by picking up the big wicket of Carey for a run-a-ball 73. Australia 200-6 in the 44th. Follow live: https://t.co/0Ow4xiIcFl #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/sKyqzwJoKi
BANG BANG! Boult has two late ones! Khawaja (88) goes across his stumps and gets bowled around his legs, before Starc is cleaned up by a yorker first ball! Hat trick ball coming up for Trent! Lovely. #NZvAUS #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/WhEFRigGVG
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
โก๏ธHAT-TRICK FOR BOULT! โก๏ธ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐Khawaja - Starc - Behrendorff ๐
The third wicket an LBW that went upstairs but was OUT! What a final over from Trent Boult! His second ODI hat-trick and first at the @cricketworldcup!
๐ฆ๐บ 243/9 | 50 overs #CWC19 #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/WrtzN2eRyf
A 2nd ODI hat-trick for @BLACKCAPS pace bowler Trent Boult, this time at Lord's against Australia in #CWC19. Removes Khawaja (bowled), Starc (bowled), Behrendorff (lbw, despite Australian review). 1st by a NZer at a World Cup. 4th in total after himself, Morrison and Bond.
โ Andrew Alderson (@aldersonnotes) June 29, 2019
The man of the moment! Boult finishes with 4-51 off 10 including at HAT-TRICK ๐ฉ Superb effort, hats off ๐คฃ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
NZ chasing 244 for victory soon at the @HomeOfCricket ๐#BACKTHEBLACKCAPSย #CWC19ย
๐ฒ FOLLOW LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/8aulORx4PN
Three perfect, perfect deliveries. Couldn't place them in better spots. A hat-trick of hat-tricks that #NZvAUS #CWC19
โ Guy Heveldt (@GuyHeveldt) June 29, 2019
STAY HYDRATED! We are back underway here at the @HomeOfCricket with Guptill and Nicholls opening up ๐
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
244 the target | 50 overs to get them ๐๐ฝ #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
๐ฒ FOLLOW LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/VaDIBFuf9b
GUPTILL remains but Nicholls has to depart, strangled down the leg side in unlucky fashion off Behrendorff ๐ฆ Solid start from the openers, now it's over to Kane! ๐ณ๐ฟ 31-1 | 10 overs#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
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OUT! Guptill (20) now out LBW also to Behrendorff, this is going to be an enthralling chase... The Old Firm of Ross Taylor and #KaneWilliamson now back together ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ 44-2 | 14 overs#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
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DROPPED! #KaneWilliamson dropped at slip by Steve Smith ๐ณ๐ฟ 47/2 | 16 overs
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐จ#StatAlert ๐จ Kane needs 32 runs in this innings to reach 6000 ODI runs - if he gets them, he'll be 3rd fastest of all time ๐ฒ#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
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A SEAT WITH THE GREATS! #KaneWilliamson has now passed 6000 ODI runs ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ He's the 3RD FASTEST in history to the mark, can you name the other two?! HINT: ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ณ
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ณ๐ฟ 92-2 | 25 overs#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19
๐ฒ LIVE | https://t.co/aU5ayqheAz pic.twitter.com/UZ8uyqhQ5M
Beautiful night for a run chase at The @HomeOfCricket ๐
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Starc returned & struck with the big wicket of Williamson for 40. Latham has joined Taylor (23*) with a run-a-ball needed from the last 22 overs #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/SHmUsrcsQ2
DOUBLE STRIKE for Australia. Ross Taylor goes across the line and skies one that's swallowed by Carey with the gloves. Colin de Grandhomme then picks out Khawaja at long-off first ball off Steve Smith ๐
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
๐ณ๐ฟ 120-5 | 33 overs#BACKTHEBLACKCAPS #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/HV8JmpmHOV
Steve Smith with the 2nd one-hand speccy of the day!
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Latham the unlucky man who had to depart for 14 & is shortly followed by Neesham. Tough work from here - 113 needed from 71 with 3 wickets in hand #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/tH6IbLLDbV
Hats off to Australia - too good today! Our trans-Tasman neighbours claim an 86-run victory here at the @HomeOfCricket in a @cricketworldcup match that had it all! ๐ #NZvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/vipIyJSijf
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
Shake hands time at the @HomeOfCricket, congrats to @CricketAus, too good today ๐ Time to look ahead to Wednesday and our final @cricketworldcup round-robin match against hosts ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #NZvAUS #CWC19 #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/kGZR0FSMwS
โ BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 29, 2019
