An Australian bounce-back is assured but the Black Caps hope Fortress Cake Tin is their trump card as they look to secure the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with a match to spare.

New Zealand returned to the scene of their dual World Cup demolitions of England and West Indies with a Twenty20 stroll against Pakistan, and arrive for the second one-day cricket international with 11 wins from their last 13 completed ODIs at Wellington's Westpac Stadium.

Black Caps bowler Trent Boult will be in action today. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Home advantage certainly counted for plenty at the World Cup where the Black Caps went unbeaten in front of largely packed houses. It will be a decent crowd again on Saturday which will give the Black Caps some edge against a wounded Australian side with only David Warner and Steve Smith (in the T20 international of 2010) to have played at the ground.

"A little bit [of a factor]. We've just been on a pretty good roll. Aussie haven't lost in about seven series so they're going to definitely come out firing stronger. The public is still buzzing after the World Cup so it's nice to get big crowds," all-rounder Corey Anderson says.

A quick stats check revealed the world champions and top-ranked ODI side had won their past six bilateral ODI series, stretching back to the India tour of 2013-14.

The Australians, coming off a 159-run hammering in Auckland, welcomed an early morning fielding session on an "actual cricket ground" in the words of Warner. Not that the dimensions hurt them at Eden Park; it was reckless, overconfident batting against a fired-up pace duo of Trent Boult and Matt Henry.

The stadium dimensions are more orthodox than Auckland's, with 60-65m side boundaries and a straight hit of 75-80m. It's more of a narrow oval where batsmen can slog-sweep or play the pull shot with confidence.

"It's pretty short square. It is an advantage playing at home, we're familiar with conditions, ground size and that's something touring teams have to get used to," Anderson said.

As the all-rounder noted, a third successive bowling demolition of Australia on New Zealand soil is highly unlikely.

Australia's dual Eden Park collapses, 11 months apart, raised serious questions about their top order, especially when the ball wasn't doing a lot in the air or off the pitch on Wednesday. They folded for 148 in a scarcely believable 24.2 overs.

"We know they'll come out firing. They've copped a lot of heat from their media. It was a long series against India [in Australia] and they won 4-1 so they're a strong side and will come back stronger.

"We'll just keep doing what we're doing. We're not going to roll them over for 150 again. It doesn't happen often, and doing it twice at Eden Park is strange."

At Westpac Stadium the teams are 2-2, with New Zealand having won the last two trans-Tasman ODIs by 10 wickets in 2007 and 51 runs in 2010. Openers Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill, who took Australia's new ball attack apart in Auckland, are the only returnees from that match.

The Black Caps look likely to be unchanged, depending on whether any niggles were picked up in Auckland.

Australia did the right thing by including the dominant Usman Khawaja for Shaun Marsh after he was bizarrely left out for game one. Young legspinner Adam Zampa was summoned for his ODI debut to replace the injured James Faulkner after an impressive Twenty20 summer. He could be a target for New Zealand's batsmen to the short square boundaries on a drop-in that doesn't assist spin as much as it used to.

Not finishing off their first innings after a flying start was the main must-improve for the hosts, who look very hard to beat again if the top order fire.

"We were looking at 350 at one point and we got caught up with trying to keep the momentum. On that wicket we needed to take our time a bit and adjust and go again," Cory says.

AT A GLANCE

What: Second Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day international

Where: Westpac Stadium, Wellington

When: 2pm today, live on Sky Sport 1

TAB odds: New Zealand $1.87, Australia $1.87

New Zealand (likely): Brendon McCullum (captain), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Trent Boult.

Australia: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith (captain), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, John Hastings, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Josh Hazlewood.

- Stuff