11/26Result
3rd Test (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 27-29 2015
Australia won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia
11/26Result
3rd Test (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 27-29 2015
Australia won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia

5.42 pm Australia have a 22-run lead, but they do not have Starc to bowl for them. New Zealand will do well to forget the poor cricket in the last 90 minutes and just get on with this game. They only trail by 22 and do not have to face Australia's best bowler. And Australia have to bat last. They still hold the edge in this game.

Hypocaust: "Couldn't have gone better for Australia since the Llong decision. Added over 100 runs since Lyon walked back to the crease and NZ will be facing the new ball as the tricky final session under lights approaches."

Rob: "Interesting its all NZ's fault that the call was missed (and yes it was missed) going flat is a bit unfair, both batsmen chanced their arms and played well, yes bad calls happen but this one has seemed quite cruel, and im not too sure why some of your commentators are so keen to jump on the umpires bandwagon here? Cant you call it for what it was, a poor call?"

Mike: "MNKhan - it was conclusive, when all you had to do was see the deflection off the bat. Too much reliance on technology, not enough looking for the edge when the hot spot views weren't adequate."

72.1
W
Bracewell to Nevill, OUT, gone first ball! Where was Bracewell all this time?! Nevill plays the lofted inside out drive over cover and Santner dives forward in the deep to take a superb catch. Nevill gets applauded warmly by the crowd, he's played a sterling innings for Australia, given them a 22-run lead

PM Nevill c Santner b Bracewell 66 (143m 110b 8x4 0x6) SR: 60

MNKhan: "I do not agree that Nigel Long had a shocker, it was inconclusive but NZ just fell flat as if no other ball could get lyon out; poor cricket by Kiwis and they might have gifted this match back to Aussies solely due to sulking too much about that not out decision"

And FINALLY, here's Doug Bracewell, 27 overs after he last bowled.

END OF OVER:
72 | 1 Run | AUS: 224/9

  • Mitchell Starc24 (15b)
  • Peter Nevill66 (109b)
  • Trent Boult17-5-41-2
  • Mark Craig10-1-53-2
71.6
0
Boult to Starc, no run, another full and searing yorker slams into Starc's boot, going down leg, surely McCullum won't bowl a spinner again?

Frustrated: "C'mon Mccullum. Are you serious? Target that foot. Simple stuff for a captain. His Australia tour is taking a turn. And in all kinds of wrong."

71.5
0
Boult to Starc, no run, tries to clear the front foot and slog but inside edges the ball on to his front boot!
71.4
0
Boult to Starc, no run, another yorker, slants down leg and crashes into Starc's boot again, hobbles in pain
71.3
0
Boult to Starc, no run, bangs it in short and at the body, not so easy to clear the leg against Boult's pace, Starc tries to pull but misses
71.2
1
Boult to Nevill, 1 run, Starc hobbles through for a single after Nevill gets an inside edge through square leg
71.1
0
Boult to Nevill, no run, short ball, Nevill pulls but doesn't connect

END OF OVER:
71 | 20 Runs | AUS: 223/9

  • Mitchell Starc24 (11b)
  • Peter Nevill65 (107b)
  • Mark Craig10-1-53-2
  • Trent Boult16-5-40-2
70.6
6
Craig to Starc, SIX, oh my word, what are New Zealand doing? Starc winds up predictably and unwinds powerfully, slogging the ball high and far over wide long on
70.5
0
Craig to Starc, no run, cut hard off the back foot to point

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Rare series defeat for NZ

7

Consecutive series New Zealand had not lost before this one; their last series defeat was in 2013, in England (2-0)

Tough for batsmen

66

The top score in this Test, the lowest ever in a Test in Adelaide. The previous lowest was 67, in an Aus-WI Test in 1951-52

Where are the hundreds?

1993

The last time there was no hundred in an Adelaide Test, when WI played Aus. There were 6 last year, in the Ind-Aus Test

Warner's bumper series

592

David Warner's series aggregate, the fourth-highest in a series of three of fewer Tests, after Gooch, Lara and Yousuf

Can NZ repeat Hobart?

1

Number of times New Zealand have dismissed Australia in the fourth innings to win a Test - in Hobart, in 2011

An unusual Adelaide Test

21.13

Average runs per wicket in this Test, at the end of the third innings. Only two Tests in Adelaide have had a lower average

Hot Hazlewood

2

Number of times Josh Hazlewood has taken five or more wickets in six home Tests. His best before today was 5 for 68

A rare rearguard

1

No of times before when 9th and 10th wkts have wiped out a bigger 1st-inn deficit from a score of <150. Aus at Trent Bridge, 2013.

Best stand

29

The previous highest stand for Australia in this inns - between Smith and Neville. This stand between Neville and Lyon is the best.

Australia in trouble

2010

Last time Aus lost six-plus wkts for fewer runs in a session at home. They lost 6 for 40 on the 1st day of the Boxing Day Test.