New Zealand vs Australia Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard NZ vs AUS, 2nd Test, Australia tour of New Zealand, 2024, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
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New Zealand vs Australia MATCH INFO
- Toss:Australia, who chose to field
- Series:AUS in NZ, 2 Tests, 2024
- Venue:Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Umpires:Marais Erasmus (SA), Nitin Menon (IND) and Michael Gough (ENG)
- Match Referee:Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
- Match Date:Fri, 08th Mar 2024
NEW ZEALAND Team Players
AUSTRALIA Team Players
- End of over 65
- AUS281/7
- Australia Batting P Cummins 32(44) A Carey 98(123)
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64.6: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Australian skipper finishes off in style and propels his team to clean sweep the series by 2-0, and New Zealand's wait to beat Australia in their own backyard just extends for the time being. Sears bowls it on a length and outside off, Pat Cummins punches it through backward point for a boundary and hits the winning runs. From being 80/5 to triumphing in this game, this is some performance from Australian batters, courtesy of Alex Carey's 98, and Mitchell Marsh's 80. Australia retains this Trans-Tasmanian rivalry in style with three wickets remaining.
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64.5: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Outside off on a length, Pat Cummins under edges it short to Tom Blundell.
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64.4: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, On the top of off, on a length, Pat Cummins punches it off the back foot. Ben Sears stops it with one hand on his follow-through.
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64.3: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Short, on the body, Pat Cummins hops and punches it back to the right of the bowler.
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64.2: Ben Sears to Alex Carey, On a length aiming the body, it shoots further and takes Alex Carey squared up. It takes off from his gloves and rolls to deep square leg and they cross for a single. Just a couple of runs needed now.
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64.1: Ben Sears to Alex Carey, FOUR! What a shot! Just 3 needed now and Alex Carey is also 3 away from the century. On a short length angling in the bodyline, Alex Carey pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary at deep mid-wicket.
- End of over 64
- AUS272/7
- Australia Batting P Cummins 28(40) A Carey 93(121)
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63.6: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Straight as an arrow! A classy shot! Full and on the stumps, Pat Cummins presents the full face of the bat and drives it along the carpet and straight down the ground for a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between the two and Pat Cummins has looked cool, calm and collected.
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63.5: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, Short and nipping back in, Pat Cummins tucks it in front of short leg.
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63.4: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, On off and full, Pat Cummins presents a solid front foot defence.
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63.3: Matt Henry to Alex Carey, Full and on the stumps, Alex Carey drives it straight clearing his front foot. Matt Henry flicks it off with his leg on the way, and the ball rolls to mid on. Pat Cummins puts in a dive to reach home at the non-striker's end. A single taken.
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63.2: Matt Henry to Alex Carey, On the back of a length on top of off, Alex Carey pats it back to Henry off the back foot.
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63.1: Matt Henry to Alex Carey, FOUR! Inching closer now! On a good length on the off stump, Alex Carey gets the outside edge off the bat and it bullets away through gully and slip cordon for a boundary. Alex Carey into the 90s now.
- End of over 63
- AUS263/7
- Australia Batting A Carey 88(118) P Cummins 24(37)
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62.6: Ben Sears to Alex Carey, On the back of a length around off, Alex Carey dabs it in front of backward point for an easy single. 16 runs needed to win for Australia.
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62.5: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Below 20s now. Another misdirected delivery on the leg side, and on a shortish length, Pat Cummins guides the ball off the back foot toward deep fine leg. Scott Kuggeleijn sprints to his right from deep square leg and puts in a dive to save one.
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62.4: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Short, bounces a bit more off the deck, and outside off, Pat Cummins ducks and stays away from the line.
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62.3: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Bowls it outside off on a shade fuller length, Pat Cummins shoulders arms at it.
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62.2: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, On the back of a length, the ball springs up further on the body, Pat Cummins jumps and blocks it off.
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62.2: Ben Sears to Alex Carey, Oh no, Sears has hit the stump at the non-striker's end on his follow-through with his back leg. On a length, Alex Carey tucks it to the leg side for an easy single. Just 20 now the equation.
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62.1: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, On a short length, just outside off, Pat Cummins cuts it off the back foot towards deep point for a single.
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108.2: Nathan Lyon to Scott Kuggeleijn, OUT! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Nathan Lyon wraps things up with his third wicket in no time. He tosses it up, full and around the middle, Scott Kuggeleijn skips down the track to slog it away but gets more elevation than distance, the ball flies high in the air towards deep mid-wicket where Cameron Green settles under it and takes a fine catch. New Zealand have been bowled out for 372 runs and the target for Australia will be 279!
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108.1: Nathan Lyon to Scott Kuggeleijn, Flatter, short and on off, Scott Kuggeleijn stays back and keeps it out to the off side.
- End of over 108
- NZ372/9
- New Zealand Batting B Sears 0(4) S Kuggeleijn 44(47)
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107.6: Pat Cummins to Ben Sears, Pat Cummins comes around the wicket and hits the length hard, on leg, angling away, Ben Sears misses his flick and gets hit high on the body.
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107.5: Pat Cummins to Ben Sears, A bouncer now, on middle, Ben Sears ducks under it.
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107.4: Pat Cummins to Ben Sears, Fuller one and on off, Ben Sears pushes it towards covers.
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107.3: Pat Cummins to Ben Sears, This is on a good length and on middle, Ben Sears leaves it on length as the ball goes over the stumps to the keeper.
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107.2: Pat Cummins to Tim Southee, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Pat Cummins gets his fourth now! He sends the back the opposition skipper for a duck here. He follows the batter and bangs this into the pitch hard, angling in sharply, Tim Southee backs away and looks for the ramp but gets cramped up as the ball takes his gloves and pops in the air behind, Alex Carey dives forward and takes his 10th catch of this Test. A record for Australia. New Zealand leads by 278 runs with only one wicket in hand.
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107.1: Pat Cummins to Scott Kuggeleijn, Fuller one and on middle, Scott Kuggeleijn knocks it towards mid on for a single.
- End of over 107
- NZ371/8
- New Zealand Batting T Southee 0(2) S Kuggeleijn 43(46)
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106.6: Nathan Lyon to Tim Southee, Short and on middle, Tim Southee pushes it back to the bowler.
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106.5: Nathan Lyon to Tim Southee, Looped up, full and on off, Tim Southee dead-bats it.
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106.4: Nathan Lyon to Matt Henry, OUT! TAKEN! Nathan Lyon strikes again! Matt Henry tries to take on the off-spinner here but holes out instead. This is flighted, full and on middle, turns in a bit, Matt Henry goes for the lofted shot but fails to get under it fully and hits it much straighter towards long on, Josh Hazlewood moves to his right and pouches it safely. Henry goes back after a quick little cameo and the Kiwis are eight down now!
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106.3: Nathan Lyon to Scott Kuggeleijn, Quicker, short and on middle, Scott Kuggeleijn moves back and clips it through square leg for a single.
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106.2: Nathan Lyon to Scott Kuggeleijn, Floated, full and on off, Scott Kuggeleijn guides it towards point.
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106.1: Nathan Lyon to Scott Kuggeleijn, Tossed up, full and on off, Scott Kuggeleijn taps it towards short covers.
- End of over 68
- AUS256/10
- Australia Batting P Cummins 23(22) J Hazlewood 1(3)
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67.6: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, OUT! LBW! Matt Henry gets his seventh and wraps things up with a toe-crusher! He follows up the bouncer with an excellent yorker, on middle, angling in, Pat Cummins goes too far across and misses his flick shot to get hit on the pads. A huge appeal for LBW, but turned down. It looks really close and Tim Southee takes the review. The replay confirms no bat involved and Ball Tracking shows three reds. To be fair Cummins is already near the boundary ropes and the umpire changes his decision now. Australia have been bowled out for 256 and leads by 94 runs!
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67.5: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, Matt Henry bangs in a well-directed bouncer, on middle, Pat Cummins ducks under it well.
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67.4: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, BEATEN! Matt Henry lands this on a good length and on the fifth stump line, shaping in a bit, Pat Cummins tries to push it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.
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67.3: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, Fuller again and on off, Pat Cummins taps it towards short covers.
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67.2: Matt Henry to Josh Hazlewood, Fuller and on middle, Josh Hazlewood works it off the inner half of the bat through square leg for a single.
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67.1: Matt Henry to Josh Hazlewood, A bouncer to start the over, on middle and leg, Josh Hazlewood ducks under it.
- End of over 67
- AUS255/9
- Australia Batting P Cummins 23(18) J Hazlewood 0(1)
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66.6: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, SIX! BANG! Make that 18 runs off the over! This sounded very sweet! Ben Sears bangs in another bouncer in the middle, Pat Cummins picks up the length early and hammers it off the middle of the bat way over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. Australia leads by 93 runs now!
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66.5: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, FOUR! THREE IN A ROW! A bit streaky this one! Ben Sears pitches it up and outside off, Pat Cummins throws his bat at it hard and gets an outside edge that goes well over the slip cordon for the third boundary of the over. 12 runs already off the over!
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66.4: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Another one! Ben Sears bangs this short and on middle, Pat Cummins backs away and goes for the pull but gets a bit of a top edge, the ball flies in the air towards the deep square leg region, Rachin Ravindra thinks he is in with a chance and runs to his left but the ball lands well wide of him and goes over the fence for a boundary.
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66.3: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Pat Cummins is gonna go after it now! Ben Sears serves this fuller and around the middle, Pat Cummins clears his front leg away and thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
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66.2: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Back of a length and on middle, angling in, Pat Cummins hops up and pats it down towards square leg.
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66.1: Ben Sears to Pat Cummins, Short of a length and outside off, Pat Cummins slashes hard at it but misses.
- End of over 66
- AUS237/9
- Australia Batting J Hazlewood 0(1) P Cummins 5(12)
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65.6: Matt Henry to Josh Hazlewood, Pitched up and on middle and leg, angling in sharply, Josh Hazlewood tries to play at it but misses and gets hit on the pads.
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65.5: Matt Henry to Mitchell Starc, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The local boy gets his sixth now! Matt Henry lands this on a hard length and around off, nips away a bit. Mitchell Starc stays back and tries to go for the big swipe across the line, but only manages to get a thin outside edge behind where Tom Blundell makes no mistake. Starc goes back after a decent little knock and Australia are nine down now.
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65.4: Matt Henry to Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Starc bangs in a bouncer now, on middle, Mitchell Starc ducks under it.
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65.3: Matt Henry to Mitchell Starc, Full again and on off, Mitchell Starc knocks it towards mid on.
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65.2: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, Goes fuller and angling into the pads, Pat Cummins clips it through square leg for a single.
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65.1: Matt Henry to Pat Cummins, Back of a length and around off, Pat Cummins guides it towards point.
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45.2: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another beauty! Nips it away after pitching on the back of a length on off, Matt Henry stays glued on his crease with no real footwork and swings at it but misses. Oh, wait, Australia have gone for a review here for caught behind as Cameron Green who is stationed at gully believes he has heard something! UltraEdge comes up and shows there's a clear spike when the ball passes through the bat. The on-field decision is overturned. The faintest of outside edges and Alex Carey takes another regular grab behind the wickets. Josh Hazlewood finishes up with a sensational 5-fer and New Zealand are bundled out on a paltry 162. And again, the woes for New Zealand in batting continue with this dramatic collapse. And that will be an early TEA on Day 1.
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45.1: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, Outside off, Matt Henry pokes at it and gets beaten on the outside edge.
- End of over 45
- NZ162/9
- New Zealand Batting T Southee 26(20) M Henry 29(26)
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44.6: Pat Cummins to Tim Southee, OUT! TAKEN! New Zealand are nine down now and it's the busy man Josh Hazlewood who takes a good catch in the deep! Bowls it short in length and on the stump line, Tim Southee miscues his pull shot as he is a bit too early on it. It takes the leading edge and hits it aerially looking to clear the fence but the ball doesn't get the distance. Josh Hazlewood runs a few yards ahead from deep square leg and settles underneath it before pouching it safely.
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44.5: Pat Cummins to Matt Henry, On a hard length, on off, Matt Henry eases it through covers for a single off the back foot..
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44.4: Pat Cummins to Matt Henry, Short and angling in, Matt Henry ducks.
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44.3: Pat Cummins to Tim Southee, Almost a short-pitched delivery on the stumps,, Tim Southee pulls it through mid-wicket. Mitchell Starc chases and manages to flick the ball before the fence. He keeps it to three runs.
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44.2: Pat Cummins to Tim Southee, On the back of a length and on top of middle, Tim Southee pushes it firmly through the right of mid-wicket and runs a double. Also, a 50-run stand comes up between these two.
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44.1: Pat Cummins to Matt Henry, Angling on the pads on a length, Matt Henry tucks it to deep square leg for an easy single.
- End of over 44
- NZ155/8
- New Zealand Batting M Henry 27(23) T Southee 21(17)
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43.6: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, Short and angles it on the bodyline, Matt Henry rides on the bounce and places it to extra covers for a single to end the over.
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43.5: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, Swing and a miss! Straighter and fuller, Matt Henry clears his front foot to go big but misses.
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43.4: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, Short and on the top of off, Matt Henry backs and pats it to point.
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43.3: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, A lethal bumper from Hazlewood nipping back sharply in from the angle, Matt Henry backs away at the right time.
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43.2: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, On the hard length at the stumps, Matt Henry bunts it on the strip.
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43.1: Josh Hazlewood to Matt Henry, FOUR! Slapped away! Short in length and outside off, Matt Henry throws his bat at it and swings hard over the backward point region for a boundary in the deep on a couple of bounces.