Aussies aim to salvage some pride

One-day international, Hamilton:
New Zealand v Australia
Match starts 0100 GMT, Tuesday
The Live Scores of the match will be available here.

Australia will be looking to stop the rot when they take on New Zealand in the final match of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series.

They were defeated in the first two games of the three-match series and are on a losing streak of four games.

Stand-in captain Mike Hussey has led Australia in the last three one-day matches and has yet to win, despite having twice scored centuries.

"Maybe I should get a duck, then we might win," he joked.


If you take probably three of the best one-day cricketers of all time out of that side, you're going to struggle

Brad Hodge on Australia's woes

New Zealand will be without bowlers Shane Bond and Daniel Vettori for the dead rubber on Tuesday.

The Kiwis' two most experienced bowlers suffered minor injuries on Sunday - Bond had a tight hamstring after bowling nine overs while Vettori's troublesome back is causing more discomfort.

Neither problem is believed to be serious and the duo would have played had the match been a decider.

Bond has proved almost unplayable by the Australians, taking 5-23 in the first match, and 1-7 in his first six overs of the second match.

He has been replaced by left-armer James Franklin while Vettori makes way for Jeetan Patel.

Australia batsman Brad Hodge said the squad was struggling with the absences of captain Ricky Ponting, wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist and the injured Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee.

"If you take probably three of the best one-day cricketers of all time out of that side, you're going to struggle," Hodge said.

"Minus Gilchrist, Ponting and Symonds they're pretty hard guys to fill their shoes.

"They'd make any world side in modern day cricket, so with them out it's awfully difficult to fill their shoes, and the guys who've just come in, finding your feet and finding the right mix, it's not as simple as it seems."

Teams:

New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), James Franklin, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Brendon McCullum (wicket-keeper), Craig McMillan, Jeetan Patel, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Daryl Tuffey, Lou Vincent.

Australia (from): Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Brad Haddin (wicket-keeper), Mike Hussey (captain), Brad Hodge, Cameron White, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait, Nathan Bracken, Glenn McGrath, Mitchell Johnson.