Security stepped up for Wellington one-dayer

The Eden Park give Australia's Brad Hogg a hard time. Phil Walter / Getty Images

Extra security and a "buffer-zone" will be in place for the second one-day cricket international between New Zealand and Australia to avoid a repeat of the alcohol-fuelled behaviour that disrupted play at Eden Park on Saturday.

Police arrested 10 people and evicted up to 40 others as behaviour on the terraces disintegrated during the evening, despite pre-match warnings from New Zealand Cricket that it would get tough on troublemakers.

Australian players were pelted with objects thrown from the stands.

At least five spectators, including a streaker, ran on to the field and play was stopped for 10 minutes.

New Zealand and Australian cricket management and police will meet tomorrow to discuss crowd control at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday.

Inspector Derek Davison said behaviour on the terraces at Eden Park "went downhill" from 6.30pm and police closed the bars at 7.30pm.

"The offending was wide-scale disorder - language, offensive [and] obstructive disorderly behaviour."

Mr Davison said plastic bottles, fruit and sunblock containers were thrown on to the field.

He would not comment on how many police were assigned to the game, but said it was no less that the number present at cricket internationals over the past three years.

Australian team manager Steve Bernard said crowd control was up to NZ Cricket and they were aware of the problem.

"I'm very satisfied they are taking all the measures they can to overcome this problem. Obviously, you're always worried," he said.

NZ Cricket was bitterly disappointed by the behaviour, said marketing manager Peter Dwan.

"I guess Australia are looking to us to show evidence of a reasonable response, and to give them a higher degree of security. We'll make sure we do that.

"We've already removed a lot of the seats at Wellington Stadium to create a buffer zone between the boundary fieldsmen and the stand.

"We'll also be bolstering security in those parts of the ground where there's likely to be interaction between the players and spectators."

New Zealand has a history of crowd problems during Australia tours, among them:

* A toilet seat thrown at Greg Matthews in 1986-87.

* In 2000, the team bus had tyres punctured and stabbed while players bought takeaways.

* Last year, Matthew Hayden was spat at during the one-dayer at Wellington, Simon Katich had a run-in with the crowd and Glenn McGrath was involved in an unseemly row with a security guard.

Mr Dwan said New Zealand was a "long way away" from measures such as alcohol bans and using wire netting to stop missiles.