Head coach Darren Lehmann to link-up with Australia in New Zealand

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who created waves last month by running a player out in a Big Bash match when the ball deflected off his nose onto the stumps, will make his worldwide debut in place of the injured James Faulkner. In the 50-over set up Khawaja is competing with the national captain and vice-captain plus Aaron Finch, the skipper of the Twenty20 team – all of whom were part of Australia’s World Cup-winning team.

It now looks to Khawaja to stiffen the batting lineup in his first one-day global in three years, though he has in common with several of his teammates a lack of experience in New Zealand conditions. “I said, “What did it feel like?’ And he said, “High”.

He however said that Australia had already put the disappointment of the first ODI behind them. “We didn’t adapt well enough and we were outplayed”.

New Zealand have lost just eight out of 26 ODIs played at the Westpac Stadium, with Martin Guptill smashing a record 237 against West Indies during the World Cup.

Corey Anderson, the New Zealand allrounder, said the home side expected Australia to be stronger than it was in Auckland. “The series is still on the line so we’re going to hopefully wrap it up”.

“We don’t try and judge the fan behaviour, but we agree there are hard limits and offensive behaviour is one of them”, he said.

Australia’s chairman of selectors Rod Marsh has come under increasing pressure for his refusal to pick Khawaja this season, though the Queensland left-hander has scored 863 runs at an average of 123.3 in all forms of cricket since November. “The accents are different and I kind of enjoy that”. As such, for the third and last one-dayer, it will be Michael di Venuto, who will handle coaching responsibilities for one final time.

Australia: Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), Adam Zampa, John Hastings, Kane Richardson, Josh Hazlewood.