Australia deposed from top spot
Australia suffered another loss at the hands of New Zealand, to lose the three match series in the first 2 games. It was their 5th loss out of 6 games. Even more worrying than their horrific 10-wicket hiding previously, was that Australia posted an-ordinarily-match-winning-336, which New Zealand chased with balls to spare. Sure, a 10 wicket whooping is embarassing, but to bounce back and still get hammered, well that’s just worrying. Even stand-in captain Mr. Cricket Mike Hussey couldn’t steer them to a win with a century, as New Zealand newbie Ross Taylor made scoring one-day centuries look like picking your nose.
Most significantly, Australia’s 4th loss on the bounce allowed South Africa to replace them at the top of the one day rankings, a position that has only ever been occupied by Australia (they were, however, only introduced in 2002).
However, surely the biggest kick in the nuts for Australia will be that New Zealand are resting two of their key players, Shane Bond and Daniel Vettori, considering that the outcome of the final match of the series is essentially meaningless. That is a trick most expertly exercised by Australia, and it will surely hurt to have someone else doing it to them.
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