You beauty! Black Caps romp to victory in stunning finish

Black Caps bowler Corey Anderson pictured in action during play in the third ODI between New Zealand and Australia. Photo / Alan Gibson

Trans-Tasman cricketing rivalry took another exponential heated turn last night in Hamilton with a controversy to rank alongside the Underarm, the Greg Dyer catch and the Scott Styris-Mitchell Johnson helmet-butting.
In a fitting farewell to captain Brendon McCullum from the limited overs game, New Zealand triumphed by 55 runs to defend the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy they won in last year's World Cup pool game.
The pendulum to victory swung on one moment which will be debated ad nauseam.
In the 34th over Matt Henry delivered an attempted yorker to Mitchell Marsh who was set on 41 at a run a ball. With rain threatening, Australia were on par with the Duckworth-Lewis Method calculation at 164 for six.
Marsh hit the ball into his boot and Henry caught it in his follow-through. He gave a half-hearted appeal - to the ether rather than the umpire - and returned to his mark.

Then the crowd saw the big screen replay. Henry had reached the top of his run-up. The scene erupted. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum consulted umpire Ian Gould about a retrospective catch. Gould consulted with the television official and Marsh, after an interminable wait, was dismissed.
The batsman fumed. A McCullum olive branch on way back to pavilion was dismissed curtly. The key question in the aftermath will surely be whether it was a dead ball? There was no question over its veracity as a catch.
Perhaps it was simply a case where the benefits of technology, via the big screen, reached their capacity. Justice was ultimately done, but the discussion will centre on whether that was within the laws.
New Zealand's recovery, defending their total of 246 on a slowing wicket was a credit to the tenacity of the McCullum era. They always believe. That was exemplified by the final run out from Henry Nicholls to dismiss Scott Boland after 43.4 overs.
First David Warner, then Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith and finally Glenn Maxwell, the visitors' key batting quartet had exited by 94 after 19 overs.
Ish Sodhi, a late call-up when Mitchell Santner injured his foot, was arguably the pick of the bowlers getting those latter two wickets. The triumph on his face was memorable.
Earlier, at 221 for four after 40 overs, the New Zealand platform was set but 33 balls later they were all out for 246 after Australia opted to field. Any option of acceleration or even survival was extinguished.
New Zealand's innings in the first two matches had suffered from a dearth of runs in the middle order.
On this occasion Grant Elliott and Corey Anderson looked to have averted a crisis with a 52-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Elliott's 50 off 62 balls included just one four and one six; singles were his currency.
Anderson toiled to 27 off 45 balls which included a solitary six.
They were ready to press the launch button but any hope of pyrotechnics fizzled as Australia doused them with penetrative bowling. Luke Ronchi, Doug Bracewell, Adam Milne, Sodhi and the not out Henry made seven runs between them.
John Hastings (7.3-0-42-2) and Marsh (6-0-34-3) picked up from the match-winning efforts at Wellington while Josh Hazlewood (10-0-45-2) and Boland (9-0-59-2) also reaped reward.
Adam Zampa produced a tidy consecutive 10 overs of leg spin, giving away few four balls. His final eight overs cost 32 and picked up the crucial wicket of top-scorer Guptill sweeping against him.
Earlier, McCullum in his final ODI innings blasted 47 off 27 balls and Guptill eased to 59 off 61.