The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia from 23 October to 1 December 2015 to play three Test matches and four tour matches.[1] The third match of the series at the Adelaide Oval was the first ever day-night Test.[2][3]Michael Hussey captained the Prime Minister's XI side for the tour match, and in preparation for the day-night Test, a pink ball was used in this game.[4] Australia won the series 2–0, with victories in Brisbane and Adelaide, with the second Test in Perth being drawn.
Following the conclusion of the Adelaide Test, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said that day-night Test cricket is "here to stay" and that "it's a great concept".[5] The Australian captain Steve Smith also had praise for the day-night Test saying that "the whole Test match was a great innovation, it was a great spectacle".[5] Media reaction to the first day-night Test was also positive, with many news outlets praising the innovation.[6] However, following the match the majority of players who took part in the game said that there needs considerable work on floodlit Test cricket.[7] Twenty of the twenty-two players who responded supported the concept of day-night Test cricket but work on the pink ball needed further refinement.[7]
All-rounder Corey Anderson was ruled out of New Zealand's Test series in Australia because of an ongoing back problem. Anderson was replaced by the uncapped Mitchell Santner for the Test series.[10]Neil Wagner was added to New Zealand's squad after Tim Southee suffered a back injury during the first Test.[11]James Neesham was ruled out of the rest of the series after injuring his back in the first Test. He was replaced by Mitchell McClenaghan.[12] Before the inaugural day/night Test in Adelaide, Shaun Marsh replaced Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson replaced the retired Mitchell Johnson.[13]Stephen O'Keefe was released the day of the Test after the pitch condition was inspected.[14]Mitchell Starc suffered a stress fracture to his right foot during the first day of the Adelaide Test and was ruled out of bowling for the rest of the match.[15]
Aaron Finch and Ryan Carters (both Cricket Australia XI) scored their maiden first-class double centuries.[16]
The partnership of 503 between Finch and Carters set a new record as the highest partnership in Australian first-class cricket history.[17]
The match was abandoned after the Cricket Australia XI's declaration shortly before lunch on Day 2 due to an unsafe pitch. The New Zealanders had become concerned about the state of the pitch after some dangerously high bouncing deliveries late on Day 1; the match continued on the morning of Day 2 with the New Zealanders bowling only its spinners, the Cricket Australia XI declared immediately after Ryan Carters' dismissal, and the match was not resumed.[17]
Australia made their highest total on the first day of a Test match at the Gabba, with 389 runs.[20]
Joe Burns and David Warner (Aus) became the first opening combination in Test history to post partnerships of 150 runs or more in both innings of a match.[21]
David Warner (Aus) became only the third player in Test history, after Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) & Ricky Ponting (Aus), to score hundreds in both innings of a match thrice.[22]
The first Test of the series resulted in a dominant Australian victory. After winning the toss, Australia on back of centuries from David Warner and Usman Khawaja and half centuries from Joe Burns and Adam Voges declared their innings at 4/556. New Zealand in reply had a steady start before a middle-order collapse left them struggling at the end of day 2. However, Kane Williamson's 140 meant that Australia didn't enforce the follow-on. However, Warner's second century and Burns maiden ton resulted in New Zealand being set a target of 504 runs. Another middle-order collapse meant that despite rain interruptions on day 3 and day 4 Australia comfortably won the Test by 208 runs.
Rain stopped play on Day 5 at 14:50 and tea was taken. Play continued to be delayed after tea until it resumed at 16:20.
David Warner (Aus) scored his maiden Test double-hundred and also completed 4,000 Test career runs (in 84 innings) as the 4th fastest Australian batsman.[23]
David Warner (Aus) became only the second opener in Test history, after Sunil Gavaskar (Ind), to score three consecutive Test hundreds twice.[23]
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor recorded the highest partnership of 265 runs for New Zealand against Australia in Test history.[24]
Ross Taylor (NZ) became the first Kiwi batsman to score a Test double-hundred against Australia and the 2nd fastest among his countrymen to reach 5,000 Test career runs (in 120 innings).[24][25]
Ross Taylor also achieved the highest individual Test score by any overseas batsman (290, his highest Test score) on Australian soil and the third highest individual Test score by a Kiwi batsman.[25]
Steve Smith scored his maiden 2nd innings Test hundred and his fourth hundred in five matches as Australia's captain.[26]
This was the first ever day-night Test match in the history of Test cricket.[28]
Peter Siddle (Aus) became the 15th Australian bowler to take 200 Test wickets.[29]
The 74-run partnership between Peter Nevill and Nathan Lyon is the equal highest 9th wicket partnership for Australia against New Zealand.[30]
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^ abcS Rajesh (15 November 2015). "Records galore for Taylor and Williamson". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ abShiva Jayaraman (16 November 2015). "Taylor breaks 111-year-old record". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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Not to be confused with Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2015 16 The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia from 23 October to 1 December 2015 to play three Test matches and four tour matches 1 The third match of the series at the Adelaide Oval was the first ever day night Test 2 3 Michael Hussey captained the Prime Minister s XI side for the tour match and in preparation for the day night Test a pink ball was used in this game 4 Australia won the series 2 0 with victories in Brisbane and Adelaide with the second Test in Perth being drawn 2015 16 Trans Tasman Trophy AustraliaNew ZealandDates23 October 2015 1 December 2015CaptainsSteve SmithBrendon McCullumTest seriesResultAustralia won the 3 match series 2 0Most runsDavid Warner 592 Kane Williamson 428 Most wicketsMitchell Starc 13 Josh Hazlewood 13 Trent Boult 13 Player of the seriesDavid Warner Aus Following the conclusion of the Adelaide Test New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said that day night Test cricket is here to stay and that it s a great concept 5 The Australian captain Steve Smith also had praise for the day night Test saying that the whole Test match was a great innovation it was a great spectacle 5 Media reaction to the first day night Test was also positive with many news outlets praising the innovation 6 However following the match the majority of players who took part in the game said that there needs considerable work on floodlit Test cricket 7 Twenty of the twenty two players who responded supported the concept of day night Test cricket but work on the pink ball needed further refinement 7 Contents 1 Squads 2 Tour matches 2 1 Prime Minister s XI v New Zealanders 2 2 Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders 2 3 First class match Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders 2 4 Western Australia XI v New Zealanders 3 Test series Trans Tasman Trophy 3 1 1st Test 3 2 2nd Test 3 3 3rd Test 4 References 5 External linksSquads Edit New Zealand 8 Australia 9 Brendon McCullum c Ross Taylor vc Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham James Neesham Luke Ronchi wk Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee BJ Watling wk Kane Williamson Mitchell Santner Neil Wagner Mitchell McClenaghan Steve Smith c David Warner vc Joe Burns Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Johnson ret Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Peter Nevill wk Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Adam Voges Shaun Marsh Stephen O Keefe James PattinsonAll rounder Corey Anderson was ruled out of New Zealand s Test series in Australia because of an ongoing back problem Anderson was replaced by the uncapped Mitchell Santner for the Test series 10 Neil Wagner was added to New Zealand s squad after Tim Southee suffered a back injury during the first Test 11 James Neesham was ruled out of the rest of the series after injuring his back in the first Test He was replaced by Mitchell McClenaghan 12 Before the inaugural day night Test in Adelaide Shaun Marsh replaced Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson replaced the retired Mitchell Johnson 13 Stephen O Keefe was released the day of the Test after the pitch condition was inspected 14 Mitchell Starc suffered a stress fracture to his right foot during the first day of the Adelaide Test and was ruled out of bowling for the rest of the match 15 Tour matches EditPrime Minister s XI v New Zealanders Edit 23 October 2015 ScorecardNew Zealanders 8 307 50 overs v Prime Minister s XI205 45 2 overs Tom Latham 131 127 Jason Behrendorff 3 56 10 overs Ryan Carters 74 71 James Neesham 3 23 6 2 overs New Zealanders won by 102 runsManuka Oval Canberra Umpires Yohan Ramasundara Aus and Paul Wilson Aus New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders Edit 24 25 October 2015 ScorecardCricket Australia XI v New Zealanders4 325d 90 overs Usman Khawaja 111 168 Doug Bracewell 1 52 14 overs 8 368 82 overs Kane Williamson 68 80 Billy Stanlake 1 25 10 overs Match drawnManuka Oval Canberra Umpires Sam Nogajski Aus and Paul Wilson Aus Cricket Australia XI won the toss and elected to bat First class match Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders Edit 29 October 1 November 2015 ScorecardCricket Australia XI v New Zealanders1 503d 121 1 overs Aaron Finch 288 363 Tom Latham 1 7 1 1 overs Match drawnBlacktown International Sportspark Sydney Umpires John Ward Aus and Paul Wilson Aus Cricket Australia XI won the toss and elected to bat Liam Hatcher Matthew Short and Mitchell Swepson all Cricket Australia XI made their first class debuts Aaron Finch and Ryan Carters both Cricket Australia XI scored their maiden first class double centuries 16 The partnership of 503 between Finch and Carters set a new record as the highest partnership in Australian first class cricket history 17 The match was abandoned after the Cricket Australia XI s declaration shortly before lunch on Day 2 due to an unsafe pitch The New Zealanders had become concerned about the state of the pitch after some dangerously high bouncing deliveries late on Day 1 the match continued on the morning of Day 2 with the New Zealanders bowling only its spinners the Cricket Australia XI declared immediately after Ryan Carters dismissal and the match was not resumed 17 Western Australia XI v New Zealanders Edit 21 22 November 2015 D N Scorecard Western Australia v New Zealanders13 345d 90 overs Sam Whiteman 117 147 Neil Wagner 5 62 19 overs 11 426 89 2 overs Martin Guptill 103 109 Andrew Tye 4 40 10 overs Match drawnWACA Ground Perth Umpires Richard Illingworth Eng and Sundaram Ravi Ind Western Australia XI won the toss and elected to bat New Zealanders had 15 players 11 batting 11 fielding and Western Australia XI had 12 players 13 batting 11 fielding Test series Trans Tasman Trophy EditSee also Trans Tasman Trophy 1st Test Edit 5 9 November 2015 ScorecardAustralia v New Zealand4 556d 130 2 overs Usman Khawaja 174 239 Kane Williamson 1 39 8 2 overs 317 82 2 overs Kane Williamson 140 178 Mitchell Starc 4 57 17 2 overs 4 264d 42 overs Joe Burns 129 123 Mark Craig 3 78 14 overs 295 88 3 overs Brendon McCullum 80 80 Nathan Lyon 3 63 21 overs Australia won by 208 runsThe Gabba Brisbane Umpires Richard Illingworth Eng and Nigel Llong Eng Player of the match David Warner Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Play on Day 4 was delayed by rain at 11 50 and lunch was taken Play eventually resumed at 13 20 Play was again delayed at 15 50 and no further play was possible for the rest of Day 4 due to rain Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns both Aus made their maiden Test centuries 18 19 Australia made their highest total on the first day of a Test match at the Gabba with 389 runs 20 Joe Burns and David Warner Aus became the first opening combination in Test history to post partnerships of 150 runs or more in both innings of a match 21 David Warner Aus became only the third player in Test history after Sunil Gavaskar Ind amp Ricky Ponting Aus to score hundreds in both innings of a match thrice 22 The first Test of the series resulted in a dominant Australian victory After winning the toss Australia on back of centuries from David Warner and Usman Khawaja and half centuries from Joe Burns and Adam Voges declared their innings at 4 556 New Zealand in reply had a steady start before a middle order collapse left them struggling at the end of day 2 However Kane Williamson s 140 meant that Australia didn t enforce the follow on However Warner s second century and Burns maiden ton resulted in New Zealand being set a target of 504 runs Another middle order collapse meant that despite rain interruptions on day 3 and day 4 Australia comfortably won the Test by 208 runs 2nd Test Edit 13 17 November 2015 ScorecardAustralia v New Zealand9 559d 133 overs David Warner 253 286 Mark Craig 3 123 23 overs 624 153 5 overs Ross Taylor 290 374 Mitchell Starc 4 119 37 overs 7 385d 103 overs Steve Smith 138 185 Tim Southee 4 97 25 overs 2 104 28 overs Ross Taylor 36 35 Mitchell Johnson 2 20 6 overs Match drawnWACA Ground Perth Umpires Nigel Llong Eng and Sundaram Ravi Ind Player of the match Ross Taylor NZ Australia won the toss and elected to bat Rain stopped play on Day 5 at 14 50 and tea was taken Play continued to be delayed after tea until it resumed at 16 20 David Warner Aus scored his maiden Test double hundred and also completed 4 000 Test career runs in 84 innings as the 4th fastest Australian batsman 23 David Warner Aus became only the second opener in Test history after Sunil Gavaskar Ind to score three consecutive Test hundreds twice 23 Kane Williamson NZ became the third Kiwi batsman after Martin Crowe amp Andrew Jones to score two Test hundreds in Australia 24 Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor recorded the highest partnership of 265 runs for New Zealand against Australia in Test history 24 Ross Taylor NZ became the first Kiwi batsman to score a Test double hundred against Australia and the 2nd fastest among his countrymen to reach 5 000 Test career runs in 120 innings 24 25 Ross Taylor also achieved the highest individual Test score by any overseas batsman 290 his highest Test score on Australian soil and the third highest individual Test score by a Kiwi batsman 25 Steve Smith scored his maiden 2nd innings Test hundred and his fourth hundred in five matches as Australia s captain 26 Mitchell Johnson announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket during this match 27 3rd Test Edit 27 November 1 December 2015 D N ScorecardNew Zealand v Australia202 65 2 overs Tom Latham 50 103 Mitchell Starc 3 24 9 overs 224 72 1 overs Peter Nevill 66 110 Doug Bracewell 3 18 12 1 overs 208 62 5 overs Mitchell Santner 45 88 Josh Hazlewood 6 70 24 5 overs 7 187 51 overs Shaun Marsh 49 117 Trent Boult 5 60 16 overs Australia won by 3 wicketsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires Richard Illingworth Eng and Sundaram Ravi Ind Player of the match Josh Hazlewood Aus New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat Mitchell Santner NZ made his Test debut This was the first ever day night Test match in the history of Test cricket 28 Peter Siddle Aus became the 15th Australian bowler to take 200 Test wickets 29 The 74 run partnership between Peter Nevill and Nathan Lyon is the equal highest 9th wicket partnership for Australia against New Zealand 30 References Edit NZC mulls scrapping Test for Chappell Hadlee ODIs ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 4 June 2015 Pink ball ready for Test debut ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 17 June 2015 First day night Test for Adelaide Oval ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 29 June 2015 Pink ball to be used in PM s XI match ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 20 August 2015 a b Day night Tests here to stay McCullum ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 29 November 2015 World media s rave reviews for day night Test cricket after historic day in Adelaide Fox Sport Retrieved 29 November 2015 a b Players raise fresh concerns over pink ball ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 8 December 2015 Neesham returns for Tests in Australia ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 11 September 2015 Retrieved 11 September 2015 Burns and Khawaja named in Test squad ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 30 October 2015 Retrieved 30 October 2015 Injured Anderson out of Test tour ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 12 October 2015 Retrieved 12 October 2015 Wagner called in as cover for injured Southee ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 6 November 2015 Retrieved 6 November 2015 Injured Neesham ruled out of series ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 9 November 2015 Retrieved 9 November 2015 Pattinson Shaun Marsh in Adelaide squad ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 18 November 2015 Retrieved 18 November 2015 Australia to stick with three quicks cricket com au Retrieved 26 November 2015 Starc suffers stress fracture in right foot ESPN Cricinfo ESPN Sports Media 27 November 2015 Retrieved 27 November 2015 Finch and Carters dominate New Zealand ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 29 October 2015 a b Daniel Brettig 30 October 2015 New Zealand tour game abandoned over pitch concerns ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 30 October 2015 Brydon Coverdale 5 November 2015 Khawaja ecstatic to finally pin down dream ton ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 5 November 2015 Brydon Coverdale 7 November 2015 Burns soaks in special ton on home turf ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 7 November 2015 Australia v New Zealand David Warner hits 163 as hosts dominate BBC Sport 5 November 2015 Retrieved 5 November 2015 Daniel Brettig 7 November 2015 Burns Warner blast off after Williamson classic ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 8 November 2015 S Rajesh 7 November 2015 Warner and Burns fly high ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 9 November 2015 a b Shiva Jayaraman 13 November 2015 Warner equals Gavaskar with consecutive tons ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 13 November 2015 a b c S Rajesh 15 November 2015 Records galore for Taylor and Williamson ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 16 November 2015 a b Shiva Jayaraman 16 November 2015 Taylor breaks 111 year old record ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 16 November 2015 Daniel Brettig 16 November 2015 Captain Smith clears first significant hurdle ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 17 November 2015 Sam Ferris 17 November 2015 Watson shocked by Johnson retirement Cricket Australia Retrieved 18 November 2015 Brydon Coverdale 27 November 2015 Bowlers dominate early in day night Test ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 27 November 2015 S Rajesh 27 November 2015 A 19 year low and Siddle s 200 ESPNCricinfo Retrieved 27 November 2015 Partnership records ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 21 February 2016 External links EditSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015 16 amp oldid 1065435918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
