Watch the highlights of New Zealand vs Australia 3rd ODI 1993 - Australia tour of New Zealand 5-match one-day international series of the 3rd ODI match played between Australia and New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington on 24th March 1993.
Captain Martin Crowe's unbeaten 91 before Bowlers attack and Gavin Larsen's three-wickets helped to New Zealand resounding 88-run victory over Australia and keep alive the series in a one-sided game of the third ODI.
New Zealand bowled out for 214 in exact 50 overs with top scorer by Martin Crowe cracked a unbeaten 91 off 105-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes.
Andrew Jones scored 29 off 54-balls including a boundary, Rod Latham hit 21 off 47-balls included 3-fours, Chris Harris 18 and Jeff Wilson 15.
Australia best bowler by Tony Dodemaide, Allan Border both captured 2-wickets, Debutant Shane Warne - who took 2-wickets for 40-runs in 10-overs on his debut ODI match - with economy rate of 4 and Paul Reiffel picked up 1-wicket for 21-runs in 10-overs included a maiden with economy-rate of 2.10.
Australia bundled out for 126 in 37.2 overs with top scorer by Mark Taylor cracked a 50 off 94-balls including 5-fours.
Dean Jones struck 25 off 36-balls including 4-fours and Steve Waugh scored 9 off 20-balls without a boundary.
New Zealand best bowler by Gavin Larsen picked up 3-wickets, Dipak Patel captured 2-wickets for 14-runs in 5-overs with economy rate of 2.80, Jeff Wilson took 2-wickets and one for Danny Morrison - Chris Harris.
Gavin Larsen named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 17-runs in 10-overs including three maidens with economy rate of 1.70.
This match reported by AAP via The Canberra Times
Australian captain Allan Border labelled the Basin Reserve wicket as unfit for one-day cricket after New Zealand kept alive the five-match series with an 88-run victory in the third match.
After New Zealand reached 214 from its 50 overs, the tourists folded to be all out for 126 in the 38th over, failing to cope with a pitch that kept low and made stroke play almost impossible.
Steve Waugh was bowled by a shooter while nearly all of the specialist batsmen lost their wickets trying to force the pace, reminiscent of Australia's loss in the opening match of the one-day World Cup last year.
Only Mark Taylor and Dean Jones reached double figures with 50 and 25 respectively, leaving Border's side with a 2-1 advantage going into the fourth match at Hamilton on Saturday.
New Zealand could not consider in-form batsman Ken Rutherford because of an ankle injury but captain Martin Crowe ensured a competitive total with a gutsy unbeaten 91.
The 30-year-old aggravated an old cartilage problem in his right knee before the start of play but defied the pain for more than two hours, hitting four boundaries and two sixes while wickets fell regularly at the other end.
Crowe had reached 60 at the 45-over mark and then launched an assault on rival captain Border, twice lofting him over the long-off boundary for six.
While anything more than a single between wickets was a struggle, Crowe's return to form lifted the confidence of his young side and set the Australians a testing target of 4.3 an over for victory.
Mark Waugh was beaten by a ball that kept low and bowled for a duck in the opening over, setting off a steady procession of wickets.
Taylor laboured to 50 from 91 deliveries but had little support as the likes of Chris Harris and Gavin Larsen tied the batsmen in knots.
Larsen was only just medium-pace but worked through his 10 overs for a measly 17 runs, picking up three wickets along the way.
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