After winning the toss, Australia make a typically blazing start in Hobart, with Adam Gilchrist hitting 61 from 58 balls Playing in just his sixth ODI, Kiwi seamer Mark Gillespie accounts for dangermen Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds and Cameron White put Australia back on course with a sixth-wicket stand worth 90 in just nine overs White continues to cement his place in Australia's lower-order with a brutal 45 from 36 balls, including three sixes In the final over, Shane Bond records just the 24th hat-trick ever in one-day internationals as Australia post 289-8 Making his ODI debut on his home ground, Ben Hilfenhaus is soon into the action, trapping Brendon McCullum lbw Ross Taylor, another inexperienced Black Cap, keeps the world champions at bay, hitting three sixes in his 84 But New Zealand wilt under pressure and Bond is bowled by Andrew Symonds as the Kiwis are knocked over for 184
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