New Zealand Vs Australia 2nd Test 08 March 2024

2nd Test • Hagley Oval • Christchurch

New Zealand

162 & 372/10 (108.2)

Australia

256 & 281/7 (65)

AUS won by 3 wickets

Info

Live

Scorecard

Mini Games

Player of the Match Alex Carey

14(24) & 98(123)

Player of the Series Matt Henry

NZ 1st

AUS 1st

NZ 2nd

AUS 2nd

Info

New Zealand 1st Innings

162/10 (45.2)

Batters

Tom Latham

55.07

c Carey b Hazlewood

Will Young

24.56

c Marsh b Starc

Kane Williamson

45.95

lbw b Hazlewood

Rachin Ravindra

44.44

c Khawaja b Hazlewood

Daryl Mitchell

30.77

c Carey b Hazlewood

Tom Blundell

70.97

c Carey b Green

Glenn Phillips

25.00

c Carey b Starc

Scott Kuggeleijn

0.00

lbw b Starc

Matt Henry

103.57

c Carey b Hazlewood

Tim Southee

130.00

c Hazlewood b Cummins

Ben Sears

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(45.2 Ov, RR: 3.57)

162/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mitchell Starc

4.92

Josh Hazlewood

13.2

2.33

Pat Cummins

3.18

Nathan Lyon

3.00

Mitchell Marsh

3.33

Cameron Green

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

c Marsh b Starc

1-47

18.5

Tom Latham

c Carey b Hazlewood

2-61

21.3

Rachin Ravindra

c Khawaja b Hazlewood

3-71

25.2

Daryl Mitchell

c Carey b Hazlewood

4-79

29.3

Kane Williamson

lbw b Hazlewood

5-84

31.5

Glenn Phillips

c Carey b Starc

6-107

36.5

Scott Kuggeleijn

lbw b Starc

7-107

36.6

Tom Blundell

c Carey b Green

8-107

37.2

Tim Southee

c Hazlewood b Cummins

9-162

44.6

Matt Henry

c Carey b Hazlewood

10-162

45.2

Australia 1st Innings

256/10 (68)

Batters

Steven Smith

45.83

lbw b Sears

Usman Khawaja

35.56

b Henry

Marnus Labuschagne

147

61.22

c Phillips b Southee

Cameron Green

62.50

b Henry

Travis Head

110.53

c Blundell b Henry

Nathan Lyon

74.07

c Mitchell b Henry

Mitchell Marsh

0.00

lbw b Henry

Alex Carey

58.33

c Latham b Phillips

Mitchell Starc

51.85

c Blundell b Henry

Pat Cummins

104.55

lbw b Henry

Josh Hazlewood

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(68 Ov, RR: 3.76)

256/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

3.78

Matt Henry

2.91

Ben Sears

4.44

Scott Kuggeleijn

5.00

Glenn Phillips

2.80

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Steven Smith

lbw b Sears

1-18

8.3

Usman Khawaja

b Henry

2-32

13.6

Cameron Green

b Henry

3-81

26.6

Travis Head

c Blundell b Henry

4-107

32.3

Nathan Lyon

c Mitchell b Henry

5-158

42.5

Mitchell Marsh

lbw b Henry

6-166

44.5

Alex Carey

c Latham b Phillips

7-189

51.2

Marnus Labuschagne

c Phillips b Southee

8-221

60.2

Mitchell Starc

c Blundell b Henry

9-237

65.5

Pat Cummins

lbw b Henry

10-256

67.6

New Zealand 2nd Innings

372/10 (108.2)

Batters

Tom Latham

168

43.45

c Carey b Cummins

Will Young

20.00

c Carey b Starc

Kane Williamson

107

47.66

b Cummins

Rachin Ravindra

153

53.59

c Carey b Cummins

Daryl Mitchell

59.18

c Carey b Hazlewood

Tom Blundell

81.82

c Labuschagne b Green

Glenn Phillips

34.78

b Lyon

Scott Kuggeleijn

89.80

c Green b Lyon

Matt Henry

145.45

c Hazlewood b Lyon

Tim Southee

0.00

c Carey b Cummins

Ben Sears

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 9, NB: 5, W: 3)

TOTAL

(108.2 Ov, RR: 3.43)

372/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mitchell Starc

4.27

Josh Hazlewood

2.69

Pat Cummins

2.58

Cameron Green

4.36

Nathan Lyon

16.2

3.00

Mitchell Marsh

3.17

Travis Head

3.50

Marnus Labuschagne

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

c Carey b Starc

1-6

2.3

Kane Williamson

b Cummins

2-111

38.1

Tom Latham

c Carey b Cummins

3-155

55.1

Daryl Mitchell

c Carey b Hazlewood

4-278

86.4

Rachin Ravindra

c Carey b Cummins

5-286

89.1

Tom Blundell

c Labuschagne b Green

6-296

92.1

Glenn Phillips

b Lyon

7-349

104.1

Matt Henry

c Hazlewood b Lyon

8-371

106.4

Tim Southee

c Carey b Cummins

9-372

107.2

Scott Kuggeleijn

c Green b Lyon

10-372

108.2

Australia 2nd Innings

281/7 (65)

Batters

Steven Smith

36.00

lbw b Henry

Usman Khawaja

45.83

c Southee b Henry

Marnus Labuschagne

75.00

c & b Sears

Cameron Green

23.81

b Sears

Travis Head

41.86

c Young b Southee

Mitchell Marsh

102

78.43

lbw b Sears

Alex Carey

123

79.67

Not out

Mitchell Starc

0.00

c Young b Sears

Pat Cummins

72.73

Not out

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 12, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(65 Ov, RR: 4.32)

281/7

Did not Bat

Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

2.79

Matt Henry

4.95

Ben Sears

5.29

Glenn Phillips

2.25

Scott Kuggeleijn

3.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Steven Smith

lbw b Henry

1-15

7.1

Marnus Labuschagne

c & b Sears

2-22

8.4

Usman Khawaja

c Southee b Henry

3-30

11.3

Cameron Green

b Sears

4-34

14.2

Travis Head

c Young b Southee

5-80

25.2

Mitchell Marsh

lbw b Sears

6-220

54.2

Mitchell Starc

c Young b Sears

7-220

54.3

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Mar, 03:30 AM IST

Venue

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Match

2nd Test,

Australia tour of New Zealand

Umpires

Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Nitin Menon (India), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

4 4 0 0 0 0

Over 62

Runs: 8

1 2nb 0 0 0 3 1

Over 63

Runs: 7

4 0 1 0 0 4

Over 64

Runs: 9

4 1 0 0 0 4

Over 65

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Alex Carey

14(24) & 98(123)

Player of the Series Matt Henry

Commentary

Pat Cummins joins his teammates in the middle and now they pose with the Trans-Tasman trophy. Cummins once again hit the winning runs, just like how he did against England at Edgbaston. That's that from Australia's tour of New Zealand as the series and our coverage comes to an end. This has been Lavil Saldanha alongside my colleague, Pradeep signing off. We hope you enjoyed our coverage for this tour. Hop tabs on Sportskeeda to follow the latest sporting action. We hope to see you sometime soon, until then, CIAO!

Pat Cummins, Australian captain: It was an amazing win, everyone was pretty tense in the middle for the last couple of hours. Didn't know he (Carey) was on 98, it would have been pretty embarrassing for us to celebrate then. The toss helped up and we were pretty surprised at how well the game moved on from the first day and then the pitch flattened out, making it tough for the bowlers. The first innings lead was pretty pivotal. We've been on the other side of it plenty of times - if the scoreboard's not moving you always feel you're in the game but if you're chipping away it feels like things are happening pretty quickly. We have an experienced side and that has helped up. During pivotal moments, one guy stood up and won the game for us. Coming off playing tests in the last 6-7 months, we will miss playing the format soon.

Tim Southee, New Zealand captain: It was a great test match. The partnership between Carey and Marsh broke the back of our attack but an exciting end to the day. When you're playing the number one side in the world, you want to be ahead but heading into day 4 we had both results as a possibility. Everyone makes mistakes in the middle and no one wants to drop catches. Matt Henry has gone from strength to strength. He was a rotation played for us earlier but has been really good at making an impact in the two tests that were played.

Matt Henry is the Player of the Series for his 17 wickets. Here's what he has to say: Obviously it's disappointing but at the same time we showed real fight out there. The way that they played, they kept the runs ticking over and for us we needed to take wickets. The way Ben Sears went about his work and broke the game open was brilliant but unfortunately it wasn't to be. It's always nice to play on your home track. There's a bit of bounce there and something on offer for the seamers so nice to play here at Hagley. It's great to be a part of what's been a great New Zealand bowling lineup for a long time. Tim's been outstanding and it's great to be bowling alongside him. Always nice to be able to contribute with the bat. We pride ourselves on being able to come up with the runs.

Alex Carey is the Player of the Match for his stunning unbeaten 98. Here's what he has to say: I am (thrilled). IUt was a great series really. This game ebbed and flowed. Our backs against our wall this morning - they came out and put us under pressure last evening - and it was great to get across the line. Two quality bowlers in Tim and Matt Henry who had an amazing series. I thought Mitch Marsh's intent was outstanding, he got us going. But it was certainly tough early. Travis Head's another player who keeps the scoreboard going. That was the message this morning - 'let's go out and play our way, if we see an opportunity, take it'. I was happy with that (laughs when told about Cummins scoring the last run even as he ended on 98). I didn't want to get on strike (laughs).

Australia win by 3 wickets and win the 2-match test series 2-0

New Zealand: 162 & 372
Australia: 256 & 281/7

Alex Carey: 98 (123b)* | Mitchell Marsh 80(102b)
Ben Sears: 4/90 (17 overs) | Matt Henry: 2/94 (19 overs)

This has been a fascinating win here for the Kangaroos who have thumped the Kiwis and will take the series win here. They have been excellent throughout the tour, right from the T20I series and then the two test matches. Congratulations to Australia who sweep the entire tour and commiserations to New Zealand, whose wait for a win over Australia at home (in tests) extends to 31 years.

The chase didn't get off to the best of the starts as Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja were dismissed cheaply. Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green walked out to bat earlier than expected but were dismissed relatively quickly as well. Australia were staring down the barrel as they found themselves on 34/4 after 14.2 overs. Travis Head stood in the middle and did provide some solidity but was dismissed as early as the second over of today's play.

Out in the middle were the duo of Mitchell Marsh and Alex Carey. They were looking to chase down 200-odd at the start of the day and batted as if there was going to be rain in the following sessions as well. Well, it did rain, but only runs as the duo dispatched the bad balls to the fence and picked up singles and doubles whenever possible. Both got to their half-centuries and looked to keep going before Marsh was dismissed by a close call by the on-field umpire and Starc was sent back off the very first ball he faced.

Carey was out in the middle and was joined by his skipper, Pat Cummins, who might have walked out in the middle of the umpteenth time to bail his side out in a chase. The duo stitched a 50-run partnership and ensured that everything ended nicely and in their favour, bringing their exciting home summer to an end.

Heat goes out to New Zealand, who were good with the ball yesterday but today, looked a pale shadow of themselves. Ben Sears was the best of the lot as he picked up 4 wickets, with 2 coming at a time when they desperately needed it. Matt Henry was excellent as well as he blew the top order away with his two wickets. Southee was the only other bowler who picked up a wicket. New Zealand were also quite sloppy in the field and could have stopped the Aussies from picking up easy ones and twos on offer as well.

Let's now go down to see what the players and the captains have to say.

overs

281 /7 score

runs

Pat Cummins *

32 (44)

Alex Carey

98 (123)

Ben Sears

4 /90

64.6 Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, FOUR! AUSTRALIA WIN, TAKES THE SERIES 2-0! Cummins ice-cool in yet another run chase, what about that for an innings from Alex Carey, coming off age. Short outside the off-stump, Cummins stood tall and punched it through the cover point region, races away and Cummins seals the deal in style.

64.5 Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, OH! Under edge, doesn't carry to Blundell. Back of a length outside the off-stump, keeps low and Cummins looks to cut and gets a thick under edge.

64.4 Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, short delivery on the fourth stump, Cummins leans back to cut that one away but ends up chopping it into the off-side for no run.

64.3 Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, banged in the short delivery, climbed into the batter. Cummins gets inside the line and safely drops it into the on-side.

64.2 Ben Sears to Alex Carey, OH DEAR! That rushes Carey and takes him by surprise, probably has pinged him on the gloves. Back of a length, kicks off the surface and climbs in as Carey looks to defend, ricochets off the gloves into the on-side for one.

64.1 Ben Sears to Alex Carey, FOUR MORE! Wheels are coming off now for New Zealand. Short outside the off-stump, Carey stood tall and pulled that one imperiously over mid-wicket, falls safely and runs away to find the ropes.

Distraught faces in the crowd and shoulders dropping in the middle as Australia need 7 runs to win now. That boundary off the last ball brought up the 50-run partnership. Australia have been clinical in the middle and have done really well to seal the win in this test, despite having their backs against the wall.

overs

272 /7 score

runs

Pat Cummins *

28 (40)

Alex Carey

93 (121)

Matt Henry

2 /94

63.6 Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, FOUR! MAJESTIC! All class from Cummins, runs required now down to single digits. Length delivery on the stumps, Cummins presses, presents full face of the bat and caresses it down the ground to long-on for a boundary.

63.5 Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, short into the rib cage of the batter, Cummins tucked it straight to the square-leg fielder for no run.

63.4 Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, length delivery on the off-stump, Cummins right behind it as he presses forward to firmly defend.

63.3 Matt Henry to Alex Carey, OH! Length delivery on the off-stump, Carey smacked it straight back to the bowler. Henry puts his boot in the way, ricochets off to short mid-wicket, they decide to take the single and could've turned disaster had it been a direct-hit.

63.2 Matt Henry to Alex Carey, back of a length, angled in on the middle and off. Carey right behind it and defends it back to the bowler

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