Test woes irrelevant to Australia ODI side – NZ coach

Australia have had a tough start to their home summer.

The first five-day affair between Pakistan and Australia is a day-night match in Brisbane and the pitch is supposed to have a green covering on it to keep the pink ball safe.

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He missed out to Matt Henry in the fast-medium mix for yesterday, Hesson pointing out world No 5-ranked Henry’s compelling ODI form warranted his selection.

The innings was resurrected when Guptill (114) added a valiant 92-run stand for the third wicket with Neesham (34).

Despite satisfaction at reaching an 11th ODI century, Guptill was disappointed not to complete the job.

Williamson has played six ODIs against Australia before, and has 153 runs at an average of 38.25.

“They’ve got some risky players up top with [Martin] Guptill and [Tom] Latham, if he bats up top”.

Only one Pakistan batsman (Babar Azam) averaged more than 31 against New Zealand last month, and that will have to vastly improve if Pakistan are to win in Australia for the first time ever.

Both squads have undergone transformations since then with the retirement of key long-term players, and the New Zealanders own the trophy after a 2-1 win at home against the Australians in their last ODI series. Australia have switched nearly as quickly from Test mode, but unlike New Zealand, they must hastily change back into a Test mindset as soon as these three games are over, as they host Pakistan for three Tests.

The series was named after the Chappell and Hadlee families, both of whom provided several worldwide cricketers, most famously Kiwi great Sir Richard Hadlee and former Australian captains Ian and Greg Chappell.

Martin Guptill is the No. 8-ranked ODI batsman in the world, boasts the second-highest score in ODI history (237*) and has struck 14 worldwide centuries across formats.

“We want to have another look at the surface tomorrow”, he said. “We’re going do our best in a couple of days if we have them in that situation again to really put the foot down”. This followed a two-in-two run by Australia, in February 2011 and March 2010.

New Zealand also arrive with no Ross Taylor, who is recovering from eye surgery.

For Australia, Smith (41.31), George Bailey (41.15) and David Warner (41), all average in the 40s. “They (New Zealand) have got a lot of quality players in their line up”.

Maxwell has not played an ODI since the tri-series with West Indies and South Africa in June, during which Head made his debut.

This time it was beyond New Zealand, but don’t blame the batsmen for that.