New Zealand vs Australia Scorecard, 7 March 2024

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New Zealand 162 & 372

Thu 7 Mar v

Australia 256 & 281/7

Australia won by 3 wickets

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Updated 7 March 2024

Alex CareyTop bat112 (147 balls, 17 fours)
Matt HenryTop bowl9/161 (42 ov), 183 dots, 45 (39 balls)

New Zealand batting

1st innings

162all out, 45.2 ov

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lathamc Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	38	69	7	0	55.1
Will Youngc Mitchell Marsh b Mitchell Starc	14	57	1	0	24.6
Kane Williamsonlbw b Josh Hazlewood	17	37	2	0	45.9
Rachin Ravindrac Usman Khawaja b Josh Hazlewood	4	9	0	0	44.4
Daryl Mitchellc Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	4	13	1	0	30.8
Tom Blundell (wk)c Alex Carey b Cameron Green	22	31	3	0	71.0
Glenn Phillipsc Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	2	8	0	0	25.0
Scott Kuggeleijnlbw b Mitchell Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
Matt Henryc Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	29	28	5	0	103.6
Tim Southee (c)c Josh Hazlewood b Pat Cummins	26	20	2	1	130.0
Ben Searsnot out	0*	0	0	0	–
Extras	6 (w 5, nb 1)
Total	162 (all out, 45.2 ov)

Fall of wickets

1-47 Will Young 18.5 ov, 2-61 Tom Latham 21.3 ov, 3-71 Rachin Ravindra 25.2 ov, 4-79 Daryl Mitchell 29.3 ov, 5-84 Kane Williamson 31.5 ov, 6-107 Glenn Phillips 36.5 ov, 7-107 Scott Kuggeleijn 36.6 ov, 8-107 Tom Blundell 37.2 ov, 9-162 Tim Southee 44.6 ov, 10-162 Matt Henry 45.2 ov

Australia bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc5 wd	12	1	59	3	4.92
Josh Hazlewood	13.2	4	31	5	2.33
Pat Cummins	11	4	35	1	3.18
Nathan Lyon	2	0	6	0	3.00
Mitchell Marsh1 nb	3	1	10	0	3.33
Cameron Green	4	0	21	1	5.25

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steven Smithlbw b Ben Sears	11	24	2	0	45.8
Usman Khawajab Matt Henry	16	45	2	0	35.6
Marnus Labuschagnec Glenn Phillips b Tim Southee	90	147	12	0	61.2
Cameron Greenb Matt Henry	25	40	6	0	62.5
Travis Headb Matt Henry	21	19	2	1	110.5
Nathan Lyonc Daryl Mitchell b Matt Henry	20	27	3	0	74.1
Mitchell Marshlbw b Matt Henry	0	4	0	0	0.0
Alex Carey (wk)c Tom Latham b Glenn Phillips	14	24	2	0	58.3
Mitchell Starcc Tom Blundell b Matt Henry	28	54	3	0	51.9
Pat Cummins (c)lbw b Matt Henry	23	22	4	1	104.5
Josh Hazlewoodnot out	1*	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	7 (b 5, lb 1, nb 1)
Total	256 (all out, 68 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Southee1 nb	18	2	68	1	3.78
Matt Henry	23	4	67	7	2.91
Ben Sears	16	3	71	1	4.44
Scott Kuggeleijn	6	1	30	0	5.00
Glenn Phillips	5	0	14	1	2.80

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tom Lathamc Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	73	168	8	0	43.5
Will Youngc Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	1	5	0	0	20.0
Kane Williamsonb Pat Cummins	51	107	6	0	47.7
Rachin Ravindrac Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	82	153	10	0	53.6
Daryl Mitchellc Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	58	98	6	1	59.2
Tom Blundell (wk)c Marnus Labuschagne b Cameron Green	9	11	1	0	81.8
Glenn Phillipsb Nathan Lyon	16	46	2	0	34.8
Scott Kuggeleijnc Cameron Green b Nathan Lyon	44	49	5	2	89.8
Matt Henryc Josh Hazlewood b Nathan Lyon	16	11	4	0	145.5
Tim Southee (c)c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.0
Ben Searsnot out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	22 (b 5, lb 9, w 3, nb 5)
Total	372 (all out, 108.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc2 wd	22.1	3	94	1	4.24
Josh Hazlewood3 nb	26	6	70	1	2.69
Pat Cummins	24	3	62	4	2.58
Cameron Green	11	2	48	1	4.36
Nathan Lyon	16.1	1	49	3	3.03
Mitchell Marsh1 nb	6	1	19	0	3.17
Travis Head	2	0	7	0	3.50
Marnus Labuschagne1 wd, 1 nb	1	0	9	0	9.00

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Steven Smithlbw b Matt Henry	9	25	1	0	36.0
Usman Khawajac Tim Southee b Matt Henry	11	24	1	0	45.8
Marnus Labuschagnec & b Ben Sears	6	8	1	0	75.0
Cameron Greenb Ben Sears	5	21	0	0	23.8
Travis Headc Will Young b Tim Southee	18	43	2	0	41.9
Mitchell Marshlbw b Ben Sears	80	102	10	1	78.4
Alex Carey (wk)not out	98*	123	15	0	79.7
Mitchell Starcc Will Young b Ben Sears	0	1	0	0	0.0
Pat Cummins (c)not out	32*	44	4	0	72.7
Extras	22 (b 9, lb 12, nb 1)
Total	281/7 (65 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tim Southee	14	1	39	1	2.79
Matt Henry	19	1	94	2	4.95
Ben Sears1 nb	17	2	90	4	5.29
Glenn Phillips	12	2	27	0	2.25
Scott Kuggeleijn	3	1	10	0	3.33

Match details

Toss: Australia, bowl
Ground: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Start: Thu 7 Mar, 22:00 UK
Competition: WTC 2024
Next meeting: Australia v New ZealandWed 9 Dec, 02:20 GMT

New Zealand vs Australia Questions

When is New Zealand vs Australia?

New Zealand vs Australia starts at 22:00 UK time (03:30 in India) on Thursday 7 March 2024, at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, part of WTC 2024; this page has the form, the head to head, the ground and the projections for the match.

What is the New Zealand vs Australia head to head?

Australia lead the New Zealand vs Australia head to head at 5-0 from 5 Test meetings, and the latest, on 7 March 2024 at Hagley Oval, was won by Australia.

What is New Zealand's recent form?

New Zealand have won 4 and lost 1 of their last 5 Test matches, newest first W W L W W; most recently they beat England on 25 Jun, 430 & 288/9 to 354 & 212.

What is Australia's recent form?

Australia have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 5 Test matches, newest first L L W W L; most recently they lost to South Africa on 27 Oct, 429 & 111 to 329 & 387.

What is a good score at Hagley Oval?

A good first-innings score at Hagley Oval is around 279, the average over its last 10 Test matches, and the side batting first has won 33% of them, so chasing has had the edge there.

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