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Capital records secure series win

Australia's bowlers fire after Warner's century and fifties to Smith, Head and Marsh power them to a massive total

The scorecard: Australia 5-378 (Warner 119, Marsh 76*, Smith 72, Head 57) beat New Zealand 262 (Williamson 81, Neesham 74, Cummins 4-41) by 116 runs

The match in a tweet: Australia reclaim the Chappell-Hadlee with a second successive thumping of New Zealand, thanks to David Warner's record-breaking century

The masterclass: Few dominate the white ball like David Warner. The opening boundary was a streaky outside edge that was just wide of a diving second slip, but that aside he barely set a foot wrong. Short, over-pitched, wide or too straight, there was simply no margin for error from the Black Caps bowlers, and Warner made them pay. He found the rope 14 times – clearing it just the once - but he scores so quickly there was simply no respite for the tourists.

Warner hits his sixth ODI century of 2016

The stat: With his 119 in Manuka, David Warner became the first Australian to score six ODI centuries in a calendar year. The previous Australian best was five, shared by Ricky Ponting (2007 and 2003) and Matthew Hayden (2007). Five of Warner's centuries have come in his past 14 matches, and he was also dismissed twice in the 90s this year, which would have put within touching distance of the world record, Sachin Tendulkar's nine tons in 1998.

Watch all 12 sixes in Australia's innings

The stat II: Manuka Oval has seen its fair share of high scores over the years, but Australia had never before scored as many against a fellow Test-playing nation on home soil. The 5-378 they racked up here eclipsed their previous highest score at this venue by 30 runs (but is short of the all-time Manuka Oval record, the 4-411 South Africa set during the 2015 World Cup). It was also two more than their previous best at home against Test-playing nations, the 9-376 scored at the SCG against Sri Lanka in the pool stage of that World Cup. Australia's highest score at home is the 6-417 scored against Afghanistan in Perth while the Australian record for anywhere is the infamous 4-434 in Jo'burg in '06.

Innings wrap: Aussies hammer record total

The brute strength: When Mitchell Marsh connects with a cricket ball, the crack of the bat rings around the ground. Marsh smashed seven sixes in his 40-ball knock of 76 – two more than the rest of Warner, Smith, Head and Wade combined. Three of them came in consecutive balls in the final over as Marsh ruined Matt Henry's previously respectable figures. Such is Marsh's power, once the ball left his bat, the burly right-hander often didn't bother to watch where his shot landed, wandering off to square leg to reset for the next delivery.

Marsh boosts Australia with quickfire 76

The arm-breaker: Jimmy Neesham played the best ODI innings of his career, but will take away one souvenir he would rather not have. A 147kph Mitchell Starc thunderbolt crashed into Neesham’s right elbow, making a sickening sound. At first the Black Caps allrounder met Starc’s stare, but when the bowler turned around, the Kiwi waved on the medical team post haste.

Neesham cops a Starc thunderbolt to the arm

The captain's knock: Steve Smith is in really, really ridiculously good form right now. An ODI career best of 164 at the SCG was followed here with another important knock. Smith was circumspect to begin with; a boundary was whipped away off his fourth ball but it would be another 35 before he found the fence again, rotating the strike with Warner all the while. The push to pile up a mammoth total saw Smith continue to chance his arm and go for his shots. Some of them paid off – like the six caught by the likely lad in the front row of the eastern hill stand who received a kiss from his better half – while a miscue high into the air ended his knock on 72 with an easy catch at deep point.

Smith continues hot form with 72 in Canberra

The low blow: Having already passed fifty and seemingly batting without a care in the world, Australia's captain faced up to Black Caps newcomer Colin de Grandhomme. A little bit of seam back in off the deck and the ball was past Smith's swipe to the leg side, and caught him flush on the box. The skipper dropped his bat, threw down his gloves then dropped to his knees before rolling over onto his back and sucking in the deep breaths. No sympathy from Warner, who was all smiles at the other end, offering a little pat on the check for his flattened skipper. Having composed himself, Smith had his revenge later in the same over, smashing the ball some 20 rows back.

Smith cops a very nasty blow

The Head master: Young South Australia batsman Travis Head is fast becoming a mainstay of the Australian middle order. He made his ODI debut in the middle of the Caribbean tri-series in the winter, but with Glenn Maxwell dropped for the tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa, Head was given a regular start. One half century in a handful of games and the jury was still out. But not now; a second consecutive half-century in this Chappell-Hadlee series and Head has underlined his prowess as a middle order anchor with a knack for big runs on the big occasion. A sign of the faith Australia now has in him, he was elevated up the order to No.4 in Canberra and made an immediate impact. Given a licence to swing, he raced out of the blocks, taking Colin de Grandhomme for 4-6-4 early in his innings to kick-start Australia's acceleration. And coupled with all that is some very tidy off-spin that tied down the Kiwis in the middle overs to justify leaving out a specialist spinner on a pace-friendly pitch.

Head hammers second consecutive fifty

The tactical move: On a batsman-friendly pitch and with the Kiwis taking their chances in the face of a massive target, the hard white Kookaburra was helping the tourists cash in to maximum value. Steve Smith knew something needed to change. A few cryptic hand signals from the slips cordon to the bowler's end imparted just enough to make his wishes clear - swivel the ball in the hand and bowl it cross seam. Pat Cummins did just that and, lo and behold, such is the skipper's midas touch, the ball held it's line just enough to take the outside edge of Martin Guptil's bat and land safely in the gloves of Matthew Wade. The dangerman was gone, the skipper looked like a genius, and the gloveman became the fifth Australian wicketkeeper to reach 100 ODI dismissals, behind Gilchrist, Healy, Haddin and Rod Marsh.

Smith's hand signal leads to a wicket

The consolation effort: Kane Williamson is a class act and the Black Caps skipper proved it once again with his innings at Manuka Oval. An accumulator rather than a blaster, he prefers to thread the needle and manipulated Australia's bowling into gaps seemingly at will. In his 100th ODI, this was his 26th half-century. He looked on course for a ton, but with the need to push the scoring rate, he tried to muscle a pull shot but only succeeded in picking out Warner. The Kiwi skipper lingered at the crease, distraught in the knowledge that with his wicket the match had certainly slipped from New Zealand's grasp.

Williamson leads the way for New Zealand

The wash-up: For the first time since February 2011, Australia has won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. In fact, it is the first bilateral series win for Australia against their trans-Tasman neighbours since 2010. With the silverware safely secured and memories of the 5-0 thrashing in South Africa fading fast into the distance, Australia will look to extend their dominance over this Kiwi outfit when the series shifts to Melbourne for the third and final ODI on Friday night.

Marsh clubs three straight sixes

Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith, George Bailey, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Jimmy Neesham, Colin Munro, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult

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