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Smith’s 164 drives Australia to 324
- Updated: December 4, 2016
50 overs Australia 8 for 324 (Smith 164, Head 52) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Steven Smith plundered 164, the highest one-day international score ever made at the SCG, as Australia piled on 8 for 324 in the first Chappell-Hadlee match against New Zealand. Smith’s innings was the equal seventh highest by an Australian in ODIs, as well as his career-best score, and he had valuable support from Travis Head and Matthew Wade as New Zealand paid the price for a surprisingly sloppy display in the field.
Smith was dropped on 13 and again on 152, and Head survived on 7 when Matt Henry put down a sitter at mid-off, and two of the misses were particularly costly as the pair combined for a 127-run partnership that steered Australia safely through the middle overs. Australia had wobbled to 4 for 92 in the 21st over of the innings when Mitchell Marsh was run out backing up, but Smith and Head ensured a hefty target was set.
To win, New Zealand will need to complete the third-highest successful chase in a one-day international in Australia, but perhaps they can take heart from the fact that the two highest – 334 and 331 – both occurred at the SCG in the past six years. Still, they will rue letting Australia get away, with 101 runs coming in the last eight overs of the innings.
The innings had started poorly for Australia after Smith won the toss and chose to bat. Aaron Finch fell for a golden duck in the …
