Brett Lee

NAGPUR - Scoreboard of World Cup Group A match between New Zealand and Australia here Friday.

NAGPUR - A gutsy-half century from Nathan McCullum guided New Zealand to 206 against Australia in a World Cup Group A match here Friday.

NAGPUR - The following is the scoreboard of the New Zealand innings against Australia in a World Cup Group A match here Friday: New Zealand: Martin Guptill b Watson 10 Brendon McCullum c Krejza b Tait 16 Jesse Ryder c Haddin b Johnson 25 Ross Taylor b Tait 7 James Franklin c Haddin b Johnson 0 Scott Styris c Haddin b Tait 0 Jamie How lbw b Smith 22 Nathan McCullum lbw b Johnson 52 Daniel Vettori c Haddin b Lee 44 Tim Southee c Ponting b Johnson 6 Hamish Bennett not out 0 Extras: (b 1, lb 8, w 13, nb 2) 24 Total: (all out; 45.1 overs) 206 Fall of wickets: 1-20 (B McCullum, 3.4 overs), 2-40 (Guptill, 8.5), 3-66 (Ryder, 13.2 ), 4-66 (Franklin, 13.5), 5-67 (Styris, 14.4), 6-73 (Taylor, 16.6), 7-121 (How, 28.6 ), 8-175 (N McCullum, 41.2), 9-206 (Vettori, 44.6), 10-206 (Southee, 45.1) Bowling: Brett Lee 8-2-29-1 Shaun Tait 7-0-35-3 Mitchell Johnson 9.1-3-33 4 Shane Watson 3-1-9-1 Jason Krejza 9-0-47-0 Steven Smith 9-0-44-1 Toss: Australia, who chose to field Umpires: Kumara Dharamsena and Bily Doctrove TV Umpire: Asad Rauf Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle

NAGPUR - Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and opted to bowl against New Zealand in their Group A match of the World Cup at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Jamtha here Friday.

NAGPUR - The earthquake back home in Christchurch is bound to rattle the New Zealand team and at the same time the tragic event should spur them to take on their trans-Tasman rivals Australia in the Cricket World Cup here Friday.