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Australia make New Zealand bat in deciding ODI

Australia won the toss and put New Zealand in to bat in the series-settling third and final one-day international in Hamilton on Monday. The match will be Brendon McCullum s 260th and last ODI before he plays two Tests against Australia and then bows out of international cricket later this month. It gives the New Zealand skipper a chance to lift the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, contested between the two countries, after Australia beat New Zealand in the World Cup final last year.New Zealand won the first ODI by 159 runs and Australia took the second by four wickets, and Captain Steve Smith said the way they batted in that game in Wellington two days ago influenced him to bat second again in Hamilton.‘We are going to have a bowl. It s quite a small ground, we have been chasing pretty well and the wicket looks good,’ he said.Australia have kept the same line up while New Zealand have been forced to change two with Ish Sodhi and Doug Bracewell coming into the side to replace an injured Mitchell Santner and an unwell Trent Boult.Teams: New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi, Ish Sodhi, Adam Milne, Doug Bracewell, Matt Henry.Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (capt), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa, John Hastings, Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood.