Australia v New Zealand, Wellington

Australia 383/10 & 164/10

New Zealand 179/10 & 196/10

Australia won by 172 runs

Australia v New Zealand 2024 · 1st Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 29 Feb 2024 – 3 Mar 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Australia

0.96× -4%

New Zealand

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

C Green Australia

208 +425

GD Phillips New Zealand

72 +125

MJ Henry New Zealand

56 +77

R Ravindra New Zealand

59 +64

UT Khawaja Australia

61 +58

Best bowling

Top match figures

NM Lyon6/65

GD Phillips5/45

MJ Henry5/70

NM Lyon4/43

Top score

174*

C Green · Australia

Biggest stand

116

10th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

4–17

4 wkts for 17 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultAustralia won by 172 runs

Length4 days

Australia

383 /10 (115.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steve Smith	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	31	71	4	0	43.66
UT Khawaja	b MJ Henry	33	118	3	1	27.97
M Labuschagne	c DJ Mitchell b SC Kuggeleijn	1	27	0	0	3.70
C Green*	not out	174	275	23	5	63.27
TM Head	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	1	6	0	0	16.67
MR Marsh	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	40	39	6	1	102.56
AT Carey	c Kane Williamson b SC Kuggeleijn	10	20	0	0	50.00
MA Starc	c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke	9	33	1	0	27.27
PJ Cummins	lbw b R Ravindra	16	24	0	2	66.67
NM Lyon	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	5	19	1	0	26.32
JR Hazlewood	c R Ravindra b MJ Henry	22	62	4	0	35.48

Extras 41 (b 12, lb 6, w 20, nb 3)

Total 383/10 (115.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	27.0	4	92	0	3.41
MJ Henry	30.1	11	70	5	2.32
W O'Rourke	27.0	10	87	2	3.22
SC Kuggeleijn	20.0	1	75	2	3.75
DJ Mitchell	4.0	0	17	0	4.25
R Ravindra	7.0	1	24	1	3.43

Fall of wickets

1-61 (Steve Smith, 24.1)·2-65 (M Labuschagne, 30.6)·3-88 (UT Khawaja, 40.2)·4-89 (TM Head, 41.3)·5-156 (MR Marsh, 54.2)·6-176 (AT Carey, 62.1)·7-211 (MA Starc, 71.2)·8-244 (PJ Cummins, 78.5)·9-267 (NM Lyon, 83.6)·10-383 (JR Hazlewood, 115.2)

New Zealand

179 /10 (43.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b MA Starc	5	13	1	0	38.46
WA Young	c AT Carey b MR Marsh	9	50	1	0	18.00
Kane Williamson	run out (M Labuschagne)	0	2	0	0	0.00
R Ravindra	c NM Lyon b JR Hazlewood	0	3	0	0	0.00
DJ Mitchell	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	11	37	1	0	29.73
GD Phillips	c MA Starc b JR Hazlewood	71	70	13	0	101.43
TA Blundell	c TM Head b NM Lyon	33	43	3	0	76.74
SC Kuggeleijn	c C Green b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0	0.00
MJ Henry	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	42	34	3	4	123.53
TG Southee	c TM Head b NM Lyon	1	5	0	0	20.00
W O'Rourke*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)

Total 179/10 (43.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	9.0	4	34	1	3.78
JR Hazlewood	12.0	0	55	2	4.58
PJ Cummins	10.0	2	33	1	3.30
MR Marsh	4.0	0	10	1	2.50
NM Lyon	8.1	2	43	4	5.27

Fall of wickets

1-12 (TWM Latham, 4.4)·2-12 (Kane Williamson, 4.6)·3-12 (R Ravindra, 5.3)·4-29 (DJ Mitchell, 16.6)·5-29 (WA Young, 17.1)·6-113 (TA Blundell, 31.3)·7-113 (SC Kuggeleijn, 31.5)·8-161 (GD Phillips, 40.3)·9-162 (TG Southee, 41.4)·10-179 (MJ Henry, 43.1)

Australia

164 /10 (51.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steve Smith	b TG Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	2	13	0	0	15.38
UT Khawaja	st TA Blundell b GD Phillips	28	69	1	0	40.58
NM Lyon	c WA Young b MJ Henry	41	46	6	0	89.13
C Green	c WA Young b GD Phillips	34	80	3	1	42.50
TM Head	c SC Kuggeleijn b GD Phillips	29	36	4	0	80.56
MR Marsh	c WA Young b GD Phillips	0	1	0	0	0.00
AT Carey	c TG Southee b GD Phillips	3	9	0	0	33.33
MA Starc	b MJ Henry	12	27	2	0	44.44
PJ Cummins	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	8	15	1	0	53.33
JR Hazlewood*	not out	1	8	0	0	12.50

Extras 6 (b 5, lb 1)

Total 164/10 (51.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	11.1	3	46	2	4.12
MJ Henry	12.1	2	36	3	2.96
SC Kuggeleijn	3.0	0	18	0	6.00
W O'Rourke	7.5	4	11	0	1.40
GD Phillips	16.0	4	45	5	2.81
R Ravindra	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Steve Smith, 0.3)·2-4 (M Labuschagne, 4.4)·3-53 (NM Lyon, 15.6)·4-81 (UT Khawaja, 26.5)·5-127 (TM Head, 38.2)·6-127 (MR Marsh, 38.3)·7-139 (AT Carey, 42.2)·8-146 (C Green, 44.2)·9-159 (PJ Cummins, 47.5)·10-164 (MA Starc, 51.1)

New Zealand

196 /10 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c AT Carey b NM Lyon	8	18	1	0	44.44
WA Young	c Steve Smith b TM Head	15	52	2	0	28.85
Kane Williamson	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	9	19	2	0	47.37
R Ravindra	c C Green b NM Lyon	59	105	8	1	56.19
DJ Mitchell	c & b JR Hazlewood	38	130	2	0	29.23
TA Blundell	c TM Head b NM Lyon	0	3	0	0	0.00
GD Phillips	lbw b NM Lyon	1	7	0	0	14.29
SC Kuggeleijn	c AT Carey b C Green	26	28	4	0	92.86
MJ Henry	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	14	15	2	1	93.33
TG Southee	c MA Starc b NM Lyon	7	7	0	1	100.00
W O'Rourke*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 1)

Total 196/10 (64.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	9.0	3	29	0	3.22
JR Hazlewood	9.4	3	20	2	2.07
NM Lyon	27.0	8	65	6	2.41
PJ Cummins	12.0	1	40	0	3.33
TM Head	4.0	1	10	1	2.50
C Green	3.0	0	16	1	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-15 (TWM Latham, 5.2)·2-35 (Kane Williamson, 11.1)·3-59 (WA Young, 20.3)·4-126 (R Ravindra, 47.3)·5-126 (TA Blundell, 47.6)·6-128 (GD Phillips, 49.4)·7-164 (SC Kuggeleijn, 56.3)·8-187 (MJ Henry, 60.4)·9-194 (TG Southee, 61.5)·10-196 (DJ Mitchell, 64.4)