Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane

Australia 214/10 & 268/10

New Zealand 156/10 & 177/10

Australia won by 149 runs

Australia v New Zealand 2008 · 1st Test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane 20–23 Nov 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.14× +14%

New Zealand

0.92× -8%

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

SM Katich Australia

141 +220

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

115 +168

MJ Clarke Australia

107 +158

DR Flynn New Zealand

68 +104

JD Ryder New Zealand

54 +57

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Johnson5/39

MG Johnson4/30

SR Clark4/43

TG Southee4/63

Top score

131*

SM Katich · Australia

Biggest stand

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultAustralia won by 149 runs

Length4 days

Australia

214 /10 (77.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ML Hayden	c LRPL Taylor b TG Southee	8	16	2	50.00
SM Katich	c BB McCullum b TG Southee	10	17	1	58.82
RT Ponting	c JM How b TG Southee	4	8	1	50.00
MEK Hussey	lbw b CS Martin	35	78	4	44.87
MJ Clarke	b JD Ryder	98	217	9	45.16
A Symonds	c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien	26	33	3	78.79
SR Watson	c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien	1	8	0	12.50
BJ Haddin	c JM How b JD Ryder	6	19	1	31.58
B Lee	c BB McCullum b TG Southee	4	12	1	33.33
MG Johnson	c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori	5	15	1	33.33
SR Clark*	not out	13	40	1	32.50

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

Total 214/10 (77.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	18.0	4	42	1	2.33
TG Southee	18.0	3	63	4	3.50
IE O'Brien	19.0	6	44	2	2.32
GD Elliott	10.0	4	29	0	2.90
DL Vettori	8.0	0	27	1	3.38
JD Ryder	4.0	1	7	2	1.75

Fall of wickets

1-13 (ML Hayden, 3.6)·2-22 (SM Katich, 5.6)·3-23 (RT Ponting, 7.1)·4-96 (MEK Hussey, 33.4)·5-132 (A Symonds, 45.5)·6-139 (SR Watson, 49.1)·7-152 (BJ Haddin, 54.4)·8-160 (B Lee, 59.4)·9-183 (MG Johnson, 66.3)·10-214 (MJ Clarke, 76.6)

New Zealand

156 /10 (50.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Redmond	c RT Ponting b SR Clark	3	19	0	15.79
JM How	b B Lee	14	39	2	35.90
JD Ryder	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	30	50	5	60.00
LRPL Taylor	lbw b B Lee	40	51	7	78.43
BB McCullum	c RT Ponting b MG Johnson	8	8	2	100.00
DR Flynn*	not out	39	80	7	48.75
GD Elliott	b SR Watson	9	32	2	28.12
DL Vettori	c A Symonds b MG Johnson	2	12	0	16.67
TG Southee	c A Symonds b MG Johnson	0	4	0	0.00
IE O'Brien	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	1	3	0	33.33
CS Martin	b SR Clark	1	8	0	12.50

Extras 9 (lb 3, nb 6)

Total 156/10 (50.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	16.0	5	38	2	2.38
SR Clark	15.0	2	46	2	3.07
SR Watson	10.0	2	35	2	3.50
MG Johnson	8.0	3	30	4	3.75
A Symonds	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-7 (AJ Redmond, 5.1)·2-44 (JM How, 14.4)·3-64 (JD Ryder, 19.3)·4-73 (BB McCullum, 20.6)·5-108 (LRPL Taylor, 30.5)·6-127 (GD Elliott, 41.4)·7-143 (DL Vettori, 46.2)·8-143 (TG Southee, 46.6)·9-149 (IE O'Brien, 48.1)·10-156 (CS Martin, 49.6)

Australia

268 /10 (81.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ML Hayden	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c AJ Redmond b IE O'Brien	17	26	1	0	65.38
SM Katich*	not out	131	245	16	0	53.47
MEK Hussey	c BB McCullum b IE O'Brien	0	4	0	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	run out (AJ Redmond)	9	15	1	0	60.00
A Symonds	c BB McCullum b CS Martin	20	48	3	0	41.67
SR Watson	lbw b CS Martin	5	10	1	0	50.00
BJ Haddin	b DL Vettori	19	44	3	0	43.18
B Lee	b DL Vettori	7	25	1	0	28.00
MG Johnson	c DL Vettori b GD Elliott	31	59	3	1	52.54
SR Clark	c DL Vettori b TG Southee	18	12	4	0	150.00

Extras 11 (lb 10, nb 1)

Total 268/10 (81.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	21.0	5	69	3	3.29
TG Southee	16.2	6	62	1	3.80
IE O'Brien	17.0	1	58	2	3.41
GD Elliott	6.0	1	15	1	2.50
DL Vettori	19.0	4	46	2	2.42
JD Ryder	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ML Hayden, 0.1)·2-40 (RT Ponting, 8.2)·3-40 (MEK Hussey, 8.6)·4-53 (MJ Clarke, 14.5)·5-109 (A Symonds, 31.5)·6-115 (SR Watson, 35.2)·7-156 (BJ Haddin, 50.2)·8-186 (B Lee, 58.2)·9-239 (MG Johnson, 77.3)·10-268 (SR Clark, 81.2)

New Zealand

177 /10 (54.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Redmond	c & b SR Clark	10	30	1	0	33.33
JM How	c RT Ponting b B Lee	0	1	0	0	0.00
JD Ryder	lbw b MG Johnson	24	50	3	0	48.00
LRPL Taylor	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	75	128	10	0	58.59
BB McCullum	lbw b SR Clark	3	6	0	0	50.00
DR Flynn	b MG Johnson	29	69	5	0	42.03
GD Elliott	b SR Clark	0	10	0	0	0.00
DL Vettori	c A Symonds b MG Johnson	10	18	2	0	55.56
TG Southee*	not out	12	7	0	2	171.43
IE O'Brien	c MJ Clarke b SR Clark	3	7	0	0	42.86
CS Martin	b MG Johnson	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras 10 (lb 5, w 2, nb 3)

Total 177/10 (54.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	9.0	0	53	1	5.89
SR Clark	17.0	5	43	4	2.53
MG Johnson	17.3	7	39	5	2.23
SR Watson	5.0	1	19	0	3.80
A Symonds	4.0	0	12	0	3.00
MJ Clarke	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (JM How, 0.3)·2-30 (AJ Redmond, 9.6)·3-40 (JD Ryder, 14.6)·4-49 (BB McCullum, 17.3)·5-133 (DR Flynn, 40.4)·6-143 (GD Elliott, 43.6)·7-160 (DL Vettori, 50.4)·8-161 (LRPL Taylor, 52.1)·9-164 (IE O'Brien, 53.2)·10-177 (CS Martin, 54.3)