Haddin ton see Aussies home(09-Mar-2010)
Brad Haddin's 110 helped Australia chase down a target of 246 for a six-wicket win over New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
Haddin and skipper Ricky Ponting (69) put on 151 for the second wicket to lay the platform for the tourists' successful run chase in the third one-day international.
Both fell with the winning line in sight but Cameron White (25no) and Adam Voges (13no) finished the job with 16 balls to spare.
Australia now lead the five-match series 2-1 and can clinch the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with victory in Auckland on Thursday.
Seam bowlers Ryan Harris (3-48) and Mitchell Johnson (3-41) had earlier taken three wickets apiece after Ponting had sent in New Zealand.
The Black Caps were soon reduced to 55-3 with the top three - Brendon McCullum (23), Peter Ingram (5) and Martin Guptill (21) - all back in the pavilion inside 11 overs.
Ross Taylor (62), who returned after missing the second match with a leg injury, and Neil Broom (24) steadied the innings with a fourth-wicket stand of 71.
Johnson broke the partnership by inducing an edge to first slip off Broom in the 23rd over.
And New Zealand were back in trouble at 146-5 when Taylor, having progressed to a 45-ball half-century including four fours and two sixes, mishooked a Shane Watson (2-26) bouncer to Michael Hussey on the square-leg fence.
Scott Styris (41) and Gareth Hopkins (45) dragged the home side above 200 during a sixth-wicket stand of 67.
But Styris became Watson's second victim in the 41st over, the start of a collapse that saw the last five wickets tumble in 27 balls as New Zealand were all out for 245 in 46.2 overs
Australia lost Watson (15) to a run out in the eighth over of their reply when wicketkeeper Hopkins hit the stumps direct.
Haddin and Ponting combined to break the back of the run chase as New Zealand's depleted attack struggled to make an impact.
Michael Mason, making his first international appearance since 2008 after injuries to Daryl Tuffey (calf) and James Franklin (hamstring), was taken for 20 by Ponting in his first over.
Pace spearhead Shane Bond also left the field towards the end of the match after taking a blow to the thumb of his left hand when attempting a tough caught-and-bowled chance off Haddin in the seventh over.
The Australia wicketkeeper was only on eight at the time and made the most of his opportunity to bring up his 50 in 51 balls, which included five boundaries and two sixes.
Haddin had another nervous moment on 83 when it appeared he had holed off part-time spinner Martin Guptill but Tim Southee failed to hold on when his elbows hit the ground.
There were no nerves in the 90s though from the right-hander who launched Styris' medium pace for a six - his fourth of the innings - to move to 99 then brought up three figures - his second one-day international hundred - with a single from the next ball.
Mason's returned to remove Ponting with a short ball for 69, Taylor holding the catch at midwicket.
Hussey (9), who was promoted to four after Michael Clarke's sudden departure back to Australia on the eve of the match, lasted only 15 balls.
Haddin then strode down the crease to a Daniel Vettori (1-36) delivery with 16 still required and was stumped by Hopkins, leaving White and Voges to complete the win with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 18.
Haddin and skipper Ricky Ponting (69) put on 151 for the second wicket to lay the platform for the tourists' successful run chase in the third one-day international.
Both fell with the winning line in sight but Cameron White (25no) and Adam Voges (13no) finished the job with 16 balls to spare.
Australia now lead the five-match series 2-1 and can clinch the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with victory in Auckland on Thursday.
Seam bowlers Ryan Harris (3-48) and Mitchell Johnson (3-41) had earlier taken three wickets apiece after Ponting had sent in New Zealand.
The Black Caps were soon reduced to 55-3 with the top three - Brendon McCullum (23), Peter Ingram (5) and Martin Guptill (21) - all back in the pavilion inside 11 overs.
Ross Taylor (62), who returned after missing the second match with a leg injury, and Neil Broom (24) steadied the innings with a fourth-wicket stand of 71.
Johnson broke the partnership by inducing an edge to first slip off Broom in the 23rd over.
And New Zealand were back in trouble at 146-5 when Taylor, having progressed to a 45-ball half-century including four fours and two sixes, mishooked a Shane Watson (2-26) bouncer to Michael Hussey on the square-leg fence.
Scott Styris (41) and Gareth Hopkins (45) dragged the home side above 200 during a sixth-wicket stand of 67.
But Styris became Watson's second victim in the 41st over, the start of a collapse that saw the last five wickets tumble in 27 balls as New Zealand were all out for 245 in 46.2 overs
Australia lost Watson (15) to a run out in the eighth over of their reply when wicketkeeper Hopkins hit the stumps direct.
Haddin and Ponting combined to break the back of the run chase as New Zealand's depleted attack struggled to make an impact.
Michael Mason, making his first international appearance since 2008 after injuries to Daryl Tuffey (calf) and James Franklin (hamstring), was taken for 20 by Ponting in his first over.
Pace spearhead Shane Bond also left the field towards the end of the match after taking a blow to the thumb of his left hand when attempting a tough caught-and-bowled chance off Haddin in the seventh over.
The Australia wicketkeeper was only on eight at the time and made the most of his opportunity to bring up his 50 in 51 balls, which included five boundaries and two sixes.
Haddin had another nervous moment on 83 when it appeared he had holed off part-time spinner Martin Guptill but Tim Southee failed to hold on when his elbows hit the ground.
There were no nerves in the 90s though from the right-hander who launched Styris' medium pace for a six - his fourth of the innings - to move to 99 then brought up three figures - his second one-day international hundred - with a single from the next ball.
Mason's returned to remove Ponting with a short ball for 69, Taylor holding the catch at midwicket.
Hussey (9), who was promoted to four after Michael Clarke's sudden departure back to Australia on the eve of the match, lasted only 15 balls.
Haddin then strode down the crease to a Daniel Vettori (1-36) delivery with 16 still required and was stumped by Hopkins, leaving White and Voges to complete the win with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 18.