Marnus Labuschagne's gritty 56 off 52 saw Australia reach a modest total by the end of allotted 50 overs.
March 13, 2020In the wake of the novel coronavirus, Cricket Australia has announced that the ongoing series will be played in front of empty stands.
March 13, 2020The only difference between squads for Australia's series against South Africa and New Zealand is Jhye Richardson, who will not feature against Blackcaps.
February 26, 2020Nathan Lyon took the wickets of Tom Blundell (49), Jeet Raval (31), William Somerville (0), Neil Wagner (0) and Matt Henry (3) to return with 5/68.
January 5, 2020New Zealand team management had to ask batting coach Peter Fulton, a veteran of 23 Tests, to be ready in case he was required to field.
January 4, 2020Notably, New Zealand have already lost the series after losing the first two matches by 296 and 247 runs to Australia.
January 4, 2020Marnus Labuschagne made 215 off 363 deliveries before his marathon knock was ended caught and bowled by spinner Todd Astle.
January 4, 2020Matthew Wade was batting on 22, along with Labuschagne at the end of the day.
January 3, 2020Australia won the first test by 296 runs in Perth and the second at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by 247, both in four days.
January 1, 2020Having won the first Test as well, Australia have now taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series with the last Test to be played in Sydney.
December 29, 2019New Zealand tailender Mitchell Santner survived a controversial caught-behind review, while the replay showed the ball took a slight touch of his gloves.
December 28, 2019New Zealand began the day already in trouble on 44 for two, having lost batting kingpin Kane Williamson and makeshift opener Tom Blundell.
December 28, 2019Tim Paine expressed his discontentment after getting out by a controversial DRS decision and then seeing Ross Taylor getting saved by the TV Umpire.
December 27, 2019Wagner returned figures of 4 for 83, while Tim Southee ended with 3 for 103.
December 27, 2019Smith, who came in next, then took the team to lunch without any further wicket falling. During his brief stay before the first break, Smith was seen engaged in a heated argument with on-field umpire Nigel Llong.
December 26, 2019The 80,473 who attended was second-biggest for a non-Ashes fixture on Boxing Day, behind the 85,661 who witnessed Australia play the West Indies in 1975.
December 26, 2019According to Cricket Australia, they have only fielded five once before in the past decade -- at the 2013 Sydney Test against Sri Lanka.
December 25, 2019