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Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st Test, New Zealand vs Australia 2024
Result · Feb 29 2024, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST)
AUSTRALIA383, 164
NEW ZEALAND179, 196
Australia won by 172 runs
CRR:3.03
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Australia in New Zealand 2024 |
| Date: | Feb 29 2024, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Wellington |
| Venue: | Cello Basin Reserve |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tom Latham, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Tom Blundell (wk), Scott Kuggeleijn, Matt Henry, Tim Southee (c), Will O'Rourke |
| Australia Playing XI: | Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood |
- New Zealand are winless in each of their last eight men’s Tests against Australia (D1 L7), including losing the last six on the bounce; a loss in this match will result in the Black Caps’ longest losing streak against the Baggy Greens in the format.
- New Zealand have won six of their last seven men’s Tests (L1), including winning the last three on the bounce; the last time they registered a longer winning streak in the format was a stretch of six matches between February 2020 and January 2021.
- Australia lost their most recent men’s Test by a margin of eight runs (vs West Indies in January 2024), ending a four-game winning streak in the format; the last time the Baggy Greens lost back-to-back matches in the format was a stretch of two games in February 2023 (both vs India).
- Australia are unbeaten in nine of their 10 men’s Tests played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington (W4 D5 L1), including winning their last two at the venue on the bounce; their sole loss at the venue came by a 9-wicket margin in March 1990 (vs New Zealand).
- New Zealand have logged a collective batting average of 34.9 in men’s Tests since the start of 2023, the second highest of all teams after Sri Lanka (38.8); Australia (30.5) are ranked sixth in this category during the same timeframe.
- Australia bowlers have induced a play and miss rate of 11.5% in men’s Tests since the start of 2023, the second highest of all teams (India – 11.7%) and over two percentage points more than New Zealand (9.3%).
- Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) has scored 25.7% of his team’s runs in men’s Tests since the start of 2023, the highest by any player to have faced at least 500 deliveries; Usman Khawaja (16.8%) has been Australia’s best player in this category during the same timeframe.
- Nathan Lyon (Australia) has conceded a boundary once in every 19 deliveries in men’s Tests since the start of 2023, the best such rate by any bowler to have bowled at least 150 overs; Matt Henry (18) has been New Zealand’s best player in this category during the same timeframe.
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand) has logged a catch success rate of 100% in men’s Tests since the start of 2023, with his 14 catches being the highest among all players who caught all chances presented to them in the same timeframe.
- Steve Smith (32 centuries) is one away from becoming the player with the outright second most centuries for Australia in men’s Tests (Ricky Ponting – 41 & Steve Waugh – 32); however, the last time he scored a ton against New Zealand in the format was in February 2016 (138 runs).
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