Australia vs New Zealand: Boxing Day Test, Day 3 cricket live scores, blog

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Australia lead New Zealand by 456 runs with 6 wickets remaining

0/30 (9.0)	*Boult	O: 45.0	Head*	12 (32)
2/39 (13.0)	Wagner	RR:2.61	Wade	15 (30)

c. Southee b. Wagner	34.4 4/110	Smith 7(11)
c. Watling b. Santner	33.6 3/110	Burns 35(100)
run out (Latham)	31.1 2/100	Labuschagne 19(33)
c. Blundell b. Wagner	20.1 1/62	Warner 38(65)

First Innings: New Zealand	148 all out	RR: 2.35	O: 54.5
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

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	148 all out	RR: 2.35	O: 54.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
T.W.M. Latham c. Paine b. Cummins	50	144	4	0	34.72
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 c. Burns b. Cummins	4	28	0	0	14.29
H.M. Nicholls lbw. Cummins	0	1	0	0	0.00
B.J. Watling+ c. Burns b. Pattinson	7	17	1	0	41.18
C. de Grandhomme c. Warner b. Starc	11	33	1	0	33.33
M.J. Santner c. Paine b. Pattinson	3	32	0	0	9.38
T.G. Southee c. Paine b. Cummins	10	11	2	0	90.91
N. Wagner not out	18	20	2	1	90.00
T.A. Boult b. Starc	8	13	0	1	61.54
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 3)	13
Total	148

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.A. Starc	12.5	4	30	2	2.34
P.J. Cummins	17.0	5	28	5	1.65
J.L. Pattinson	15.0	2	34	3	2.27
N.M. Lyon	9.0	1	35	0	3.89
M.S. Wade	1.0	0	13	0	13.00

Second Innings: Australia	4/137	RR: 2.61	O: 45.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D.A. Warner c. Blundell b. Wagner	38	65	3	0	58.46
J.A. Burns c. Watling b. Santner	35	100	2	1	35.00
M. Labuschagne run out (Latham)	19	33	0	0	57.58
S.P.D. Smith c. Southee b. Wagner	7	11	1	0	63.64
M.S. Wade not out	15	30	1	0	50.00
T.M. Head not out	12	32	1	0	37.50
T.D. Paine*+
J.L. Pattinson
P.J. Cummins
M.A. Starc
N.M. Lyon
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 1)	11
Total	137

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
T.A. Boult	9.0	0	30	0	3.33
T.G. Southee	10.0	3	24	0	2.40
C. de Grandhomme	5.0	0	14	0	2.80
N. Wagner	13.0	1	39	2	3.00
M.J. Santner	8.0	0	22	1	2.75

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Heading into Day 3, Australia are in control of the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 10:30am (AEDT) as the Black Caps batting order attempts to combat the Aussie bowling attack.

Travis Head helped Australia to a dominant first innings total as he notched up his second Test century and defied his critics in style at the MCG.

The South Australian had strong support from Steve Smith (85) and captain Tim Paine (79) as the Aussies piled on 467 before they were bowled out.

Neil Wagner toiled as hard as ever, removing Smith for the third time in three innings on his way to claiming 4/83, to go with seven wickets in the Perth Test.

Though Tom Blundell – a middle-order keeper-batsman by trade, thrown into the deep end to replace under-performing opener Jeet Raval – looked the goods early, when he was caught behind off the bowling of Pat Cummins, Black Caps captain Kane Williamson soon followed as James Pattinson picked up his first Boxing Day Test wicket in four years.

The Aussies thought they’d jagged one more NZ scalp before the close of play with Ross Taylor given out LBW off Pattinson, before a wise review from the veteran saw the decision overturned.

The Black Caps will be desperate for Taylor and opener Tom Latham to produce a big partnership as they hope to avoid a similar collapse to that seen in the opening Test.

Game Information

First ball: 10:30am (AEDT)
Venue: MCG
TV: Fox Cricket and Channel Seven
Online: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Go
On-field umpires: Nigel Llong and 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

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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

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Stuart Thomas is a sports writer and educator who made the jump from Roar Guru to Expert in 2017. An ex-trainee professional golfer, his sporting passions are broad with particular interests in football, AFL and rugby league. His love of sport is only matched by his passion for gardening and self-sustainability.