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Rajneesh Gupta
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Australia on Monday lost to New Zealand despite scoring a mammoth 346 for five in the third and final one-dayer of the three-match series.

New Zealand thus achieved the second highest winning total for a side batting second. The highest still remains South Africa's 438-9 also against Australia at Johannesburg last year.

Interestingly the top four slots in the losing column have all been taken by Australia!

ScoreWinnerMarginLoserScoreVenueSeason
438-9SA1 wicketAus434-4Johannesburg2005-06
350-9NZ 1 wicketAus346-5Hamilton2006-07
337-5NZ 5 wicketsAus336-4Auckland2006-07
332-8NZ 2 wicketsAus331-7Christchurch2005-06
330-7Aus3 wicketsSA326-3Port Elizabeth2001-02
326-8Ind2 wicketsEng325-5Lord's2002
325-5Ind5 wicketsWI 324-4Ahmedabad2002-03
324-2SL 8 wicketsEng321-7Headingley2006
319-7Pak3 wicketsInd315-6Ahmedabad2004-05
316-7Ind3 wicketsPak314-5Dhaka1997-98
316-4Aus6 wicketsPak315-8Lahore1998-99

The defeat was Australia's fifth in as many matches - a rare sight indeed.

The last time Australia had lost five matches in a row was about nine years back. Australia are now one short of equaling their worst streak of consecutive defeats.

The following table gives details of instances when Australia lost five matches in a row:

MatchesSeasonCaptain
61996-97Mark Taylor (5)/Ian Healy (1)
51986-87Allan Border (4)/Geoff Marsh (1)
51996-97Mark Taylor
51996-97 to 1997-98Steve Waugh (3)/Mark Taylor (2)
52006-07Ricky Ponting (2)/Mike Hussey (3)


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