Smith's record SCG knock drives Australia to victory

Dark Tops opener Martin Guptil reacted with his very own shimmering century yet New Zealand were just ready to marshal up 256 hard and fast in light of Australia's 324-8 and went 1-0 down in the three match arrangement.

Australia were urgent for a triumph having been cleared 5-0 in South Africa in September and October, considerably more so following a week where a line between batsman Glenn Maxwell and wicketkeeper Matt Swim overwhelmed the features.

Maxwell was given a group fine on Saturday for his feedback of Swim's captaincy of the Victoria state group, which Smith thought "impolite", and requested to convey the beverages as twelfth man.

Smith, having won the hurl, was soon demonstrating a comparably firm hand to the New Zealand bowlers, pounding 14 fours and four sixes in a 157-ball masterclass on a mild summer's evening at his home ground.

He had some assistance from the Dark Tops - wicketkeeper BJ Watling put down an extreme possibility when he was on 13 and Colin Munro another when he was on 152 - additionally some fit help from his colleagues.

Travis Head, dropped by Matt Henry on seven, scored 52 in a 127-run association for the fifth wicket and Swim's 38 included another 83 for the 6th.

That stand was finished with the flight to blissful praise of Smith, who miscued a Trent Boult conveyance high into the air over midwicket which Munro figured out how to hold.

New Zealand's reaction fell to a great extent on the shoulders of Guptil, who crushed 114 off 102 balls with 10 fours and six sixes, the remainder of which was a tremendous hurl over long-on to give him his lady ODI century against Australia.

Guptil additionally turned into the speediest New Zealand batsman to achieve 5,000 ODI runs.

When he withdrew, got at midwicket by Maxwell on as a substitute defender, New Zealand looked probably not going to have the capacity to match Australia's solid complete of 113 keeps running in the last 10 overs.

Smith additionally demonstrated his value in the field with a staggering plunging catch to reject Watling and paceman Josh Hazlewood (3-49) put in another noteworthy execution.

The arrangement proceeds in Canberra on Tuesday before finishing up in Melbourne on Friday.

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