Australia
Stumps
New Zealand
| 2/44 New Zealand trail Australia by 423 runs with 8 wickets remaining |
| 1/9 (5.0) | *Pattinson | O: 18.0 | Taylor* | 2 (19) |
| 0/2 (2.0) | Lyon | RR:2.10 | Latham | 9 (57) |
| c. Paine b. Pattinson |  | 12.2 2/39 |  | Williamson 9(14) |
| c. Paine b. Cummins | | 5.4 1/23 | | Blundell 15(19) |
| First Innings: Australia | 467 all out | RR: 2.58 | O: 155.1 |
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| First Innings: Australia | 467 all out | RR: 2.58 | O: 155.1 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.A. Warner c. Southee b. Wagner | 41 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 64.06 |
J.A. Burns b. Boult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
M. Labuschagne b. de Grandhomme | 63 | 149 | 6 | 1 | 42.28 |
S.P.D. Smith c. Nicholls b. Wagner | 85 | 242 | 8 | 1 | 35.12 |
M.S. Wade c. Watling b. de Grandhomme | 38 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 48.72 |
T.M. Head c. Santner b. Wagner | 114 | 234 | 12 | 0 | 48.72 |
T.D. Paine*+ lbw. Wagner | 79 | 138 | 9 | 0 | 57.25 |
M.A. Starc c. Williamson b. Southee | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
J.L. Pattinson not out | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.27 |
P.J. Cummins c. Latham b. Southee | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
N.M. Lyon c. Wagner b. Southee | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
Extras (b 5, lb 22, w 4, nb 0) | 31 | ||||
| Total | 467 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.A. Boult | 31.0 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 2.94 |
| T.G. Southee | 33.1 | 6 | 103 | 3 | 3.11 |
| C. de Grandhomme | 30.0 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 2.27 |
| N. Wagner | 38.0 | 11 | 83 | 4 | 2.18 |
| M.J. Santner | 20.0 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 4.10 |
| T.A. Blundell | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| First Innings: New Zealand | 2/44 | RR: 2.10 | O: 18.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T.W.M. Latham not out | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 15.79 |
T.A. Blundell c. Paine b. Cummins | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 78.95 |
K.S. Williamson* c. Paine b. Pattinson | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 64.29 |
L.R.P.L. Taylor not out | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.53 |
H.M. Nicholls | |||||
C. de Grandhomme | |||||
B.J. Watling+ | |||||
M.J. Santner | |||||
T.G. Southee | |||||
N. Wagner | |||||
T.A. Boult | |||||
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 44 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Starc | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 |
| P.J. Cummins | 7.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1.14 |
| J.L. Pattinson | 5.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1.80 |
| N.M. Lyon | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 |
Australia ended Boxing Day happier than New Zealand after an action-packed day of Test cricket. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 10:30am (AEDT) as Steve Smith returns to the crease with Travis Head to stack up a healthy first-inning total.
The day kicked off with a massive roar that thundered around the G as the returning Trent Boult got one to nip through Joe Burns’s defences and rattled the pegs in the very first over. Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner were tested by the moving cherry when the conditions were the trickiest. Warner seemed to be settling in well before he was removed by Neil Wagner, brilliantly gobbled by Tim Southee positioned at second slip.
As soon as Steve Smith walked out to bat the short-ball barrage commenced and the dead-ball fiasco unrolled just at the stroke of lunch. Smith continued to duck, stoop and weave under the short-pitched stuff after the break and gradually began to find his groove. The two of them seemed determined and patient at the crease, and it was Colin de Grandhomme who had the ball taking extra lift off the surface and disturbing the timberwork after ricocheting off Labuschagne’s elbow.
De Grandhomme kept on probing on a nagging line outside off and was rewarded with Matthew Wade’s scalp. However, Smith became better and better on the other end, where he not only occupied the crease but also upped the ante as far as the scoreboard was concerned. Smith and Head reach stumps unscathed to see Australia with 257 runs on the board with the loss of just four wickets.
Ideally the visitors would have liked more than four wickets to justify their skipper’s decision of electing to field first under slightly overcast conditions after winning the toss. The Black Caps have their work cut out for today: walk out into the middle and look to seal off the innings without leaking lots of runs. They’d want a better effort from Mitchell Santner, who was quite ordinary on Day 1 with the ball.
Safe to say the Kiwis will once again be backed and buoyed by the massive contingent of travelling fans who kept cheering for them until the very last ball was delivered on Boxing Day. In fact the overall atmosphere was tremendous, with more than 80,000 fans in the house, the second-largest attendance ever for a non-Ashes Boxing Day Test match.
Smith, on the other hand, will be looking to continue his formidable form in Boxing Day Tests and notch up yet another hundred at the G when he marches out into the centre this morning. Either way, the first couple of hours will be of immense significance and may well decide the outcome of the match.
Don’t forget to tune into The Roar’s live coverage and blog for Day 2 of this Boxing Day Test between Australia and New Zealand.
Game 1nformation
First ball: 10:30am (AEDT)
Venue: MCG
TV: Fox Cricket and Channel Seven
Online: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Go
On-field umpires: Nigel Llong andamp; Marais Erasmus
Overall record: Played 58, Australia 32, New Zealand 8, drawn 18
Overall record in Australia: Played 32, Australia 18, New Zealand 3, drawn 11
Overall record at the MCG: Played 3, Australia 1, New Zealand 0, drawn 2
Teams
Australia
Joe Burns, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Travis Head/Michael Neser, Tim Paine (c, wk), Pat Cummins, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon
New Zealand
Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Pierro
Roar Rookie
lol. Ive never doubted paines wicketkeeping though. Pay close attention I’ve always said he’s best keeper but careys not far off him keeping now I think. Paine had a very good keeping day though. He should have used labs earlier though. Im being serious , I sat behind stumps labs was ripping it big time out of leg. Lyon did his job today I think swepson may have been potent today from what i saw from legspin today
Jeff
Roar Rookie
You just praised Paine. Now you're simply taking the proverbial. Lyon did exactly what an offspinner is in the side to do; perform in the back end of the match :thumbup: :thumbup:
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Think he was solid. did his job. got middle order to lower out only , game was over for most part with him on. Noticed blundell was carting him 3 x 4s in a row. They were going the knock a bit jeff . Labs came on and actually looked more effective his three overs, could easily have had 2 wickets (got blundell wher lyon couldnt ) looked more potent to me and they hardly used him (which was not great actually should have had him on earlier) , if labs did that I think swepson could have run riot out of the leg today. Still lyon did his job. Actually benefitted from paines great stumping and glove work today though, they were going the knock in last half of the innings. Im a huge believer they should give swepson a run at scg 2 nil up . Warne actually said same on air today I’m not the only one on this point ( I know you don’t like warnes views lol but he has a point). Starc was not as effective at mcg as expected, a tad unlucky a few times though
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Happy with Lyon today? :thumbup:
JB
Guest
Disagree with toss best day to bat was today best day to bowl was day 1 and 2 if Nz had batted the game would have been over ages ago. Nz has the best of batting and bowling conditions and still got touched up right decision from Williamson just shows how truly big the gap is.
anon
Roar Pro
We should beat everyone on our turf. NZ are minnows. That’s just reality.
Slane
Guest
Yeah, Australians definitely don't talk ourselves up enough.
bungeye
Roar Rookie
Why do Aussie love to say how bad the opposition are instead of praising your home side called Australia! Aussies are some of the most negative, unbiased people in the world? Who cares how bad the opposition are, and celebrate how good Australia is! Whenever Australia are winning its party time in our household!
jameswm
Roar Guru
We’ll bat again for sure.
Diamond Jackie
Roar Rookie
True. Bat first. Have some luck. Someone stands up with some real brilliance. And then they may have drawn this game.
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Mistake #2 was bowing santner after lunch after they got smith out . Head and paine got the run rate up at 5 an over for fist 12 overs bowled by santer going past lunch. Game got away from them as consequence again
Brendon the 1st
Roar Rookie
They lost the game at the toss
RyanP
Guest
Mistake #3 - Not bringing a proper spinner
jameswm
Roar Guru
They were gone before major mistake #2.
3 bags empty
Guest
Where’s my mate Izzy ?
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Now Rossi - has Watto ever walked off convinced he was plumb? I seriously doubt it.
anon
Roar Pro
Test rankings are bogus as I have said all along.
Sgt Pepperoni
Roar Rookie
Good lad he got there
Diamond Jackie
Roar Rookie
You make one or two major mistakes against Australia at home and you lose. Mistake #1 was winning the toss and bowling. Mistake #2 was williamson’s Uncharacteristic shot to get out.
Seymorebutts
Guest
Well hopefully Australia will not enforce teh follow on, bat again and force the Kiwis to play last on a dodgy pitch. Our greatest losses, England in 81 and India 2001 occurred in games which we dominated the first two days ..enforced the follow on.. and then fell in a heap chasing a small total on a deteriorating pitch.