Australia vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: New Zealand tour of Australia, 2016 Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra Date & Time: Dec 06, 02:20 PM LOCAL

David Warner scored his tenth ODI hundred to help Australia post a match-winning total © Cricbuzz

Martin Guptill will hold the key as he walks out to bat with Tom Latham. Starc to begin the proceedings now. How many slips? I guess, two of them.

This is going to be an uphill task and Guptill can surely sense the world of pressure trying to pull him down. Side-effects of good form. Can he repeat his act from the previous one-dayer here?

And there you go. Two boundaries in the first over. If the first drive wasn't as flowful you feel, the second hit is even more gorgeous. By the way, the first drive was mellifluous too. He is carrying off from where he had left.

And Hazlewood gets a red, hot welcome from Guptill. A boundary to begin before the patented whip-flick over mid-wicket for a huge six. He is getting stuck into the bowling already. Will the Aussies be worried? Could well be but their score is far too daunting to set any panic in right now.

A very good morning to one and all. We are minutes away from the toss of the all important match between the Trans-Tasman rivals in Canberra. In a short three-match series like this, losing the first game brings you very quickly to the brink of a series loss and New Zealand would be aware of the repercussions of how one tiny error can ruin their chances. Australia would push themselves hard to finish off the series here itself, without thinking of the cushion of the third match.

Steven Smith would be a very confident man, coming into this game on the back of a match-winning, career-best score of 164. The tourists would hope that there are more Guptill like performances today.

Do we have a series leveler on our hands? If that is what it turns out to be, the energies would be even more vibrant for the next game. As of now, let's not allow our focus to shift from Canberra. I'm Shirshendu Roy and will be there with you throughout the course of the game. To participate in discussions with us on this space, send in your tweets to me