12/12Result

1st Test (D/N), ICC World Test Championship at Perth, Dec 12-15 2019

AustraliaAustraliaAUS
416 & 217/9d
New ZealandNew ZealandNZ
166 & 171 (65.3 ov)

Australia won by 296 runs

Player of the Match

Mitchell StarcAustralia

Best performances - Batsmen

M Labuschagne

143(240) 18x4 - 1x6

Control %93%

Productive Shot
flick
28 runs
2x4 - 0x6

LRPL Taylor

80(134) 9x4 - 0x6

Control %74%

Productive Shot
cover drive
14 runs
1x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

MA Starc

O18

R52

Eco2.88

RHB
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			1W

		2W

TG Southee

O21.1

R69

Eco3.25

RHB
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		1W
		1W
			1W

Partnerships

AUS - 1st
NZ - 1st
AUS - 2nd
NZ - 2nd

Australia - 1st - Innings

DA Warner26 (36)

JA Burns9 (42)

DA Warner17 (38)

M Labuschagne15 (39)

132

SPD Smith43 (164)

M Labuschagne88 (129)

MS Wade12 (26)

M Labuschagne4 (21)

TM Head40 (65)

M Labuschagne36 (51)

TD Paine8 (32)

TM Head16 (32)

TD Paine18 (50)

PJ Cummins20 (85)

TD Paine13 (21)

MA Starc30 (41)

TD Paine0 (0)

NM Lyon8 (6)

TD Paine0 (2)

JR Hazlewood0 (0)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

JA Raval1 (3)

TWM Latham0 (2)

KS Williamson0 (1)

JA Raval0 (4)

LRPL Taylor41 (57)

KS Williamson34 (69)

LRPL Taylor13 (19)

HM Nicholls7 (18)

LRPL Taylor0 (0)

N Wagner0 (1)

LRPL Taylor14 (22)

BJ Watling8 (29)

LRPL Taylor12 (36)

C de Grandhomme15 (15)

C de Grandhomme8 (6)

MJ Santner0 (0)

TG Southee8 (27)

MJ Santner2 (19)

TG Southee0 (2)

LH Ferguson0 (2)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

DA Warner19 (63)

JA Burns19 (49)

JA Burns32 (66)

M Labuschagne50 (81)

SPD Smith14 (22)

JA Burns2 (8)

MS Wade4 (11)

SPD Smith2 (6)

MS Wade0 (3)

TM Head5 (8)

TD Paine0 (2)

MS Wade0 (6)

MS Wade5 (26)

PJ Cummins13 (32)

MS Wade8 (6)

MA Starc0 (0)

NM Lyon0 (11)

MA Starc23 (21)

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

JA Raval1 (21)

TWM Latham5 (17)

KS Williamson14 (8)

TWM Latham1 (9)

LRPL Taylor22 (42)

TWM Latham12 (39)

TWM Latham0 (3)

HM Nicholls0 (2)

BJ Watling20 (45)

HM Nicholls21 (52)

C de Grandhomme33 (65)

BJ Watling20 (55)

BJ Watling0 (6)

MJ Santner0 (3)

TG Southee0 (0)

MJ Santner0 (5)

TG Southee1 (2)

N Wagner8 (5)

TG Southee3 (8)

LH Ferguson1 (7)

Match Coverage

All Match News

Labuschagne, Starc break into top five in Test rankings after Perth heroics
The duo achieved their career-best Test rankings after impressive performances in the win over New Zealand in Perth
Increased workload not a worry for Nathan Lyon, Tim Paine's trump card
"If I have to bowl a lot of overs, I'll do whatever it takes for the team"
Success against Steven Smith 'a good thing' - Gary Stead
New Zealand coach also weighed in on the worrisome depletion of pace-bowling resources in his squad due to injury
'It's going to be a bit of bodyline this series' - Tim Paine
Short-ball tactics from Neil Wagner and Mitchell Starc is 'great theatre' according to Australia captain
Australia 'are moving in the right direction' - Tim Paine
Australia captain lauded how his side put in the hard yards after an injured Hazlewood went down early in the game

Videos

play01:26

'This New Zealand side should be enjoyed while they are around' - Ian Smith
01:26
Watling prepared to make mistakes keeping to the pink ball
01:25
'You expect that from Steve' - Starc on Smith's blinder
00:49

New Zealand INNINGS		R	B
JA Raval	caught	1	21
TWM Latham	lbw	18	68
KS Williamson	caught	14	8
LRPL Taylor	caught wk	22	42
HM Nicholls	caught	21	54
BJ Watling	caught wk	40	106
C de Grandhomme	caught	33	65
MJ Santner	caught	0	8
TG Southee	caught	4	10
N Wagner	caught wk	8	5
LH Ferguson	not out	1	7
EXTRAS	(lb 6, w 2, nb 1)
TOTAL	171 (all out; 65.3 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.0	5	45	4	3.21
PJ Cummins	19.0	6	31	2	1.63	(1nb, 2w)
NM Lyon	22.3	3	63	4	2.80
TM Head	5.0	1	13	0	2.60
M Labuschagne	5.0	0	13	0	2.60

New Zealand 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	6	JA Raval	TWM Latham
2nd	15	KS Williamson	TWM Latham
3rd	36	LRPL Taylor	TWM Latham
4th	0	TWM Latham	HM Nicholls
5th	41	BJ Watling	HM Nicholls
6th	56	C de Grandhomme	BJ Watling
7th	0	BJ Watling	MJ Santner
8th	0	TG Southee	MJ Santner
9th	9	TG Southee	N Wagner
10th	8	TG Southee	LH Ferguson

ICC World Test Championship

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	SW	RpWr
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	2	1.392
IND	17	12	4	1	520	5	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	4	1.120
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	3	1.281
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	3	0.822
SL	12	2	6	4	200	1	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	1	0.661
SA	13	5	8	0	264	2	0.787
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0	0.601

Australia - 1st - Innings

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

Australia - 2nd - Innings

New Zealand - 2nd - Innings

Labuschagne, Starc break into top five in Test rankings after Perth heroics

Increased workload not a worry for Nathan Lyon, Tim Paine's trump card

Success against Steven Smith 'a good thing' - Gary Stead

'It's going to be a bit of bodyline this series' - Tim Paine

Australia 'are moving in the right direction' - Tim Paine

'This New Zealand side should be enjoyed while they are around' - Ian Smith

Watling prepared to make mistakes keeping to the pink ball

'You expect that from Steve' - Starc on Smith's blinder