Watch the highlights of Australia vs New Zealand 3rd Match WSC 1993-94 - Benson & Hedges World Series Cup one-day international tournament of the 3rd ODI match played between New Zealand and Australia at Adelaide Oval on 12th December 1993.
Four-wicket hauls from spinner Shane Warne and pacer Glenn McGrath before Matthew Hayden and David Boon's unbeaten fifties steers to Australia easy eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in a one-sided game of the third match of a Benson and Hedges World Series Cup.
New Zealand bundled out for 135 in 48.2 overs with top scorer by Chris Cairns cracked a 31 off 67-balls without a boundary.
Mark Greatbatch struck 28 off 60-balls including a boundary, Bryan Young scored 18 off 54-balls included a four and Ken Rutherford hit a run-a-ball 15-runs contained 3-fours.
Australia best bowler by Shane Warne claimed a 4-wickets, Glenn McGrath picked up 4-wickets for 32-runs in 8.2-overs including two maidens.
Craig McDermott captured 1-wicket for 15-runs in 10-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 1.50 and Paul Reiffel took 1-wicket.
Australia chase down the target of 136 for 2 in 38.5 overs with top scorer by David Boon cracked a unbeaten 51 off 90-balls including two boundaries.
Matthew Hayden hit a unbeaten 50 off 98-balls including 4-fours and Mark Waugh scored 21 off 23-balls contained 2-fours.
New Zealand best bowler by Chris Pringle took 1-wicket for 18-runs in 8-overs including three maidens with economy rate of 2.25.
Shane Warne named Player of the match for his brilliant spin bowling performance to claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 25-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.50.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Australia's brightest star-in-waiting finally got his chance on the main stage and carried off his part with aplomb in the one-day cricket match against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval.
Prolific Queensland opener Matthew Hayden was slotted into the Australian side and responded with an unbeaten half-century as Allan Border's team thrashed the tourists by eight wickets and more than 12 overs to spare.
Hayden shared an unbroken stand of 94 for the third wicket with David Boon, who remained unbeaten on 51, to lead Australia to 2-136 in reply to New Zealand's inadequate 135 all out from 48.2 overs.
The left-hander has had to wait in the queue behind Mark Taylor and Michael Slater for a Test vacancy that has not come, and he made sure he did not miss his opportunity, striking four boundaries from the 99 deliveries he faced.
An out-of-character Adelaide wicket made scoring difficult but Hayden still produced the runs to polish off the good work done by the Australian bowlers.
Legspinner Shane Warne tormented the New Zealanders with 4-25 from his 10 overs and rookie paceman Glenn McGrath finished with 4-32.
Strike bowler Craig McDermott claimed the scalp of Dipak Patel and did much to put the tourists under pressure by allowing only 15 runs from his 10 overs.
Hayden was given a rapturous ovation from the Adelaide faithful and continued his run-splurge at this ground, adding a half-century to the three Sheffield Shield centuries he has to his name.
"I could have played better but it was still a good feeling to get 50," he said.
The Australians needed a little over 2.70 an over for victory and cruised along to the target, albeit after a hiccup when Mark Waugh was run out for 21 in a mix-up with Hayden.
Hayden had to wear some of the blame for the dismissal, but shrugged it off and ensured he was at the crease until victory was secured.
The New Zealand innings was another sorry chapter from the same book of batting collapses that ruined its chances in the recent Test series.
From 3-104 in the 36th over, the last seven wickets fell for 31 runs to give New Zealand its second-lowest total in a one-day international in Australia.
Chris Cairns top-scored with 31 but only one other batsman in Mark Greatbatch (28) could make it past 20 during the innings.
Warne bowled his 10 overs straight for a return of 4-25 and McGrath pocketed 4-32, polishing off the last two wickets after he had broken the back of the top order.
Warne was introduced for the 30th over of the innings, bowling from the Cathedral End when New Zealand was 3-79.
The Victorian legspinner had befuddled the tourists with a record 18 wickets in the Test series and proved similarly difficult to counter yesterday, sending back the middle-order trio Greatbatch, Cairns and Chris Harris in quick succession.
Cairns drove a catch to cover and Greatbatch completely misread Warne's deadly flipper and was trapped Ibw as he tried to pull behind square-leg.
Harris gave a return catch and tailender Gavin Larsen completed the haul of four scalps for Warne by holing out to long-on, giving the legspinner easily his best return in three one-day internationals.
New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford said his side's batting was paper-thin and that was the glaring difference between the two teams.
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