Green’s unbeaten century of 103 helped Australia – Dainik Savera Times

Wellington: With the help of Cameron Green’s unbeaten century of 103, Australia recovered from the initial setbacks in the first Test match on Thursday and scored 279 runs for nine wickets at the end of the first day’s play. Today here New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and decided to bowl first. Australia, who came to bat, had lost four wickets for 89 runs at one point. Australian opener Steve Smith scored 31. He was caught out by Henry at the hands of Blindon.

After that, Marnus Labuschagne, who came to bat, sent one run to the pavilion after getting caught out by Scott Kuggeleijn at the hands of Mitchell. Usman Khawaja was bowled out by Henry for 33 runs. Travis Head was out after scoring one run, Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 40 runs, Alex Carey was out after scoring 10 runs, Mitchell Starc was out after scoring nine runs, Pat Cummins was out after scoring 16 runs and Nathan Lyon was out after scoring five runs. New Zealand’s bowlers performed brilliantly and fell nine wickets of Australia on the first day of the test match. The Kangaroo batsmen had no success in front of their aggressive bowling and one by one they returned to the pavilion on the lines of ‘Tu Chal Main Aaya’.

Australia’s Cameron Green, playing cautiously, scored unbeaten 103 runs with the help of 16 fours in 155 balls. This is the second century of his Test career and his first century against New Zealand. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took four wickets for 43 runs in 20 overs. He dismissed Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja Marsh and Nathan Lyon. Apart from them, William O’Rourke and Scott Kuggeleijn got 2-2 wickets. Rachin Ravindra dismissed one batsman. By the end of today’s play, Australia had scored 279 runs for nine wickets in 85 overs and Green was at the crease on 103 not out and Hazlewood was on zero.