result
2nd Test, Wellington, Mar 23 - 27 2000, Australia tour of New Zealand
298 & 294
(54.1 ov, target 174)419 & 177/4
Australia won by 6 wickets
player of the match

Australia
New Zealand 1st INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Horne | c Warne b Lee | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
Craig Spearman | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
Mathew Sinclair | lbw b Miller | 4 | 25 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 16.00 | ||
Stephen Fleming (c) | c Miller b Warne | 16 | 44 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
Nathan Astle | c ME Waugh b Warne | 61 | 94 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 64.89 | ||
Craig McMillan | c †Gilchrist b Lee | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | ||
Chris Cairns | c Blewett b Miller | 109 | 138 | 205 | 14 | 2 | 78.98 | ||
Adam Parore † | c †Gilchrist b Blewett | 46 | 97 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 47.42 | ||
Daniel Vettori | c Langer b Warne | 27 | 44 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 61.36 | ||
Simon Doull | c Slater b Warne | 12 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
Shayne O'Connor | not out | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Extras | (b 1, lb 8, nb 3) | 12 | |||||||
TOTAL | (80.5 Ov, RR: 3.68, 335 Mts) | 298 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Craig Spearman, 1.3 ov), 2-9 (Matt Horne, 3.5 ov), 3-18 (Mathew Sinclair, 9.6 ov), 4-53 (Stephen Fleming, 19.5 ov), 5-66 (Craig McMillan, 24.3 ov), 6-138 (Nathan Astle, 38.4 ov), 7-247 (Adam Parore, 69.1 ov), 8-282 (Chris Cairns, 77.1 ov), 9-287 (Daniel Vettori, 78.5 ov), 10-298 (Simon Doull, 80.5 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn McGrath | 17 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 3.52 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Brett Lee | 17 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 2.88 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colin Miller | 20 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 3.90 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Shane Warne | 14.5 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 4.58 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Greg Blewett | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Waugh | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Slater | c †Parore b McMillan | 143 | 214 | 277 | 22 | 1 | 66.82 | ||
Greg Blewett | c Astle b Doull | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Shane Warne | lbw b Vettori | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
Justin Langer | c †Parore b Cairns | 12 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
Mark Waugh | c Sinclair b Cairns | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
Steve Waugh (c) | not out | 151 | 312 | 413 | 23 | 0 | 48.39 | ||
Damien Martyn | c †Parore b McMillan | 78 | 101 | 120 | 14 | 0 | 77.22 | ||
Adam Gilchrist † | c †Parore b O'Connor | 3 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
Brett Lee | lbw b O'Connor | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Colin Miller | c & b McMillan | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
Glenn McGrath | c & b Cairns | 14 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | ||
Extras | (lb 1, nb 3) | 4 | |||||||
TOTAL | (120.3 Ov, RR: 3.47, 476 Mts) | 419 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Greg Blewett, 3.3 ov), 2-29 (Shane Warne, 6.6 ov), 3-47 (Justin Langer, 12.6 ov), 4-51 (Mark Waugh, 14.3 ov), 5-250 (Michael Slater, 71.3 ov), 6-364 (Damien Martyn, 101.2 ov), 7-375 (Adam Gilchrist, 108.3 ov), 8-375 (Brett Lee, 110.3 ov), 9-386 (Colin Miller, 111.5 ov), 10-419 (Glenn McGrath, 120.3 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Cairns | 26.3 | 2 | 110 | 3 | 4.15 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Simon Doull | 19 | 3 | 78 | 1 | 4.10 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Vettori | 15 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 3.33 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shayne O'Connor | 26 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 3.00 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Astle | 11 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 4.09 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Craig McMillan | 23 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 2.47 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand 2nd INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Horne | b Lee | 14 | 53 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 26.41 | ||
Craig Spearman | c Langer b Miller | 38 | 98 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 38.77 | ||
Mathew Sinclair | b Lee | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Stephen Fleming (c) | c Blewett b Miller | 60 | 154 | 198 | 6 | 0 | 38.96 | ||
Nathan Astle | b Warne | 14 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 73.68 | ||
Craig McMillan | c ME Waugh b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Chris Cairns | lbw b McGrath | 69 | 83 | 115 | 4 | 6 | 83.13 | ||
Adam Parore † | run out (Blewett) | 33 | 93 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 35.48 | ||
Daniel Vettori | c SR Waugh b Lee | 8 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
Simon Doull | c SR Waugh b Warne | 40 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 117.64 | ||
Shayne O'Connor | not out | 4 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
Extras | (b 3, lb 8, nb 3) | 14 | |||||||
TOTAL | (96.2 Ov, RR: 3.05, 398 Mts) | 294 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Matt Horne, 22.1 ov), 2-46 (Mathew Sinclair, 22.4 ov), 3-69 (Craig Spearman, 30.5 ov), 4-88 (Nathan Astle, 37.1 ov), 5-88 (Craig McMillan, 37.2 ov), 6-198 (Chris Cairns, 64.2 ov), 7-205 (Stephen Fleming, 71.4 ov), 8-222 (Daniel Vettori, 78.4 ov), 9-276 (Simon Doull, 89.3 ov), 10-294 (Adam Parore, 96.2 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn McGrath | 22.2 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 1.56 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brett Lee | 23 | 6 | 87 | 3 | 3.78 | 105 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Colin Miller | 21 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 2.57 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shane Warne | 27 | 7 | 92 | 3 | 3.40 | 123 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Blewett | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 174 runs)
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Slater | st †Parore b Vettori | 12 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 | ||
Greg Blewett | b Cairns | 25 | 114 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 21.92 | ||
Justin Langer | c Spearman b O'Connor | 57 | 75 | 130 | 5 | 1 | 76.00 | ||
Mark Waugh | not out | 44 | 70 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 62.85 | ||
Steve Waugh (c) | c Fleming b O'Connor | 15 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 68.18 | ||
Damien Martyn | not out | 17 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 80.95 | ||
Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 3) | 7 | |||||||
TOTAL | (54.1 Ov, RR: 3.26, 225 Mts) | 177/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Michael Slater, 9.1 ov), 2-83 (Greg Blewett, 32.2 ov), 3-110 (Justin Langer, 40.2 ov), 4-144 (Steve Waugh, 46.4 ov) |
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Cairns | 13 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3.46 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shayne O'Connor | 11 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 3.81 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Vettori | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.37 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Simon Doull | 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig McMillan | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Astle | 10.1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1.86 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
Basin Reserve, Wellington | |
Toss | New Zealand, elected to bat first |
Series | Australia tour of New Zealand |
Season | 1999/00 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Michael Slater |
Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
Match number | Test no. 1491 |
Match days | day(5-day match) |
Umpires | ![]() Dave Quested![]() Riazuddin |
TV Umpire | ![]() Evan Watkin |
Match Referee | ![]() Mike Denness |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 24 Mar - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 29/2 (Michael Slater 22*, 7 ov)
Sat, 25 Mar - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 318/5 (Steve Waugh 109*, Damien Martyn 41*, 87.4 ov)
Sun, 26 Mar - day 3 -New Zealand 2nd innings 189/5 (Stephen Fleming 53*, Chris Cairns 61*, 58 ov)
Mon, 27 Mar - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 177/4 (54.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
General
- 12th Men: PJ Wiseman (NZ) DW Fleming (Aus)
Day 1
- Lunch: New Zealand 69/5 (NJ Astle 33*, CL Cairns 3*) 27 overs
- Tea: New Zealand 204/6 (CL Cairns 82*, AC Parore 25*) 59 overs
- NJ Astle 50 off 80 balls, 102 mins
- CL Cairns 50 off 54 balls, 68 mins
- CL Cairns 100 off 123 balls, 159 mins
- CL Cairns third Test century
- New Zealand 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (67th over - GD McGrath's 17th over)
- Partnerships
- New Zealand:
- Wicket 1: Score 4 - Spearman & Horne(0*) 4 runs, 7 mins, 9 balls
- Wicket 2: Score 9 - Horne & Sinclair(0*) 5 runs, 10 mins, 14 balls
- Wicket 3: Score 18 - Sinclair & Fleming(5*) 9 runs, 26 mins, 37 balls
- Wicket 4: Score 53 - Fleming & Astle(22*) 35 runs, 44 mins, 59 balls
- Wicket 5: Score 66 - McMillan & Astle(33*) 13 runs, 19 mins, 28 balls
- Wicket 6: Score 138 - Astle & Cairns(41*) 72 runs, 54 mins, 88 balls (50 P'ship off 72 balls, 44 mins)
- Wicket 7: Score 247 - Parore & Cairns(103*) 109 runs, 113 mins, 182 balls (50 P'ship off 95 balls, 62 mins; 100 P'ship off 170 balls, 104 mins)
- Wicket 8: Score 282 - Cairns & Vettori(25*) 35 runs, 36 mins, 48 balls
- Wicket 9: Score 287 - Vettori & Doull(3*) 5 runs, 7 mins, 10 balls
- Wicket 10: Score 298 - Doull & O'Connor(2*) 11 runs, 9 mins, 12 balls
- Australia:
- Wicket 1: Score 8 - Blewett & Slater 8 runs, 14 mins, 21 balls
- Wicket 2: Score 29 - Warne & Slater 21 runs, 14 mins, 21 balls
- NZ 50: 11.53am, 83 mins, 111 balls
- NZ 100: 1.34pm, 145 mins, 204 balls (last 50: 62 mins, 93 balls)
- NZ 150: 2.08pm, 179 mins, 257 balls (last 50: 34 mins, 53 balls)
- NZ 200: 3.06pm, 237 mins, 346 balls (last 50: 58 mins, 89 balls)
- NZ 250: 4.15pm, 286 mins, 425 balls (last 50: 49 mins, 79 balls)
Day 2
- Lunch: Australia 91/4 (MJ Slater 47*, SR Waugh 21*)
- Tea: Australia 224/4 (MJ Slater 127*, SR Waugh 73*)
- MJ Slater 50 off 97 balls, 8 x 4's
- MJ Slater 100 off 151 balls, 190 mins, 15 x 4's, 1 x 6
- SR Waugh 50 off 94 balls, 134 mins, 8 x 4's
- SR Waugh 100 off 207 balls, 256 mins, 16 x 4's
- New ball taken at Australia 274/5 80 overs - the 73rd of the day
- 54 minutes of play was lost at 12.25pm when players left the field due to rain
- Play was called off at 5.45pm due to bad light
- Partnerships
- Australia:
- Wicket 3: Score 47 - Langer & Slater 18 runs, 25 mins, 36 balls
- Wicket 4: Score 51 - ME Waugh & Slater 4 runs, 7 mins, 9 balls
- Wicket 5: Score 250 - Slater & SR Waugh 199 runs, 214 mins, 343 balls
- Aus 50: 11.02am, 59 mins, 83 balls
- Aus 100: 1.55pm, 134 mins, 195 balls (last 50: 73 mins, 112 balls)
- Aus 150: 2.33pm, 172 mins, 259 balls (last 50: 38 mins, 64 balls)
- Aus 200: 3.24pm, 223 mins, 338 balls (last 50: 51 mins, 79 balls)
- Aus 250: 4.35pm, 273 mins, 422 balls (last 50: 50 mins, 84 balls)
- Aus 300: 5.31pm, 329 mins, 507 balls (last 50: 56 mins, 85 balls)
Day 3
- Play started at 10.00am
- Lunch: Australia 419 ao (SR Waugh 151*)
- Tea: New Zealand 69/3 (CM Spearman 38*, SP Fleming 15*)
- DR Martyn 50 off 70 balls, 86 mins, 9 x 4's
- SR Waugh 150 off 311 balls, 415 mins, 23 x 4's
- CL Cairns 50 off 54 balls, 68 mins, 2 x 4's 6 x 6's
- SP Fleming 50 off 94 balls, 135 mins, 5 x 4's
- 12.03pm off the field for five minutes due to a light shower
- Players left field at 5.28pm due to bad light
- Stumps were called at 5.43pm
- Partnerships
- Australia:
- Wicket 6: Score 364 - Martyn & SR Waugh 114 runs, 120 mins, 181 balls
- Wicket 7: Score 375 - Gilchrist & SR Waugh 11 runs, 28 mins, 43 balls
- Wicket 8: Score 375 - Lee & SR Waugh 0 runs, 7 mins, 12 balls
- Wicket 9: Score 386 - Miller & SR Waugh 11 runs, 6 mins, 8 balls
- Wicket 10: Score 419 - McGrath & SR Waugh 33 runs, 33 mins, 52 balls
- New Zealand:
- Wicket 1: Score 46 - Horne & Spearman 46 runs, 91 mins, 133 balls
- Wicket 2: Score 46 - Sinclair & Spearman 0 runs, 3 mins, 3 balls
- Wicket 3: Score 69 - Spearman & Fleming 23 runs, 20 mins, 49 balls
- Wicket 4: Score 88 - Astle & Fleming 19 runs, 22 mins, 38 balls
- Wicket 5: Score 88 - McMillan & Fleming 0 runs, 1 min, 1 ball
- Aus 350: 10.34am, 376 mins, 573 balls (last 50: 47 mins, 64 balls)
- Aus 400: 11.58am, 460 mins, 698 balls (last 50: 84 mins, 125 balls)
- NZ 50: 2.52pm, 109 mins, 156 balls
- NZ 100: 4.17pm, 171 mins, 261 balls (last 50: 62 mins, 105 balls)
- NZ 150: 4.52pm, 206 mins, 299 balls (last 50: 35 mins, 38 balls)
Day 4
- Play started at 10.09am
- Lunch: New Zealand 285/9 (AC Parore 28*, SB O'Connor 0*)
- Tea: Australia 58/1 (GS Blewett 18* JL Langer 26*)
- JL Langer 50 off 71 balls, 91 mins, 4 x 4's, 1 x 6
- Play finished at 5.36pm
- Partnerships
- New Zealand:
- Wicket 6: Score 198 - Cairns & Fleming 110 runs, 115 mins, 163 balls
- Wicket 7: Score 205 - Fleming & Parore 7 runs, 27 mins, 45 balls
- Wicket 8: Score 222 - Vettori & Parore 17 runs, 32 mins, 42 balls
- Wicket 9: Score 276 - Doull & Parore 54 runs, 43 mins, 65 balls
- Wicket 10: Score 294 - Parore & O'Connor 18 runs, 26 mins, 41 balls
- Australia
- Wicket 1: Score 22 - Slater & Blewett 22 runs, 37 mins, 55 balls
- Wicket 2: Score 83 - Blewett & Langer 61 runs, 92 mins, 139 balls
- Wicket 3: Score 110 - Langer & ME Waugh 27 runs, 37 mins, 48 balls
- Wicket 4: Score 144 - SR Waugh & ME Waugh 30 runs, 30 mins, 45 balls
- NZ 200: 10.39am, 271 mins, 392 balls (last 50: 65 mins, 93 balls)
- NZ 250: 11.59am, 351 mins, 505 balls (last 50: 80 mins, 113 balls)
- Aus 50: 2.59pm, 87 mins, 122 balls
- Aus 100: 4.29pm, 158 mins, 230 balls (last 50: 71 mins, 108 balls)
- Aus 150: 5.15pm, 202 mins, 289 balls (last 50: 46 mins, 59 balls)