- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR25.4 he's claiming it! What a ripper. Warner falls short of the Don's 6996, atleast today. Another overpitched ball outside off, and Warner brings his bat down to squirt it away. But he's toe-ended a full toss to the bowler's right and he dives forward with his right hand stretched out to take a one-hander just an inch from the ground. Out goes Warner, in walks Smith 75/212.6 Given LBW! No review. He had a long chat with Warner but walked off. Fuller length, hinting to shape away but it hit the seam and darted back to hit the pad below the knee roll. He was only half forward. Looked pretty good, but HawkEye says the ball would miss leg stump! Burns should've reviewed... 40/1101.3 Bowled him! Brilliant from Wagner! Around the legs from around the wicket! That's hard to do. 130kph, fuller length and some significant swing into the right hander, Labuschagne shuffled across the crease to trying to glance it fine, he exposed leg stump and Wagner hit it flush! 301/574.3 caught at leg gully! The plan works! Brilliant from Wagner and New Zealand. It was another bouncer but he finally plays instead of ducking, he pulls but it hurries him and he miscues it off the sticker of the bat straight to Southee at leg gully. Easy head high catch 207/382.1 ball of the day! Full outside off from around the wicket and Wade takes a big stride to cover off stump, but the ball swings in massively to clip the timber. Wade can't do anything but walk back looking at the replay screen 225/4112.1 driven straight to cover! Head is going to be disappointed with that shot. Southee had been testing his patience with the wide line outside off. This one was similar and Head couldn't rein his shot in, went for the drive, but it wasn't quite a half-volley and he didn't keep it along the ground, ends up getting it on the bottom half of the bat and driving straight to the man stationed there, possibly just for that shot. 325/6146.2 and he's caught down the legside. Southee and Wagner have four each. He bowled this short and down legside, Paine went to pull but got a glove only. Watling tumbles to his left and gathers the ball. 416/10134.4 Bowled him around his legs! Raval has a wicket in Tests! Brilliant piece of bowling. Great reward. This was drifting down leg, Cummins went down to sweep fine but didn't cover the line, it got under the bat, pitched outside leg, turned and hit leg stump! Shane Warne would have been happy with that 363/7144.6 superbly caught by Williamson running back at mid-off. Starc's adventurousness finally results in his downfall, not before a valuable contribution though. Length ball outside off, he swiped at it without moving his feet, it goes up high off the toe end, and Williamson keeps eyes on the ball while running back and holds on. 408/8145.6 third time lucky for Wagner. It's been an eventful over and it's ended with a wicket. The best short ball of the over perhaps, because it climbed into him and denied room to free his arms for the pull. Lyon had decided he's going to go for it, and does so again. Not so well controlled and picked out fine leg this time. 416/9Extras13 (b 2, lb 1, nb 2, w 8)TOTAL416 all out (146.2 Overs, RR: 2.84, 614 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Joe Burns, 12.6 ov), 2-75 (David Warner, 25.4 ov), 3-207 (Steven Smith, 74.3 ov), 4-225 (Matthew Wade, 82.1 ov), 5-301 (Marnus Labuschagne, 101.3 ov), 6-325 (Travis Head, 112.1 ov), 7-363 (Pat Cummins, 134.4 ov), 8-408 (Mitchell Starc, 144.6 ov), 9-416 (Nathan Lyon, 145.6 ov), 10-416 (Tim Paine, 146.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TG Southee 30.2 7 93 4 3.06 2 0 LH Ferguson 11 1 47 0 4.27 1 0 N Wagner 37 7 92 4 2.48 1 0 C de Grandhomme 22 8 37 1 1.68 0 2 MJ Santner 33 5 111 0 3.36 0 0 JA Raval 13 1 33 1 2.53 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 Bowled him! 140kph inswinger straight through the gate! Full and swinging down the line of leg stump, he tries whip through forward square, leaves a gaping hole between bat and pad, it brushes the front pad and then crashes into middle and leg stump! Way too good. He tried to play too square 1/20.5 caught and bowled! Leading edge just popped back to Starc! 144kph, back of a length angled into leg, it held in the surface, climbed and straightened, he closed the face of the bat trying to work through the leg side, it popped off the shoulder of the bat and looped back to Starc who took it casually in his follow through 1/122.4 Smith takes a blinder at second slip. Quick ball by Starc, on a length and moving away and it draws a poke and an edge from Williamson. It was flying at pace but Smith went airborne and was horizontal to his right at full stretch while plucking the ball out of the air. 77/345.6 everybody saw it coming. And it's all because of that one ball in his first over. That one giant monster of an offbreak that sneaked through bat and pad and nearly bowled Taylor has created demons. He doesn't know how much Lyon is turning the ball and as a result he's often been playing inside the line of the ball. Here too, a tossed up delivery, all tempting like, draws Taylor towards it. He tries to block it out but the ball dips, turns only just, juuuust enough to take the outside edge and land safely in Smith's hands. Masterful stuff from Lyon. 147/728.5 caught down the legside!. Starc was looking for that line, gave up a few runs off the last two balls, but this one was a bit straighter and Nicholls thought he was getting some more free runs, but he didn't make proper connection with the flick. Gets a thin touch that a gleeful Paine holds on to. Third wicket for Starc 97/428.6 castled him first ball! Full swinging delivery that is too good for a nightwatchman. Might have been too good for a main batsman too. Swung in late, landed at his feet and snuck through to break the stumps. He was a bit late in bringing down his bat I suppose but that was just a great ball to a lower order batsman. 97/537.3 softened him up! Or that's what everyone says anyway when a batsman is bowled after facing a short ball. Watling is slow in getting forward here. He has the right idea, the ball did need to be played. But Cummins has cranked it up. A 142 kph length ball kicks just a bit higher than he thinks it will, comes at him just a bit faster than he is ready for and it thuds into the bat even as he is still getting into the shot and ricochets onto the stumps. Spectacular bowling from Cummins. Just pure effort. Pure pain-barrier breaking effort 120/646.6 caught at second slip! Everyone waited for Aleem Dar. He took an age to give it. Then did. Then de Grandhomme reviewed after discussing with Santner. Was this off the helmet rather than glove? It was a brute of a bouncer straight at his face, he thrust the gloves up in hope. Did it touch the glove onto helmet and then to Smith at second? Nothing on hot spot. RTS seems inconclusive. It definitely came flush off the helmet. But there's no conclusive evidence for Marias Erasmus to overturn Aleem Dar's onfield decision. So it stays out! 155/854.4 bowled him through the gate with a classic leg break! Beautifully bowled. Tossed up into the footmarks outside Santner's off stump, he drives against the turn, it spins sharply through the gate and crashes into off stump! Shades of the King in that one 166/955.2 sliced to backward point and an easy catch for Neser! Lyon tossed it up, Southee's eyes lit up, he skipped down and tried to launch, he didn't quite get there, sliced across it as it didn't turn as much, it sliced high to backward point and Neser cruised around to take the catch easily 166/10Extras3 (b 1, lb 2)TOTAL166 all out (55.2 Overs, RR: 3, 262 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tom Latham, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Jeet Raval, 1.4 ov), 3-77 (Kane Williamson, 22.4 ov), 4-97 (Henry Nicholls, 28.5 ov), 5-97 (Neil Wagner, 28.6 ov), 6-120 (BJ Watling, 37.3 ov), 7-147 (Ross Taylor, 45.6 ov), 8-155 (Colin de Grandhomme, 46.6 ov), 9-166 (Mitchell Santner, 54.4 ov), 10-166 (Tim Southee, 55.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 18 2 52 5 2.88 0 0 JR Hazlewood 1.2 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 PJ Cummins 14.4 3 46 1 3.13 0 0 MS Wade 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0 NM Lyon 14.2 2 48 2 3.34 0 0 M Labuschagne 5 1 9 1 1.80 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.6 caught at mid off! A mistake from Warner. This was a length ball and he tried to pull, it got big on him and hurried him, he spooned it off the splice and it floated to mid on with Blundell coming in to take the catch. Warner lost control of the bat after he hit it, such was the surprise 44/147.2 caught at gully! A brute that flies off the gloves! 128kph, from around the wicket, banged in, it reared at him, he jumped and fended, punching it off the gloves into the gully, Nicholls does well, low to his left to take the catch 148/342.2 mis-hit pull shot to forward square! Wagner gets him again! This was banged in, cramping him for room, he tried to pull, he clothed it, completely mis-hit it straight to Santner who took an easy catch at forward square 131/250.1 caught at deep square! Wagner sucks him in again! Another short ball, he took on the pull shot, he hit it flat and hard but straight to Raval who is about 30 metres from the rope for that exact shot and he takes the catching rolling to his right! Wagner is a marvel. 154/463.5 caught at deep square! A chest high short ball at 120kph, he takes on the pull shot with a man out, which he didn't do against Wagner, hits it flat but not out of the middle and straight to Raval running in from deep square. Good catch from Raval again 189/851.6 caught at leg gully! That was always going to happen. He had been riding his luck glancing fine of leg gully and short of him. This was short into the hip, he played away from the body, and glanced it straight to him. Easy catch for de Grandhomme. It was like catching practice. 160/553.2 Bowled him! Good length angled from around the wicket. It was a scrambled seam, Paine pushed from the crease but played down the wrong line, it just wobbled in a touch, beat the inside edge and lit up the top of middle! 160/662.6 caught down the leg side! Another for Wagner. Back of a length down leg, he shuffled back and across to glance, got a little tickle of the face of the bat and it was an easy catch for Watling 180/769.1 caught at a catching third man! Length ball angled across Starc, he tried to hit this to Rottnest island, heaving across the line, he gets a thick edge that flies to Taylor who has been smartly placed at a fine catching third man. Easy catch. Five for Southee. His best performance against Australia 217/9Extras21 (lb 7, nb 6, w 8)TOTAL217/9d (69.1 Overs, RR: 3.13, 325 minutes)Did not bat: JR HazlewoodFall of wickets: 1-44 (David Warner, 17.6 ov), 2-131 (Marnus Labuschagne, 42.2 ov), 3-148 (Joe Burns, 47.2 ov), 4-154 (Steven Smith, 50.1 ov), 5-160 (Travis Head, 51.6 ov), 6-160 (Tim Paine, 53.2 ov), 7-180 (Pat Cummins, 62.6 ov), 8-189 (Matthew Wade, 63.5 ov), 9-217 (Mitchell Starc, 69.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TG Southee 21.1 6 69 5 3.25 3 0 C de Grandhomme 17 2 47 1 2.76 1 3 N Wagner 23 4 59 3 2.56 4 3 MJ Santner 8 0 35 0 4.37 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.2 goodbye and goodnight, Jeet! Short of length on off, he jabs at this with hard hands, the ball hits a crack and bounces extra to lob off the shoulder of the bat and Lyon takes a dolly at point. A forgettable Test for Jeet Raval. 6/123.3 lbw appeal, given not out! The Australians are laughing and reviewing. It drifted in and slid on. He went back and was hit on the back pad infront of leg. No bat. He was very deep on the crease. Hawkeye had it smashing middle and leg! What was Aleem Dar watching? That looked plumb live. Latham is out via review. 57/49.1 gone! Sharp turn, bounce, jab from Williamson and a simple catch at short leg. This one turned a mile, Williamson taken aback by the bounce, off the glove, thigh pad and easy catch. Lyon is on a hat-trick 21/222.4 caught behind! Under-edge trying to pull! 145kph, back of a length outside off, he tried to pull again but maybe it wasn't quite short enough, he got a thin bottom edge, Paine took the straight forward chance. Big scalp for Starc. Seven in the match now. 57/339.4 drifts in from around the stumps, Nicholls looks to work it with the angle past short leg with his bat well in front of the pad, but this one hits the pad and then lobs off the back of the bat on the rebound. Head dives full-length forward and plucks out a one-handed catch. And with that, they'll take tea. 98/560.6 has he tickled this down leg while trying to get out of the way? Yes, he has! Targeted at his ribcage, Watling is unmoved. Australia review. Hotspot shows a very faint mark on the glove, so the onfield decision will have to be reversed and Watling's defiance has been broken. Excellent decision to review. 154/759.3 got him, got him! Superb delivery. A lifter from around the stumps into CDG's body, he looks to fend but can only get some glove on this as it deflects to Smith, who takes a good low catch at slip. 154/661.5 hostile bowling right out of the top drawer! Another short ball, a snorter which Santner looks to get out of the way, but this is so furiously fast that it thuds into his glove even as he looks away. Travis Head at silly point is right on the money as he grabs the deflection! 154/865.3 edged, taken and that's the Test for Australia. This one drifts away and skids through, Southee plays down the wrong line to get a thin edge and Smith does the rest. 171/1062.6 snorter! Gets the edge in trying to fend another short ball, kisses the edge through to Paine. Australia one strike away as Lockie comes out at No. 11 163/9Extras9 (lb 6, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL171 all out (65.3 Overs, RR: 2.61, 290 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Jeet Raval, 6.2 ov), 2-21 (Kane Williamson, 9.1 ov), 3-57 (Ross Taylor, 22.4 ov), 4-57 (Tom Latham, 23.3 ov), 5-98 (Henry Nicholls, 39.4 ov), 6-154 (Colin de Grandhomme, 59.3 ov), 7-154 (BJ Watling, 60.6 ov), 8-154 (Mitchell Santner, 61.5 ov), 9-163 (Neil Wagner, 62.6 ov), 10-171 (Tim Southee, 65.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 14 5 45 4 3.21 0 0 PJ Cummins 19 6 31 2 1.63 2 1 NM Lyon 22.3 3 63 4 2.80 0 0 TM Head 5 1 13 0 2.60 0 0 M Labuschagne 5 0 13 0 2.60 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, Tea 15.00-15.20, Dinner 17.20-18.00, Close 20.00
Match days
12,13,14,15 December 2019 - day/night match (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 40, New Zealand 0
Close of Play
- Thu, 12 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 248/4 (M Labuschagne 110*, TM Head 20*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 13 Dec - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 109/5 (LRPL Taylor 66*, BJ Watling 0*, 32 ov)
- Sat, 14 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 167/6 (MS Wade 8*, PJ Cummins 1*, 57 ov)
- Sun, 15 Dec - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 171 (65.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Australia: 200 runs in 66.1 overs (403 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: Australia - 217/9 in 69.1 overs (NM Lyon 0)
- New Zealand 2nd innings
- Lunch: New Zealand - 31/2 in 12.0 overs (TWM Latham 10, LRPL Taylor 5)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 20.4 overs (124 balls), Extras 2
- Over 23.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - TWM Latham (Upheld)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 66/4 in 25.0 overs (HM Nicholls 3, BJ Watling 6)
- Tea: New Zealand - 98/5 in 39.4 overs (BJ Watling 20)
- Over 39.4: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - HM Nicholls (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 39.6 overs (240 balls), Extras 2
- Over 47.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - C de Grandhomme (Upheld)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (BJ Watling 16, C de Grandhomme 32, Ex 2)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 57.3 overs (346 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: New Zealand - 152/5 in 59.0 overs (BJ Watling 39, C de Grandhomme 33)
- Over 60.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - BJ Watling (Upheld)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 147/7 in 46.0 overs (C de Grandhomme 15)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 46.3 overs (279 balls), Extras 2
- Over 46.6: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - C de Grandhomme (Struck down)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 166/10 in 55.2 overs (LH Ferguson 0)
- Australia 2nd innings
- Lunch: Australia - 1/0 in 1.0 overs (DA Warner 1, JA Burns 0)
- Over 9.6: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - DA Warner (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 30/0 in 15.0 overs (DA Warner 17, JA Burns 10)
- Australia: 50 runs in 19.2 overs (120 balls), Extras 6
- Over 26.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batsman - M Labuschagne (Struck down)
- Tea: Australia - 75/1 in 27.0 overs (JA Burns 32, M Labuschagne 18)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (JA Burns 18, M Labuschagne 29, Ex 3)
- Australia: 100 runs in 31.5 overs (196 balls), Extras 9
- JA Burns: 50 off 102 balls (6 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 131/1 in 42.0 overs (JA Burns 51, M Labuschagne 50)
- M Labuschagne: 50 off 79 balls (3 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 49.1 overs (300 balls), Extras 12
- End Of Day: Australia - 167/6 in 57.0 overs (MS Wade 8, PJ Cummins 1)
- Australia: 250 runs in 91.4 overs (552 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (M Labuschagne 19, TM Head 33, Ex 0)
- Australia: 300 runs in 101.2 overs (610 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Australia - 302/5 in 103.0 overs (TM Head 40, TD Paine 1)
- TM Head: 50 off 86 balls (9 x 4)
- Over 113.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - TD Paine (Struck down)
- Lunch: Australia - 337/6 in 117.0 overs (TD Paine 15, PJ Cummins 5)
- Australia: 350 runs in 126.6 overs (764 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Australia - 363/7 in 134.4 overs (TD Paine 26)
- Australia: 400 runs in 141.5 overs (853 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: Australia - 416/10 in 146.2 overs (JR Hazlewood 0)
- Tea: Australia - 416/10 in 146.2 overs (JR Hazlewood 0)
- New Zealand 1st innings
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 53/2 in 16.0 overs (KS Williamson 18, LRPL Taylor 34)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (KS Williamson 18, LRPL Taylor 34, Ex 0)
- LRPL Taylor: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 1
- End Of Day: New Zealand - 109/5 in 32.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 66, BJ Watling 0)
- Australia 1st innings
- Drinks: Australia - 40/1 in 13.0 overs (DA Warner 26)
- Australia: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 6
- Lunch: Australia - 76/2 in 27.0 overs (M Labuschagne 15, SPD Smith 0)
- Australia: 100 runs in 38.5 overs (234 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Australia - 110/2 in 43.0 overs (M Labuschagne 38, SPD Smith 11)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 138 balls (M Labuschagne 32, SPD Smith 17, Ex 1)
- M Labuschagne: 50 off 102 balls (8 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 55.2 overs (333 balls), Extras 9
- Tea: Australia - 160/2 in 57.0 overs (M Labuschagne 68, SPD Smith 31)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 231 balls (M Labuschagne 61, SPD Smith 41, Ex 1)
- Australia: 200 runs in 73.2 overs (441 balls), Extras 9
- M Labuschagne: 100 off 166 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Australia - 209/3 in 76.0 overs (M Labuschagne 104, MS Wade 1)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- End Of Day: Australia - 248/4 in 90.0 overs (M Labuschagne 110, TM Head 20)
Match Coverage
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Increased workload not a worry for Nathan Lyon, Tim Paine's trump card
"If I have to bowl a lot of overs, I'll do whatever it takes for the team"
Success against Steven Smith 'a good thing' - Gary Stead
New Zealand coach also weighed in on the worrisome depletion of pace-bowling resources in his squad due to injury
'It's going to be a bit of bodyline this series' - Tim Paine
Short-ball tactics from Neil Wagner and Mitchell Starc is 'great theatre' according to Australia captain
Australia 'are moving in the right direction' - Tim Paine
Australia captain lauded how his side put in the hard yards after an injured Hazlewood went down early in the game