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Match summary

Australia in New Zealand

1st Test / Day 1 of 5 / Wellington (BR)

New Zealand Yet to bat. Australia 279 for 9.

At close of play.

Australia are 279 for 9.

Australia 1st innings

Total

279 for 9, from 85 overs.

Batting

  1. Smith c Blundell b Henry; 31 runs, 71 balls, 4 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 43.66
  2. Khawaja b Henry; 33 runs, 118 balls, 3 fours, 1 sixes, and a strike rate of 27.97
  3. Labuschagne c Mitchell b Kuggeleijn; 1 runs, 27 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 3.70
  4. Green not out; 103 runs, 155 balls, 16 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 66.45
  5. Head c Blundell b O'Rourke; 1 runs, 6 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 16.67
  6. Marsh c Blundell b Henry; 40 runs, 39 balls, 6 fours, 1 sixes, and a strike rate of 102.56
  7. Carey (wk) c Williamson b Kuggeleijn; 10 runs, 20 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 50.00
  8. Starc c Latham b O'Rourke; 9 runs, 33 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 27.27
  9. Cummins (c) lbw b Ravindra; 16 runs, 24 balls, 0 fours, 2 sixes, and a strike rate of 66.67
  10. Lyon c Blundell b Henry; 5 runs, 19 balls, 1 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 26.32
  11. Hazlewood not out; 0 runs, 0 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 0.00

Extras

30 from 11 byes, 6 legbyes, 2 noballs, 11 wides.

Fall of Wickets

  • Steven Smith at 61 for 1, from 24.1 overs
  • Marnus Labuschagne at 65 for 2, from 30.6 overs
  • Usman Khawaja at 88 for 3, from 40.2 overs
  • Travis Head at 89 for 4, from 41.3 overs
  • Mitchell Marsh at 156 for 5, from 54.2 overs
  • Alex Carey at 176 for 6, from 62.1 overs
  • Mitchell Starc at 211 for 7, from 71.2 overs
  • Pat Cummins at 244 for 8, from 78.5 overs
  • Nathan Lyon at 267 for 9, from 83.6 overs

Bowling

  1. Southee: 20overs, 4 maidens, 68 runs, 0 wickets, and an economy of 3.40.
  2. Henry: 20overs, 7 maidens, 43 runs, 4 wickets, and an economy of 2.15.
  3. O'Rourke: 20overs, 8 maidens, 59 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 2.95.
  4. Kuggeleijn: 17overs, 1 maidens, 56 runs, 2 wickets, and an economy of 3.29.
  5. Mitchell: 4overs, 0 maidens, 17 runs, 0 wickets, and an economy of 4.25.
  6. Ravindra: 4overs, 0 maidens, 19 runs, 1 wickets, and an economy of 4.75.

Match details

  • Toss: New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
  • Venue: Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington
  • Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle
  • Umpire: Marais Erasmus
  • Umpire: Michael Gough
  • Reserve umpire: Wayne Knights
  • TV umpire: Nitin Menon