10:10 GMT: Start of play for the day
			Australia won the toss and will bat
			10:10 GMT: Start of session's play
© Mike Atelsky			AC Gilchrist and MJ Clarke to open the batting
			10:10 GMT: Start of innings
			Twenty20 International: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, 17 Feb 2005
			Ball-by-Ball Commentary
			Match State: Match start scheduled for 19.00 local time (6am GMT)
			Welcome to Eden Park for this Twenty20 match between Australia and New Zealand
			Australia have won the toss and will bat first tonight
			James Hopes gets his first match in Australian colours and reports suggest Andy Symonds will bat at number 3
			The players appearing today in the 80s look uniforms, Australia still in its usual canary yellow
			but New Zealand have reverted back to the infamous beige
			NZ have taken the extra effort of growing facial hair
			The NZ players are on the field
			Hamish Marshall sporting a giant afro head of hair
			Tuffey to bowl to Gilchrist
			A delay while they sort out the sight-screen
			Tuffey bowling around the wicket
			DR Tuffey comes on to bowl
0	b1	1wd	Tuffey to Gilchrist srayed down leg side
0	b2	1lb	squeezed on leg side
0	b3	0	Tuffey to Clarke wide of off stump. big slash
0	b4	1
0	b5	1	Tuffey to Gilchrist hit off the bottom of the bat to mid on and dropped in the deep
0	b6	6	Tuffey to Clarke
0	b7	0	attempts to cut and McMillan this time takes an easy catch
			Clarke c McMillan b Tuffey (7 runs, 4 balls, 0x4, 1x6)
© Queensland Cricket			A Symonds comes in to bat
End of over 1:			(10 runs scored) Australia 10-1 (Gilchrist 1*, 2 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			Andy Symonds comes to the crease
			KD Mills comes on to bowl
1	b1	0	Mills to Symonds down leg side. Symonds moves towards it but misses
1	b2	4	wide of off stump. Symonds gives himself some more room and whacks it through the covers
1	b3	6	swings away and this one clears the fence over mid on
1	b4	1
1	b5	0	Mills to Gilchrist short ball and Gilchrist gets a top edge and McMillan takes a good catch in the deep
			Gilchrist c McMillan b Mills (1 runs, 3 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
© CricketArchive			RT Ponting comes in to bat
			Captain Ponting to the crease
1	b6	1	Mills to Ponting just knocks it to mid on
End of over 2:			(12 runs scored) Australia 22-2 (Symonds 11*, 4 balls, Ponting 1*, 1 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
2	b1	0	Tuffey to Ponting forward and leaves the ball that just misses off stump. we'll call it well judged leave
2	b2	0	swing and a miss as he's beaten by the inswinger
2	b3	1lb	forward and drives. The appeal goes up as its strikes pad
2	b4	2	Tuffey to Symonds Late cut gets it just wide of Fleming at slip
2	b5	0	steps back and swings at a slower ball. Through to the keeper
2	b6	1	down leg side and Symonds backs into it and plays it backward of point for a single
End of over 3:			(4 runs scored) Australia 26-2 (Symonds 14*, 7 balls, Ponting 1*, 4 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
3	b1	4	Mills to Symonds down the leg side again and Symonds give himself some room and hits through mid off to the boundary
3	b2	1wd	way out off stump. Billy Bowden takes his time to call it. SYmonds dig back away from the ball
3	b3	6	up and over. The goes over the bowler straight down the ground
3	b4	4	short and gets a top edge over the keeper
3	b5	4	great shot. classic cut shot for the boundary
3	b6	0	yorker down leg side. Symonds digs it out looks for the run and then retreats to his crease
3	b7	1wd	whipped down the leg side and Bowden calls it. Pitched outside leg stump and kept going
3	b8	0	short and Symonds makes a meal of it chasing the wide ball only managing to get the toe of the bat on its way to the keeper
			Symonds c McCullum b Mills (32 runs, 13 balls, 4x4, 2x6)
© CricketArchive			DR Martyn comes in to bat
End of over 4:			(20 runs scored) Australia 46-3 (Ponting 1*, 4 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
4	b1	4	Tuffey to Ponting drifts down leg side and Ponting picks him off the hip behind square leg
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the Australia 50 took 4.1 overs
4	b2	1	gently pushed to mid on for an easy single
4	b3	0	Tuffey to Martyn fullish delivery and defended back to the bowler
4	b4	0	big swing and a miss at a short ball. tries to hit it through the covers but plays under it
4	b5	2	hits into the gap at mid wicket. The man in the deep fields
4	b6	1	hits again to mid wicket, they look for the second but wisely choose not to
End of over 5:			(8 runs scored) Australia 54-3 (Ponting 6*, 6 balls, Martyn 3*, 4 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
5	b1	0	Mills to Martyn swing and a miss and his cleaned up
			Martyn b Mills (3 runs, 5 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
© Vic Isaacs			SM Katich comes in to bat
5	b2	1	Mills to Katich cuts behind square. Tuffey does well to cut it off
5	b3	1	Mills to Ponting chipped in the air to mid on and lucky that it falls short
5	b4	1	Mills to Katich hits it straight forcing the umpire to get out of the way
5	b5	0	Mills to Ponting Again the aussies go for the big shot and miss
5	b6	1	pushed to point where the big afro Hamish Marshall fields
End of over 6:			(4 runs scored) Australia 58-4 (Ponting 8*, 9 balls, Katich 2*, 2 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			Cairns on to bowl
			CL Cairns comes on to bowl
6	b1	1	Cairns to Ponting drives straight. fielder in the deep with the relaxing of fielding restrictions
6	b2	1	Cairns to Katich cuts backward of point
6	b3	1	Cairns to Ponting just deflects the ball forward of point
6	b4	1	Cairns to Katich and they stick with traditional shots and pushs to mid off
6	b5	1	Cairns to Ponting driven again to long off
6	b6	1	Cairns to Katich and another prod to mid off
End of over 7:			(6 runs scored) Australia 64-4 (Ponting 11*, 12 balls, Katich 5*, 5 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
7	b1	0	Mills to Katich cuts and gets a bottom edge. McCullum jumps high to field the ball
7	b2	1	chips it over the infield to deep mid wicket
7	b3	4	Mills to Ponting down leg side and picked off past fine leg who is inside the circle
7	b4	1	attempts to pull a ball from outside off and it runs down to third man
7	b5	1	Mills to Katich pulled to mid wicket
7	b6	1	Mills to Ponting
End of over 8:			(8 runs scored) Australia 72-4 (Ponting 17*, 15 balls, Katich 7*, 8 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			Great to see the players out there in the beige and canary yellow (excuse me, I mean Aussie Gold)
8	b1	1	Cairns to Ponting waits for the ball and deflects it behind point
8	b2	0	Cairns to Katich pitched up and defends back to Cairns
8	b3	1	attempts a yorker and Katich gets it away for a single
8	b4	4	Cairns to Ponting bang Ponting onto a wide ball and smashed through extra cover
8	b5	0	good ball. pitched up and defends
8	b6	1	worked off his pads
End of over 9:			(7 runs scored) Australia 79-4 (Ponting 23*, 19 balls, Katich 8*, 10 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			Wilson into the attch
			JW Wilson comes on to bowl
9	b1	4	Wilson to Ponting Knee high full-toss from the all-black and easily picked off
9	b2	1	pitched up and driven through mid off
9	b3	1	Wilson to Katich hit straight
9	b4	1	Wilson to Ponting attempts to play across the line but it jumps up and gets his gloves
9	b5	1	Wilson to Katich pushed into the covers and fielded on the circle
9	b6	2	Wilson to Ponting outside off stump and deflected through point
End of over 10:			(10 runs scored) Australia 89-4 (Ponting 31*, 23 balls, Katich 10*, 12 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			AR Adams comes on to bowl
10	b1	1	Adams to Katich pulled to mid wicket
10	b2	1	Adams to Ponting
10	b3	1	Adams to Katich sliced into covers
10	b4	0	Adams to Ponting pushed to point
10	b5	0	again attempts to deflect through point but Marshall cuts it off again
10	b6	2	strays down leg side and Ponting deflects it to fine leg where Mills does brilliantly to stop the boundary
End of over 11:			(5 runs scored) Australia 94-4 (Ponting 34*, 27 balls, Katich 12*, 14 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
11	b1	6	Wilson to Katich Whack! Pulled into the top tier at long on
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the Australia 100 took 11.1 overs
11	b2	0
11	b3	4	pulls a short ball behinf square
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the partnership of 50 (Ponting 28, Katich 22) took 38 balls
11	b4	4	cuts through point and manages to beat Marshall
11	b5	0	better line with an inswinger. defends and Wilson does his own fielding
11	b6	1lb	attempts to play across the line but just gets pad
End of over 12:			(15 runs scored) Australia 109-4 (Ponting 34*, 27 balls, Katich 26*, 20 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
12	b1	0	Adams to Katich defends on odd side. Ponting looks for the run andruns into Adams fielding
12	b2	1	hit to backward point and Marshall saves more runs
12	b3	4	Adams to Ponting pulled behinf square
12	b4	1	deflects it to short fine leg
12	b5	1	Adams to Katich just uses the wrists and pushes it swuare
12	b6	1	Adams to Ponting drives to long off
End of over 13:			(8 runs scored) Australia 117-4 (Ponting 40*, 30 balls, Katich 28*, 23 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
13	b1	2	Wilson to Ponting up and over the infield at mid wicket. Sinclaiur does well to stop a boundary
13	b2	4	down leg side and easy pickings to fine leg. Tuffey can't run it down
13	b3	4lb	same ball, same shot, same result
13	b4	0	this closer to leg stump and Ponting can't get this one away
13	b5	6	That one needs a ticket as its pulled onto the roof at mid wicket
			CricketArchive Oracles say that Ricky Ponting has made 50 in 35 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
13	b6	1	pushed out to forward point
End of over 14:			(17 runs scored) Australia 134-4 (Ponting 53*, 36 balls, Katich 28*, 23 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			CL Cairns comes on to bowl
14	b1	1	Cairns to Ponting drives straight
14	b2	2	Cairns to Katich
14	b3	0	shorter and a bit quicker. Katcih plays it back onto his stumps
			Katich b Cairns (30 runs, 25 balls, 2x4, 1x6)
© CricketArchive			MEK Hussey comes in to bat
			Hussey to the wicket in front of a big crowd
14	b4	1	Cairns to Hussey slower ball and Hussey picks it off through square leg
14	b5	2	Cairns to Ponting on off stump and drives straight
14	b6	1	slower ball pitched up and Ponting plays it to wide mid off
End of over 15:			(7 runs scored) Australia 141-5 (Ponting 57*, 39 balls, Hussey 1*, 1 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
15	b1	1	Wilson to Ponting wide of off stump and played wide of mid off
15	b2	2	Wilson to Hussey down leg side and Hussey plays too early and gets a leading edge that pops up over the bowler
15	b3	0	on off stump and pitched up. no runs for Hussey
15	b4	1	turned behind square
15	b5	1	Wilson to Ponting hits from outside off stump to wide mid on
15	b6	1	Wilson to Hussey
End of over 16:			(6 runs scored) Australia 147-5 (Ponting 59*, 41 balls, Hussey 5*, 5 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
16	b1	1	Cairns to Hussey slower ball pushed on off side
16	b2	1	Cairns to Ponting straight hit and Marshall fields to long off
16	b3	1	Cairns to Hussey
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the Australia 150 took 16.3 overs
16	b4	0	Cairns to Ponting drives straight and Cairns gets a foot to it to save runs
16	b5	1	drives a full toss to long on
16	b6	4	Cairns to Hussey Hussey uses his feet and places the ball in a small gap in the covers
End of over 17:			(8 runs scored) Australia 155-5 (Ponting 61*, 44 balls, Hussey 11*, 8 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			AR Adams comes on to bowl
17	b1	1	Adams to Ponting
17	b2	1	Adams to Hussey pulled through mid wicket
17	b3	1	Adams to Ponting uses his feet but doesn't quite get to it. Hit into the ground
17	b4	0	Adams to Hussey swing and a miss. Just misses off stump
17	b5	6	up and over. Gtes under the ball and its over the long on gence
17	b6	6	Pulls at the ball and it sails high into the stands at square leg
End of over 18:			(15 runs scored) Australia 170-5 (Ponting 63*, 46 balls, Hussey 24*, 12 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			DR Tuffey comes on to bowl
18	b1	6	Tuffey to Ponting And another six as this one sails over the long off boundary
			CricketArchive Oracles say that Ricky Ponting has made 500 runs in Twenty20 Matches
18	b2	2	pitched up this time and the run well to get two to mid on
18	b3	6	Goodbye! Too short again and he hits it down the ground for another six
18	b4	6	And again! Ponting enjoying this as he whips it off his legs over mid wicket. Bad half-volley there
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the partnership of 50 (Ponting 29, Hussey 24) took 25 balls
18	b5	4	Wonderful cover drive to keep the preasure on NZ
18	b6	6	Whack and another flat six over mid wicket. 30 off the over from Tuffey
			CricketArchive Oracles say that the Australia 200 took 18.6 overs
End of over 19:			(30 runs scored) Australia 200-5 (Ponting 93*, 52 balls, Hussey 24*, 12 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			Brings up the 200 for Australia
19	b1	1	Adams to Hussey cross batted shot down to long on
			Ponting gets his chance at 100
19	b2	4	Adams to Ponting wonderul tiing as he drives a fullish ball to long off
19	b3	2lb	off the pad
19	b4	1	tries to hit it over mid wicket but gets it into the ground
19	b5	6	Adams to Hussey pulls it well off the slower ball
19	b6	0	hits it back to the bowler. Adams throws at the stumps and Hussey has to scramble back
End of over 20:			(14 runs scored) Australia 214-5 (Ponting 98*, 55 balls, Hussey 31*, 15 balls)
Over	Ball	Runs
			A great comeback from Australia who were 54/4
			Ponting and Katich and later Hussey bring Australia back to set an imposing total
			10:11 GMT: End of innings