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XtraTime Web Desk: Australia's World Cup preparations at home ended on an encouraging high note as they claimed a five-wicket victory (DLS method) over a depleted New Zealand at Brisbane's Allan Border Field on Friday. For the second time in as many matches, Steve Smith (91 off 108) and Glenn Maxwell (70 from 48) were the star batting turns for the hosts, putting together the key partnership of 104 (91 balls) in Australia's pursuit of 287, although the former skipper also provided the most alarming moment of the day when he appeared to aggravate his still-recovering elbow while running a single. Pat Cummins returned to a side that was captained by Alex Carey in the absence of a rested Aaron Finch, and the Blues speedster nabbed 4-32 from eight overs in a nice tune-up ahead of another three UK-based warm-up matches leading into Australia's June 1 tournament opener. Australia have scheduled an unofficial warm-up against the West Indies on May 22 ahead of the two ICC sanctioned official warm-up matches against England and Sri Lanka on May 25 and 27. Mitchell Starc (1-35) impressed for the second time in three days, finding swing and pace, and getting through eight overs in an encouraging showing. The Kiwis' total of 9-286 was built around performances from the now familiar faces of Will Young, who scored his second-straight century against the Aussies, and George Worker (59), while Jimmy Neesham put together an impressive cameo of 39 from 27 before a late collapse of 5-23 restricted a total that at one point looked certain to top 300. Despite not being part of the Black Caps' World Cup squad due to upcoming shoulder surgery, and without an ODI cap to his name, Young has been the dominant batsman of the series, posting scores of 60, 130 and today 111 (108 balls). And while this week-long warm-up series at Allan Border Field is unofficial, it is worth noting that the right-hander's overall tally of not far short of the New Zealand record for a three-match ODI series (held by Martin Guptill – 330 against England in 2013). David Warner's unhappy return to the opening slot continued when he was caught behind from the bowling of Matt Henry for two early in the run chase, and when Usman Khawaja (23), Shaun Marsh (32) and Marcus Stoinis (15) all came and went without making telling contributions, it was left to Smith and Maxwell to do the business with Australia at a precarious 4-137.