Bond finishes off Aussies for 148 ...

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and chose to bowl in the first of three Chappell-Hadlee limited-overs cricket matches against Australia on Friday.

Fast bowler Daryl Tuffey returned to international cricket after a two-year absence to share the new ball with Shane Bond in a strong New Zealand lineup. Locally-based spinner Jeetan Patel was named 12th man and the well-performed right-hander Ross Taylor was promoted to three in the New Zealand order.

Michael Hussey was set to lead Australia for the second time in the absence of Ricky Ponting and to bat at No. 5 in the Australian order.

Fast bowler Shane Bond captured five wickets as New Zealand dismissed Australia for just 148 in Friday's first Chappell-Hadlee One-Day match on Friday.

Bond demolished the Australian batting line-up to finish with figures of 5-23 and leave the Kiwis chasing a modest total for victory in the opener of a three-match series on a lively Basin Reserve pitch.

The visitors were missing five key players - Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Michael Clarke - but their absence was only partially responsible for the batting collapse.

Beaten 2-0 by England in the tri-series finals last week, the Australians have struggled for form in their last few matches and are danger in falling below South Africa as the world's top One-Day team if they lose in New Zealand.

Stand-in captain Mike Hussey top-scored with 42 off 96 balls while Brad Hodge (22) and Brad Hogg (20) both made starts but only two other players reached double figures.

Bond, who took a hat-trick against the Australians in Hobart last month, continued his success against them with a supreme display of fast bowling.

He removed replacement opener Phil Jacques (one) and Gilchrist's standby wicketkeeper Brad Haddin (six) in his first spell, then took a superb one-handed catch to remove the dangerous Cameron White (13) in his second spell.

Bond completed his fourth five-wicket haul in One-Day Internationals when he clean bowled Nathan Bracken for a duck then Hogg to polish off the Australian innings inside 50 overs.

However, there was some concern for the hosts when big all-rounder Jacob Oram injured a finger after taking a routine catch off Mitchell Johnson and was rushed to hospital for X-rays.