Aussies wrap up win
01 December, 2008

Brett Lee Australia has completed a 2-0 Trans-Tasman Trophy whitewash against New Zealand thanks to its emphatic performance in the second 3 Mobile Test match at Adelaide Oval.

Australia won by an innings and 62 runs after running through a disappointing Black Caps batting line-up on day four.

The Kiwis lost their final two wickets after tea and were bowled out for 203. It followed their first-innings tally of 270 and left them well short of the Aussies' first dig of 535.

Brendon McCullum smashed 17 off Brett Lee's final over and was unbeaten on 84 but the contest was brought to an end when Chris Martin was bowled for his second duck of the match.

McCullum marshalled the lower order and was involved in a defiant 50-run partnership with Iain O'Brien and a 22-run stand with Martin without the other batsmen adding a run.

He struck 14 boundaries and two sixes but couldn't save his side from an embarrassing defeat.

Apart from the brief McCullum punishment, Lee had an excellent day taking 5-105. Four of those scalps came in the morning session when New Zealand had a slim chance of salvaging a draw. He finished with match figures of 9-171.

Mitchell Johnson took the final wicket and finished with 3-29 while Nathan Hauritz bowled with monotony into the footmarks and finished with deserved figures of 2-32.

Brad Haddin was named man of the match for his dynamic 169 on Sunday while Michael Clarke was named 3 Mobile man of the series for his 98 at the Gabba and his 110 in Adelaide.

The Black Caps lost 3-84 in the second session to be 8-167 at tea.

Before lunch, New Zealand slumped to 5-83 with some self destructive efforts by some of its batsmen and Lee's probing bowling causing the collapse.

Aaron Redmond squirted a ball out to Michael Clarke at point on the second ball of the day while Jesse Ryder scooped a cover drive to Andrew Symonds.

Overnight batsmen Jamie How was perhaps the only unlucky player with Ricky Ponting's diving catch at second slip ending his knock.

Peter Fulton was bowled by Johnson after the break and when the Daniel Vettori/Brendon McCullum connection was broken by Hauritz the writing was on the wall.

Australia's dominant position was due partly to a blazing maiden test century by Haddin on Sunday.

Australia was bowled out for 535 late on day three with Haddin's knock of 169 the highlight.

The wicketkeeper scored 108 of those runs from 24 boundaries and two sixes during his 222-delivery stay at the crease.

Haddin and Clarke put on 181 runs for the sixth wicket after coming together when Mike Hussey and Andrew Symonds were dismissed in quick succession in the morning.


Iain O'Brien finished with 3-111 while Aaron Redmond, Daniel Vettori and Chris Martin all collected two wickets each.

Vettori was the workhorse of the Black Caps attack and bowled 59.4 overs for figures of 2-124.

Day two featured a bustling innings of 79 runs by Ricky Ponting and while Lee cleaned up the tail in the morning session to keep the Kiwi’s to a modest total.

On day one Redmond's innings was a highlight. He was dismissed by Nathan Hauritz for 83 runs with 68 of his tally coming from boundaries and sixes.