Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
New Zealand will play 5 ODIs, 2 Tests and one T20 during the Australian tour starting November 13, 2008.Get the latest news of New Zealand's 2008-09 Australia Tour →
Cricket Matches Schedule
- Thu 13, Nov 2008 - Sun 16, Nov 2008: Warm Up - New South Wales v New Zealanders at Sydney
- Thu 20, Nov 2008 - Mon 24, Nov 2008: 1st Test - Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane
- Fri 28, Nov 2008 - Tue 2, Dec 2008: 2nd Test - Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide Oval
- Sun 1, Feb 2009: 1st ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Perth
- Fri 6, Feb 2009: 2nd ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne
- Sun 8, Feb 2009: 3rd ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Sydney
- Tue 10, Feb 2009: 4th ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide Oval
- Fri 13, Feb 2009: 5th ODI (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane
- Sun 15, Feb 2009: Twenty20 (D/N) - Australia v New Zealand at Sydney
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
First Test at Brisbane
AUS v NZ, 1st Test, Brisbane: Australia thrash New Zealand by 149 runs (AUS 1:0)
Nov 22, 2008
Overcoming the disgrace on the Indian tour, Australian team on Sunday put up a clinical show to wrap up the New Zealand second innings to register a comfortable 149-runs victory in the first Test at Gabba.
Resuming on 143 for six, chasing an unlikely 327 to win, the visitors could only last 10.3 overs on the fourth day. Left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson finished with his first five-wicket haul (5/39) in Tests, with key wickets of topscorer of both the innings Ross Taylor (75) and captain Daniel Vettori (10) before cleaning up Chris Martin to bundled out the tourists for 177.
The loss also highlighted the proverbial chronicle in New Zealand cricket. They had the advantage during the early part of the Test but missed the opportunity to nail the Aussies with Simon Katich hitting an unbeaten 131 runs to steer Australia from trouble.
New Zealand were up against the odds from the start of their chase. This would have been a record at the Gabba if the Kiwis managed to do the job as the highest run chase was accomplished by home team (236 for seven) against West Indies in 1951-52 series.
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
First Test at Brisbane
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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214 all out (77.0 overs)
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268 all out (81.2 overs)
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156 all out (50.0 overs)
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177 all out (54.3 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Hayden | c Taylor | b Southee | 8 |
16 | 2 | 0 |
| Katich | c McCullum | b Southee | 10 |
17 | 1 | 0 |
| Ponting | c How | b Southee | 4 |
8 | 1 | 0 |
| M Hussey | lbw | b Martin | 35 |
78 | 4 | 0 |
| Clarke | b Ryder | 98 |
217 | 9 | 0 | |
| Symonds | c McCullum | b O'Brien | 26 |
33 | 3 | 0 |
| Watson | c McCullum | b O'Brien | 1 |
8 | 0 | 0 |
| Haddin | c How | b Ryder | 6 |
19 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | c McCullum | b Southee | 4 |
12 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson | c Taylor | b Vettori | 5 |
15 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark | not out | 13 |
40 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 1w 2lb | 4 | ||||
| Total | all out | 214 | (77.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Redmond | c Ponting | b Clark | 3 |
19 | 0 | 0 |
| How | b Lee | 14 |
39 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ryder | c Haddin | b Watson | 30 |
50 | 5 | 0 |
| Taylor | lbw | b Lee | 40 |
51 | 7 | 0 |
| McCullum | c Ponting | b Johnson | 8 |
8 | 2 | 0 |
| Flynn | not out | 39 |
80 | 7 | 0 | |
| Elliott | b Watson | 9 |
32 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vettori | c Symonds | b Johnson | 2 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
| Southee | c Symonds | b Johnson | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brien | c Clarke | b Johnson | 1 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | b Clark | 1 |
8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6nb 3lb | 9 | ||||
| Total | all out | 156 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Hayden | c McCullum | b Martin | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katich | not out | 131 |
245 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ponting | c Redmond | b O'Brien | 17 |
26 | 1 | 0 |
| M Hussey | c McCullum | b O'Brien | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | run out | 9 |
15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Symonds | c McCullum | b Martin | 20 |
48 | 3 | 0 |
| Watson | lbw | b Martin | 5 |
10 | 1 | 0 |
| Haddin | b Vettori | 19 |
44 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lee | b Vettori | 7 |
25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnson | c Vettori | b Elliott | 31 |
59 | 3 | 1 |
| Clark | c Vettori | b Southee | 18 |
12 | 4 | 0 |
| Extras | 1nb 10lb | 11 | ||||
| Total | all out | 268 | (81.2 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Redmond | c and b | Clark | 10 |
30 | 1 | 0 |
| How | c Ponting | b Lee | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryder | lbw | b Johnson | 24 |
50 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Haddin | b Johnson | 75 |
128 | 10 | 0 |
| McCullum | lbw | b Clark | 3 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Flynn | b Johnson | 29 |
69 | 5 | 0 | |
| Elliott | b Clark | 0 |
10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vettori | c Symonds | b Johnson | 10 |
18 | 2 | 0 |
| Southee | not out | 12 |
7 | 0 | 2 | |
| O'Brien | c Clarke | b Clark | 3 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | b Johnson | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 2w 5lb | 10 | ||||
| Total | all out | 177 | (54.3 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: B R Doctrove, R E Koertzen
Australia: Hayden, Katich, Ponting (Captain), Clarke, M Hussey, Symonds, Haddin (Wicket Keeper), Watson, Lee, Johnson, Clark
New Zealand: How, Redmond, Ryder, Taylor, McCullum (Wicket Keeper), Flynn, Elliott, Vettori (Captain), Martin, Southee, O'Brien