Australia vs New Zealand 2016, 1st ODI: 5 talking points

#2 Mitchell Marsh does the first change bowler's job to perfection

Mitchell Marsh: Back on song

Mitchell Marsh has been short of form and was recently dropped from the Test team during the series against the Proteas. Thus, he was down on confidence going into this game and wasn't expected to start in the 11.

Interestingly, he was picked and also sent into bat at no.5 and bowled ahead of Pat Cummins as the first change bowler. The confidence in him seemed to do Marsh a world of good as he set about bowling a nice spell, running in with good rhythm and hitting the deck hard.

He bowled a maiden over to Colin Munro when he and Guptill were on the charge. The maiden shifted the momentum Australia's way and Marsh continued to bowl well. He picked up Watling's wicket later and added one more to end a good day of bowling.