new zealand won the toss and elected to bat. brendon mccullum was bowled in the fifth ball of the first over by mitchell starc. by the time the second wicket had fallen, that of martin guptill, new zealand were making slow progress and were 38 for 2 from 12 overs. kane williamson was caught and bowled the following over by mitchell johnson for 12 runs, followed by a maiden from josh hazlewood. by the halfway mark, new zealand were 93 for 3 with grant elliott on 39 and ross taylor on 20. taylor lasted until the 36th over when he was caught behind off the bowling of james faulkner for 40. faulkner enhanced his wicket maiden by bowling corey anderson for a duck, with new zealand on 150 for 5 after 36 overs. clarke caught luke ronchi from starc's bowling for a duck and daniel vettori was dismissed three overs later for eight, leaving new zealand on 167 for 7 from 41 overs. elliot fell to faulkner the following over, caught by brad haddin for 83, leaving both matt henry and tim southee at the crease on zero. both were dismissed in the 45th over, henry caught by starc off johnson and southee run out. new zealand's innings closed with them 183 all out.