New Zealand vs Australia, 1st Test at Auckland, Mar 11 2000 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	b Cairns	5	19	18	1	0	26.31
Greg Blewett	c Astle b Wiseman	17	64	98	3	0	26.56
Justin Langer	st †Parore b Wiseman	46	47	69	8	1	97.87
Mark Waugh	not out	72	144	197	6	1	50.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c Spearman b Vettori	17	34	40	1	1	50.00
Damien Martyn	c Astle b Vettori	17	26	29	3	0	65.38
Adam Gilchrist †	lbw b Wiseman	7	24	38	1	0	29.16
Shane Warne	c Fleming b Vettori	7	20	23	1	0	35.00
Brett Lee	c †Parore b Vettori	6	14	14	0	0	42.85
Colin Miller	b Cairns	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	c Spearman b Vettori	8	31	34	0	0	25.80
Extras	(b 7, lb 4, nb 1)	12
Total	71 Ov (RR: 3.01, 286 Mins)	214
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Michael Slater, 4.5 ov), 2-77 (Justin Langer, 19.5 ov), 3-78 (Greg Blewett, 21.6 ov), 4-114 (Steve Waugh, 32.2 ov), 5-138 (Damien Martyn, 40.2 ov), 6-161 (Adam Gilchrist, 49.6 ov), 7-184 (Shane Warne, 56.4 ov), 8-192 (Brett Lee, 60.3 ov), 9-193 (Colin Miller, 61.2 ov), 10-214 (Glenn McGrath, 70.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Cairns	18	0	71	2	3.94	78	0	1
4.5 to MJ Slater, . 10/1 61.2 to CR Miller, . 193/9
Simon Doull	14	6	21	0	1.50	72	0	0
Daniel Vettori	25	8	62	5	2.48	119	0	0
32.2 to SR Waugh, . 114/4 40.2 to DR Martyn, . 138/5 56.4 to SK Warne, . 184/7 60.3 to B Lee, . 192/8 70.6 to GD McGrath, . 214/10
Paul Wiseman	14	3	49	3	3.50	61	0	0
19.5 to JL Langer, . 77/2 21.6 to GS Blewett, . 78/3 49.6 to AC Gilchrist, . 161/6

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Horne	c Blewett b McGrath	3	22	22	0	0	13.63
Craig Spearman	c Martyn b Lee	12	38	56	2	0	31.57
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Warne	8	24	27	1	0	33.33
Paul Wiseman	b Lee	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
Stephen Fleming (c)	st †Gilchrist b Miller	21	58	79	4	0	36.20
Nathan Astle	c ME Waugh b Warne	31	39	62	5	0	79.48
Craig McMillan	lbw b Warne	6	20	35	0	0	30.00
Chris Cairns	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	35	66	73	2	2	53.03
Adam Parore †	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	11	65	63	0	0	16.92
Daniel Vettori	not out	15	22	29	2	0	68.18
Simon Doull	c Lee b McGrath	12	7	8	0	1	171.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 3)	8
Total	62.1 Ov (RR: 2.62, 240 Mins)	163
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Matt Horne, 6.2 ov), 2-25 (Mathew Sinclair, 13.2 ov), 3-25 (Craig Spearman, 14.2 ov), 4-26 (Paul Wiseman, 16.6 ov), 5-80 (Nathan Astle, 31.5 ov), 6-80 (Stephen Fleming, 32.2 ov), 7-102 (Craig McMillan, 41.4 ov), 8-134 (Chris Cairns, 54.4 ov), 9-143 (Adam Parore, 60.1 ov), 10-163 (Simon Doull, 62.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	2.95	55	0	2
6.2 to MJ Horne, . 4/1 54.4 to CL Cairns, . 134/8 60.1 to AC Parore, . 143/9 62.1 to SB Doull, . 163/10
Colin Miller	22	8	38	1	1.72	111	0	0
32.2 to SP Fleming, . 80/6
Shane Warne	22	4	68	3	3.09	103	0	1
13.2 to MS Sinclair, . 25/2 31.5 to NJ Astle, . 80/5 41.4 to CD McMillan, . 102/7
Brett Lee	7	4	19	2	2.71	35	0	0
14.2 to CM Spearman, . 25/3 16.6 to PJ Wiseman, . 26/4

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	c Spearman b Vettori	8	59	66	1	0	13.55
Michael Slater	c Horne b Cairns	6	14	11	1	0	42.85
Justin Langer	c Astle b Vettori	47	64	82	3	2	73.43
Mark Waugh	c †Parore b Vettori	25	62	94	5	0	40.32
Steve Waugh (c)	c & b Wiseman	10	16	15	2	0	62.50
Damien Martyn	b Vettori	36	117	135	6	0	30.76
Adam Gilchrist †	c Fleming b Vettori	59	99	115	7	1	59.59
Shane Warne	c Wiseman b Vettori	12	7	16	3	0	171.42
Brett Lee	not out	6	14	27	1	0	42.85
Colin Miller	st †Parore b Vettori	8	9	6	0	1	88.88
Glenn McGrath	lbw b Wiseman	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 7, lb 4)	11
Total	77.5 Ov (RR: 2.94, 291 Mins)	229
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Michael Slater, 2.5 ov), 2-46 (Greg Blewett, 18.3 ov), 3-67 (Justin Langer, 26.3 ov), 4-81 (Steve Waugh, 31.1 ov), 5-107 (Mark Waugh, 44.5 ov), 6-174 (Damien Martyn, 66.6 ov), 7-202 (Shane Warne, 70.5 ov), 8-214 (Adam Gilchrist, 74.3 ov), 9-226 (Colin Miller, 76.2 ov), 10-229 (Glenn McGrath, 77.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Cairns	4	1	13	1	3.25	16	0	0
2.5 to MJ Slater, . 7/1
Paul Wiseman	33.5	6	110	2	3.25	156	0	0
31.1 to SR Waugh, . 81/4 77.5 to GD McGrath, . 229/10
Daniel Vettori	35	11	87	7	2.48	173	0	0
18.3 to GS Blewett, . 46/2 26.3 to JL Langer, . 67/3 44.5 to ME Waugh, . 107/5 66.6 to DR Martyn, . 174/6 70.5 to SK Warne, . 202/7 74.3 to AC Gilchrist, . 214/8 76.2 to CR Miller, . 226/9
Simon Doull	5	1	8	0	1.60	25	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings (T: 281 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Horne	c Langer b Miller	11	30	32	2	0	36.66
Craig Spearman	lbw b McGrath	4	27	49	0	0	14.81
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Miller	6	11	12	1	0	54.54
Stephen Fleming (c)	c †Gilchrist b Miller	8	24	26	1	0	33.33
Nathan Astle	b Warne	35	62	92	5	0	56.45
Craig McMillan	c Warne b Lee	78	163	197	11	2	47.85
Chris Cairns	c SR Waugh b Miller	20	51	51	2	1	39.21
Adam Parore †	c SR Waugh b Lee	26	48	66	0	2	54.16
Daniel Vettori	c Warne b Miller	0	4	11	0	0	0.00
Simon Doull	not out	5	14	19	0	0	35.71
Paul Wiseman	c †Gilchrist b Warne	9	9	16	2	0	100.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 7, nb 2)	16
Total	73.3 Ov (RR: 2.96, 290 Mins)	218
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Matt Horne, 7.4 ov), 2-25 (Mathew Sinclair, 11.1 ov), 3-25 (Craig Spearman, 12.1 ov), 4-43 (Stephen Fleming, 17.5 ov), 5-121 (Nathan Astle, 35.2 ov), 6-151 (Chris Cairns, 49.5 ov), 7-195 (Adam Parore, 66.6 ov), 8-204 (Craig McMillan, 68.6 ov), 9-204 (Daniel Vettori, 69.4 ov), 10-218 (Paul Wiseman, 73.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	23	8	33	1	1.43	122	0	2
11.1 to MS Sinclair, . 25/2
Brett Lee	12	4	36	2	3.00	54	0	0
66.6 to AC Parore, . 195/7 68.6 to CD McMillan, . 204/8
Colin Miller	18	5	55	5	3.05	83	0	0
7.4 to MJ Horne, . 15/1 12.1 to CM Spearman, . 25/3 17.5 to SP Fleming, . 43/4 49.5 to CL Cairns, . 151/6 69.4 to DL Vettori, . 204/9
Shane Warne	20.3	5	80	2	3.90	89	0	0
35.2 to NJ Astle, . 121/5 73.3 to PJ Wiseman, . 218/10

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Close of Play

Sat, 11 Mar

day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 26/4 (Stephen Fleming 0*, 17 ov)

Sun, 12 Mar

day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 114/5 (Damien Martyn 10*, Adam Gilchrist 4*, 49 ov)

Mon, 13 Mar

day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 151/5 (Craig McMillan 57*, Chris Cairns 20*, 48 ov)

Tue, 14 Mar

day 4 - no play

Wed, 15 Mar

day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 218 (73.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 97/3 (ME Waugh 10*, SR Waugh 10*, 27 overs)

Tea: Australia 189/7 (ME Waugh 59*, Lee 3*, 59 overs)

Australia: 50 from 68 balls, 50 minutes; 100 from 166 balls, 121 minutes; 150 from 264 balls, 187 minutes; 200 from 389 balls, 265 minutes.

Australian 2nd wicket partnership (Blewett/Langer): 51 balls, 41 minutes.

ME Waugh: 50 from 96 balls, 132 minutes, 5x4,1x6

DL Vettori bowled unchanged from the Dominion Rd end, from the lunch break untill the end of the innings

Stadium lights were turned on late in the day due to bad light. This is the first time lights have been used in test in New Zealand.

Attendance: 3500

Day 2

Lunch: New Zealand 110/7 (Cairns 19*, Parore 5*, 45 overs)

Tea: Australia 38/1 (Blewett 4*, Langer 27*, 16 overs)

New Zealand: 50 from 155 balls, 102 minutes; 100 from 237 balls, 156 minutes; 150 from 268 balls, 234 minutes.

SP Fleming brought up 3000 test runs when he moved to 16, NZ 70/4

New Zealand 5th wicket partnership (Fleming/Astle): 50 from 88 balls, 60 minutes.

New Zealand 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (25th over - B Lee's 6th over, called by umpire BF Bowden)

Play delayed for 10 minutes at the start of play due to bad light, Stadium lights were turned on. Stumps was called 10 minutes later to compensate.

Australia: 50 from 112 balls, 68 minutes; 100 from 227 balls, 134 minutes

JL Langer reached 2000 runs in test cricket when he moved to 31

Attendance: 4500

Day 3

Lunch: Australia 206/7 (Gilchrist 51*, Lee 0*, 72 overs)

Tea: New Zealand 15/1 (Spearman 4*, Sinclair 0*, 9 overs)

Australia: 150 from 359 balls, 217 minutes; 200 from 424 balls, 262 minutes.

Australia 6th wicket partnership (Martyn/Gilchrist): 50 from 101 balls, 62 minutes.

DL Vettori took his 100th test wicket when he bowled DR Martyn. At 21 years and 46 days, he is the third youngest to take 100 wickets, behind Kapil Dev and Waqar Younis. This is his 29th test match.

Play was delayed at 11:49am for 12 minutes due to rain

AC Gilchrist: 50 from 84 balls, 96 minutes, 6x4, 1x6

DL Vettori: 10 wickets in a match for the first time, his best match return (previous 9-130 vs Sri Lanka at Hamilton)

DL Vettori: 12-149 is the 2nd best match figures by a New Zealander in tests (Best: RJ Hadlee 15-123), best match figures by a New Zealand spinner (previous: Bracewell 10-109), best bowling by any player at Eden Park. 7-87 is the 8th best innings figures by a New Zealander (equal with Stephen Boock), and is the best bowling in an innings by a New Zealander at Eden Park.

Play delayed due to rain at 12:14pm. Lunch was taken early. 95 minutes in total were lost and play resumed at 2:30pm.

New Zealand: 50 from 113 balls, 77 minutes; 100 from 185 balls, 124 minutes; 150 from 274 balls, 180 minutes.

New Zealand 5th wicket partnership (Astle/McMillan): 50 from 69 balls, 45 minutes

CD McMillan: 50 from 50 balls, 59 minutes

Attendance: 1250

Day 4

Day 5

New Zealand: 200 from 409 blls, 256 minutes

Thunderstorms overnight again delayed the start of play, which finally began at 11:30.

CR Miller: 5-55 is his best bowling in test cricket.

When Gilchrist caught Wiseman Warne becme the highest Australian test wicket taker, surpassing Dennis Lillee's total of 355.

Australia equal the record for consecutive test victories by an Australian team (eight, also held by Warwick Armstrong's 1920/21 team)

Match Details

GroundEden Park, Auckland

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of New Zealand

Season1999/00

Player Of The Match

Daniel Vettori

Series resultAustralia led the 3-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 1488

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

Billy Bowden

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

TV Umpire

Doug Cowie

Match Referee

Mike Denness

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