Australia v New Zealand
2nd Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2019 – 29 Dec 2019
Australia won by 247 runs
Australia 1st innings467155.1 overs
New Zealand 1st innings14854.5 overs
Australia 2nd innings168/5d54.2 overs
New Zealand 2nd innings240/971 overs
Australia 1st innings 467 (155.1 ov)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (JA Burns, 0.4 ov), 61-2 (DA Warner, 21.2 ov), 144-3 (M Labuschagne, 49.5 ov), 216-4 (MS Wade, 73.3 ov), 284-5 (SPD Smith, 104.4 ov), 434-6 (TD Paine, 148.1 ov), 435-7 (MA Starc, 149.1 ov), 458-8 (TM Head, 152.2 ov), 463-9 (PJ Cummins, 153.3 ov), 467-10 (NM Lyon, 155.1 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | DA Warner 1, JA Burns 0 |
| 2 | 60 | 124 | DA Warner 40, M Labuschagne 18 |
| 3 | 83 | 171 | M Labuschagne 45, SPD Smith 37 |
| 4 | 72 | 142 | SPD Smith 26, MS Wade 38 |
| 5 | 68 | 187 | SPD Smith 22, TM Head 38 |
| 6 | 150 | 261 | TM Head 61, TD Paine 79 |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | TM Head 0, MA Starc 1 |
| 8 | 23 | 19 | TM Head 15, JL Pattinson 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | JL Pattinson 5, PJ Cummins 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | JL Pattinson 3, NM Lyon 1 |
New Zealand 1st innings 148 (54.5 ov)
Fall of wickets: 23-1 (TA Blundell, 5.4 ov), 39-2 (KS Williamson, 12.2 ov), 46-3 (LRPL Taylor, 20.1 ov), 46-4 (HM Nicholls, 20.2 ov), 58-5 (BJ Watling, 25.2 ov), 97-6 (C de Grandhomme, 36.1 ov), 112-7 (TWM Latham, 46.3 ov), 116-8 (MJ Santner, 47.6 ov), 124-9 (TG Southee, 50.6 ov), 148-10 (TA Boult, 54.5 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 23 | 34 | TWM Latham 1, TA Blundell 15 |
| 2 | 16 | 40 | TWM Latham 5, KS Williamson 9 |
| 3 | 7 | 47 | TWM Latham 3, LRPL Taylor 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | TWM Latham 0, HM Nicholls 0 |
| 5 | 12 | 30 | TWM Latham 4, BJ Watling 7 |
| 6 | 39 | 65 | TWM Latham 26, C de Grandhomme 11 |
| 7 | 15 | 62 | TWM Latham 11, MJ Santner 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 9 | MJ Santner 0, TG Southee 4 |
| 9 | 8 | 18 | TG Southee 6, N Wagner 2 |
| 10 | 24 | 23 | N Wagner 16, TA Boult 8 |
Australia 2nd innings 168/5d (54.2 ov)
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
| DA Warner | c TA Blundell b N Wagner | 38 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 58.5 |
| JA Burns | c BJ Watling b MJ Santner | 35 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 35.0 |
| M Labuschagne | run out | 19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 57.6 |
| SPD Smith | c TG Southee b N Wagner | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.6 |
| MS Wade | not out | 30 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| TM Head | b N Wagner | 28 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Extras | | 11 | |
| Total | 5 wickets declared, 54.2 overs | 168 | |
Did not bat: MA Starc, TD Paine, NM Lyon, PJ Cummins, JL Pattinson
Fall of wickets: 62-1 (DA Warner, 20.1 ov), 100-2 (M Labuschagne, 31.1 ov), 110-3 (JA Burns, 33.6 ov), 110-4 (SPD Smith, 34.4 ov), 168-5 (TM Head, 54.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 62 | 121 | DA Warner 38, JA Burns 14 |
| 2 | 38 | 66 | JA Burns 18, M Labuschagne 19 |
| 3 | 10 | 17 | JA Burns 3, SPD Smith 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | SPD Smith 0, MS Wade 0 |
| 5 | 58 | 118 | MS Wade 30, TM Head 28 |
New Zealand 2nd innings 240/9 (71 ov)
Did not bat: TA Boult
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (TWM Latham, 8.4 ov), 33-2 (KS Williamson, 11.2 ov), 35-3 (LRPL Taylor, 11.6 ov), 89-4 (HM Nicholls, 29.2 ov), 161-5 (BJ Watling, 49.2 ov), 172-6 (C de Grandhomme, 51.4 ov), 212-7 (MJ Santner, 65.5 ov), 214-8 (TG Southee, 67.2 ov), 240-9 (TA Blundell, 70.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 32 | 52 | TWM Latham 8, TA Blundell 19 |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | TA Blundell 1, KS Williamson 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | TA Blundell 0, LRPL Taylor 2 |
| 4 | 54 | 104 | TA Blundell 17, HM Nicholls 33 |
| 5 | 72 | 120 | TA Blundell 50, BJ Watling 22 |
| 6 | 11 | 14 | TA Blundell 1, C de Grandhomme 9 |
| 7 | 40 | 85 | TA Blundell 13, MJ Santner 27 |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | TA Blundell 0, TG Southee 2 |
| 9 | 26 | 22 | TA Blundell 20, N Wagner 6 |
Match details
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to field
- Season
- 2019/20
- Umpires
- NJ Llong, M Erasmus
- Match referee
- RB Richardson