New Zealanders 4 for 290 (McCullum 146, Taylor 45*, Pattinson 2-65) v Australia A
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Brendon McCullum's blazing 146 from a mere 115 balls pushed the New
Zealand tourists to a firm 4 for 290 against Australia A after a rain
and bad light-shortened first day in Brisbane, at the same time denting
the Test hopes of several local fast bowlers.
Sent in to bat under overcast skies by the Australia A captain George
Bailey, McCullum and his opening partner Martin Guptill added a slick
148 in only 28.2 overs before the first wicket fell, confounding an
Australian attack that featured the pacemen Ben Hilfenhaus, Mitchell
Starc, Ben Cutting and James Pattinson.
Each fast man was taken for more than four runs an over, as McCullum
pelted the boundaries of Allan Border Field with no fewer than 21 fours
and 6 sixes. He was eventually dismissed by Hilfenhaus, heaving rashly
outside off stump and being caught behind, though the method had already
brought him great success.
Cutting, the subject of plenty of early season hype in his native
Queensland, was not introduced by Bailey until late in the first
session, waiting until even the left-arm spinner Michael Beer had been
given a bowl.
Aside from Guptill's quiet 43, Ross Taylor collected an unbeaten 45 as
the light began to fade, while Jesse Ryder will be annoyed to have
reached 22 then swung a Ben Cutting delivery straight to deep backward
square leg.
Kane Williamson, scorer of an unbeaten 284 for Northern District against
Wellington in his last first-class appearance, was the only batsman not
to make a start, pinned lbw by Pattinson for three.
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