NZ vs Aus: Australia defeated New Zealand by three wickets in the second test match, won the series 2-0 – Dainik Savera Times

Christchurch: On the basis of Alex Carey’s unbeaten 98 runs and Mitchell Marsh’s brilliant half-century of 80 runs, Australia, which was struggling after losing four wickets for 77 runs in the second Test match, registered a three-wicket win over New Zealand in the series 2- Has made his name from 0. Today, on the fourth day of the Test match here, in the morning session, Australia lost the wicket of Travis Head for 25 runs and it seemed that Australia’s victory here would be difficult.

But after this Alex Carey and Mitchell Marsh displayed great patience and batting and added 140 runs for the sixth wicket. Mitchell Marsh scored 80 runs in 102 balls with the help of eight fours and one six. He was lbw out by Sears. After this, Sears again put Australia in trouble by dismissing Mitchell Starc for zero.

After Starc’s departure, captain Joe Root took charge and led the team to victory by adding 61 runs to Alex. Alex played an unbeaten inning of 98 runs with the help of 25 fours in 123 balls. Whereas Joe Root remained unbeaten on 32 runs. Australia scored 281 runs for seven wickets in 65 overs and won the match by three wickets. With this, Australia has won the Test series 2-0.

Ben Sears took four wickets for New Zealand. Matt Henry got two wickets. Tim Southee dismissed one batsman. Earlier, New Zealand had given Australia a target of 279 runs to win by scoring 372 runs in the second innings with the help of Rachin Ravindra 82 runs, Tom Latham 73 runs, Kane Williamson 51 runs and Scott Kuggeleijn’s 44 runs. Pat Cummins took four wickets. Nathan Lyon got three wickets. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green dismissed one batsman each.

Australia was struggling at the end of the third day’s play, losing four wickets for 77 runs. Australia proved captain Pat Cummins’ decision to bowl by winning the toss and bowled out New Zealand for 162 runs on the first day of the second Test on the back of excellent bowling by Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. New Zealand, who came to bat in the morning session, had a bad start and lost five wickets for 84 runs.

Hazlewood dismissed opener Tom Latham for 38 runs, Will Young for 14 runs and he was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. Kane Williams was sent to the pavilion for 17 runs, Rachin Ravindran for four runs and Daryl Mitchell for four runs. Tom Blundell was out after scoring 22 runs, Glenn Phillips after scoring two runs, Matt Henry after scoring 29 runs, captain Tim Southee was out after scoring 26 runs. The entire New Zealand team was all out for 162 runs in 45.2 overs.

Australia Josh Hazlewood got five wickets. Mitchell Starc took three wickets. Pete Cummins and Cameron Green dismissed one batsman each. After this, Australia, who came to bat, also had a bad start and lost two wickets at the score of 32. Steven Smith was out after scoring 11 runs, Usman Khawaja was out after scoring 16 runs. After this, Travis Head returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs and Cameron Green 25.

Marnus Labuschagne played an inning of 90 runs. Nathan Lyon was out after scoring 20 runs, Alex Carey was out after scoring 14 runs, Mitchell Starc was out after scoring 28 runs and captain Pat Cummins was out after scoring 23 runs. Australia could score only 256 runs in the first innings. However, it got a lead of 94 runs on the basis of first innings. Matt Henry took seven wickets for New Zealand. Tim Southee, Ben Sears and Glenn Phillips dismissed one batsman each.