Australia v New Zealand, Melbourne

Australia 467/10 & 168/5

New Zealand 148/10 & 240/9

Australia won by 247 runs

Australia v New Zealand 2019 · 2nd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–29 Dec 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.06× +6%

New Zealand

0.84× -16%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TA Blundell New Zealand

136 +212

TM Head Australia

142 +177

TWM Latham New Zealand

58 +91

TD Paine Australia

79 +89

Steve Smith Australia

92 +88

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins5/28

NM Lyon4/81

N Wagner4/83

JL Pattinson3/34

Top score

121

TA Blundell · New Zealand

Biggest stand

150

6th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–19

3 wkts for 19 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultAustralia won by 247 runs

Length4 days

Australia

467 /10 (155.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c TG Southee b N Wagner	41	64	3	0	64.06
JA Burns	b TA Boult	0	1	0	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	b C de Grandhomme	63	149	6	1	42.28
Steve Smith	c HM Nicholls b N Wagner	85	242	10	1	35.12
MS Wade	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	38	78	3	0	48.72
TM Head	c MJ Santner b N Wagner	114	234	12	0	48.72
TD Paine	lbw b N Wagner	79	138	9	0	57.25
MA Starc	c Kane Williamson b TG Southee	1	3	0	0	33.33
JL Pattinson*	not out	14	11	2	0	127.27
PJ Cummins	c TWM Latham b TG Southee	0	5	0	0	0.00
NM Lyon	c N Wagner b TG Southee	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 31 (b 5, lb 22, w 4)

Total 467/10 (155.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	31.0	3	91	1	2.94
TG Southee	33.1	7	103	3	3.11
C de Grandhomme	30.0	5	68	2	2.27
N Wagner	38.0	11	83	4	2.18
MJ Santner	20.0	1	82	0	4.10
TA Blundell	3.0	0	13	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-1 (JA Burns, 0.4)·2-61 (David Warner, 21.2)·3-144 (M Labuschagne, 49.5)·4-216 (MS Wade, 73.3)·5-284 (Steve Smith, 104.4)·6-434 (TD Paine, 148.1)·7-435 (MA Starc, 149.1)·8-458 (TM Head, 152.2)·9-463 (PJ Cummins, 153.3)·10-467 (NM Lyon, 155.1)

New Zealand

148 /10 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	50	144	4	0	34.72
TA Blundell	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	15	19	2	0	78.95
Kane Williamson	c TD Paine b JL Pattinson	9	14	1	0	64.29
LRPL Taylor	c JA Burns b PJ Cummins	4	28	0	0	14.29
HM Nicholls	lbw b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00
BJ Watling	c JA Burns b JL Pattinson	7	17	1	0	41.18
C de Grandhomme	c David Warner b MA Starc	11	33	1	0	33.33
MJ Santner	c TD Paine b JL Pattinson	3	32	0	0	9.38
TG Southee	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	10	11	2	0	90.91
N Wagner*	not out	18	20	2	1	90.00
TA Boult	b MA Starc	8	13	0	1	61.54

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 3)

Total 148/10 (54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	12.5	5	30	2	2.34
PJ Cummins	17.0	5	28	5	1.65
JL Pattinson	15.0	2	34	3	2.27
NM Lyon	9.0	1	35	0	3.89
MS Wade	1.0	0	13	0	13.00

Fall of wickets

1-23 (TA Blundell, 5.4)·2-39 (Kane Williamson, 12.2)·3-46 (LRPL Taylor, 20.1)·4-46 (HM Nicholls, 20.2)·5-58 (BJ Watling, 25.2)·6-97 (C de Grandhomme, 36.1)·7-112 (TWM Latham, 46.3)·8-116 (MJ Santner, 47.6)·9-124 (TG Southee, 50.6)·10-148 (TA Boult, 54.5)

Australia

168 /5 (54.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c TA Blundell b N Wagner	38	65	3	0	58.46
JA Burns	c BJ Watling b MJ Santner	35	100	2	1	35.00
M Labuschagne	run out	19	33	0	0	57.58
Steve Smith	c TG Southee b N Wagner	7	11	1	0	63.64
TM Head	b N Wagner	28	64	2	0	43.75
MS Wade*	not out	30	54	1	0	55.56

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)

Total 168/5 (54.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	9.0	0	30	0	3.33
TG Southee	15.0	3	44	0	2.93
C de Grandhomme	5.0	0	14	0	2.80
N Wagner	17.2	2	50	3	2.88
MJ Santner	8.0	0	22	1	2.75

Fall of wickets

1-62 (David Warner, 20.1)·2-100 (M Labuschagne, 31.1)·3-110 (JA Burns, 33.6)·4-110 (Steve Smith, 34.4)·5-168 (TM Head, 54.2)

New Zealand

240 /9 (71.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c TD Paine b JL Pattinson	8	21	1	0	38.10
TA Blundell	c NM Lyon b M Labuschagne	121	210	16	0	57.62
Kane Williamson	lbw b JL Pattinson	0	9	0	0	0.00
LRPL Taylor	b JL Pattinson	2	4	0	0	50.00
HM Nicholls	st TD Paine b NM Lyon	33	52	3	1	63.46
BJ Watling	c David Warner b NM Lyon	22	63	3	0	34.92
C de Grandhomme	c David Warner b NM Lyon	9	12	1	0	75.00
MJ Santner	c TD Paine b NM Lyon	27	46	5	0	58.70
TG Southee	run out	2	3	0	0	66.67
N Wagner*	not out	6	7	1	0	85.71

Extras 10 (lb 7, w 2, nb 1)

Total 240/9 (71.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	15.0	3	59	0	3.93
PJ Cummins	18.0	4	47	0	2.61
JL Pattinson	12.0	3	35	3	2.92
NM Lyon	23.0	4	81	4	3.52
M Labuschagne	3.0	1	11	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-32 (TWM Latham, 8.4)·2-33 (Kane Williamson, 11.2)·3-35 (LRPL Taylor, 11.6)·4-89 (HM Nicholls, 29.2)·5-161 (BJ Watling, 49.2)·6-172 (C de Grandhomme, 51.4)·7-212 (MJ Santner, 65.5)·8-214 (TG Southee, 67.2)·9-240 (TA Blundell, 70.6)