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87th over: Australia 283-9 (Green 107, Hazlewood 0) Southee’s figures (0-68) don’t show it but he bowled pretty well yesterday. He copped some welly from Mitch Marsh in that whirlwind 40 and some late stick from Green as he accelerated to three figures. And he’s on target today to Green. The fourth ball rears off a length and hits Green on the piint of the left hip, buckling the big man for a moment. He exacts revenge on the next ball, taking a giant stride to the leg side and thwacking it to the boundary.
86th over: Australia 279-9 (Green 103, Hazlewood 0) And we’re away! Matt Henry, the day one star for New Zealand with 4-43, zings in a fast-medium yorker first up but Hazlewood digs it out nicely and sees out the over. Will Green pick up where he left off and open the shoulders in pursuit of 300? Tim Southee is about to find out…