Taylor's cuts, Cummins' cross and a flying Stoinis

Feb 05, 2017

Sunny skies greeted the players in Hamilton for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy decider•Getty Images

Mitchell Starc struck in the third over as Tom Latham flicked a leg-side half volley to long leg•Getty Images

That led to New Zealand losing four wickets for 33 runs•Getty Images

Marcus Stoinis nearly pulled off a spectacular catch at deep midwicket•AFP

The captain Aaron Finch stayed till the 21st over, scoring 56 off 64 balls, but was removed by Kane Williamson just as Australia looked to get away•Getty Images

Boult removed Travis Head for 53 and Faulkner two balls later•Getty Images

New Zealand regained the Chapell-Hadlee Trophy and won their eighth consecutive bilateral one-day series at home.•AFP

Dean Brownlie, playing international cricket for the first time in two years, marked the occasion with his maiden ODI fifty•Getty Images

Ross Taylor's belligerence regained the momentum for New Zealand•Getty Images

James Neesham was one of the wickets to fall in this period, chopping Josh Hazlewood onto his stumps•AFP

Mitchell Santner nailed Starc for four, four, six to close the innings and push New Zealand to 281 for 9•Getty Images

Glenn Maxwell fell the following over, one of three Australian batsmen dismissed for a duck•Getty Images

Stoinis threatened for a while as he made 42 off 48•Getty Images

Brownlie, who put on 100 runs for the third wicket with Taylor, was dismissed in the 32nd over by James Faulkner•AFP

Meanwhile, Taylor equalled Nathan Astle's record of 16 ODI centuries, the most for New Zealand•Getty Images

Santner made an impact on the field too; he ran Shaun Marsh out to break an opening stand of 44 runs•AFP

Trent Boult returned for a second spell and took his third and fourth wicket in the 33rd over•AFP

But Australia kept losing wickets and fell 24 runs short. Boult finished with career-best figures of 6 for 33•Getty Images