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WELLINGTON: Australia dismissed New Zealand for 179 to take control of the first Test on Friday\u2019s second day after Cameron Green had scored a brilliant 174 not out in a defiant final-wicket partnership to drive the tourists to 383 all out.<\/p>\n
The Black Caps lost wickets in clumps as they reeled in the face of Australia\u2019s attack with Glenn Phillips\u2019s aggressive 71 serving only to save the home side from deeper embarrassment in front of a sell-out crowd at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.<\/p>\n
Australia chose not to enforce the follow-on but the wickets kept falling with skipper Tim Southee dismissing Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne cheaply as the shadows across the ground lengthened.<\/p>\n
Nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was dropped by Southee in the slips off the last ball of the day and will resume on six not out alongside Usman Khawaja, who was unbeaten on five. Australia are on 13 for two, leading by 217 runs.<\/p>\n
New Zealand, looking for only a second win over their neighbours in 24 Tests this century, had started the day hoping to quickly remove the final Australian wicket but Green and Josh Hazlewood refused to yield for two hours.<\/p>\n
All-rounder Green, who had reached the century mark for the second time in Tests on the penultimate ball of day one, continued to play his shots, smashing 23 fours and five sixes in a marathon 275-ball innings.<\/p>\n
Hazlewood contributed 22 off 62 balls at the other end as the pair combined for 116 runs before seamer Matt Henry finally winkled out the Aust\u00adralian paceman to claim his second test five-wicket haul (5-70).<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Greeny did the bulk of the work but it was good to be at the other end watching that sort of innings,\u201d said Hazlewood.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor his career, it can be huge, I think, his second hundred for Australia on that sort of wicket against that sort of attack. Outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s final tally was bolstered by 41 extras, which inclu\u00added 20 wides, but New Zealand\u2019s profligacy was not to be limited to their fielding and they were quickly reduced to 12-3.<\/p>\n
Tom Latham played on to depart for five and two balls later Kane Williamson ran himself out for a duck after bumping into his batting partner Will Young while Labuschagne was wrecking the stumps with a direct hit.<\/p>\n
Three balls later and Rachin Ravindra was also sent back with zero runs to his name after a fine Nathan Lyon catch off the bowling of Hazlewood.<\/p>\n
Australia skipper Pat Cumm\u00adins triggered the next collapse when he had Daryl Mitchell caught behind with the final ball of one over and Mitchell Marsh ended Young\u2019s innings with the first ball of the next to leave the hosts on 29-5.<\/p>\n
Phillips and Tom Blundell steadied the sinking ship with a partnership of 84 but Lyon (4-43) brought an end to that when he had the latter caught for 33 off an inside edge.<\/p>\n
Two balls later, Scott Kugge\u00adleijn became the off spinner\u2019s second victim and the home side were again on the ropes at 113-7.<\/p>\n
Hazlewood finally found the way to evict Phillips with a short delivery the batsman top-edged to Starc in the deep and when Lyon stopped Henry\u2019s pugnacious innings on 42, the end was not long coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cCam Green and Hazlewood did really well and that\u2019s obviously not exactly ideal for us,\u201d said Phillips.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pitch is still doing a little bit and that new ball definitely brings us into the game quite a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second and final Test in Christchurch begins on March 8.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n AUSTRALIA (1st Innings, overnight 279-9):<\/strong><\/p>\n S. Smith c Blundell b Henry 31<\/p>\n U. Khawaja b Henry 33<\/p>\n M. Labuschagne c Mitchell b Kuggeleijn 1<\/p>\n C. Green not out 174<\/p>\n T. Head c Blundell b O\u2019Rourke 1<\/p>\n M. Marsh c Blundell b Henry 40<\/p>\n A. Carey c Williamson b Kuggeleijn 10<\/p>\n M. Starc c Latham b O\u2019Rourke 9<\/p>\n P. Cummins lbw b Ravindra 16<\/p>\n N. Lyon c Blundell b Henry 5<\/p>\n J. Hazlewood c Ravindra b Henry 22<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-12, LB-6, NB-3, W-20) 41<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 115.1 overs) 383<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-61 (Smith), 2-65 (Labuschagne), 3-88 (Khawaja), 4-89 (Head), 5-156 (Marsh), 6-176 (Carey), 7-211 (Starc), 8-244 (Cummins), 9-267 (Lyon)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Southee 27-4-92-0 (2nb), Henry 30.1-11-70-5 (2w), O\u2019Rourke 27-10-87-2 (3w), Kuggeleijn 20-1-75-2 (1nb, 3w), Mitchell 4-0-17-0, Ravindra 7-1-24-1<\/p>\n NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings):<\/strong><\/p>\n T. Latham b Starc 5<\/p>\n W. Young c Carey b Marsh 9<\/p>\n K. Williamson run out 0<\/p>\n R. Ravindra c Lyon b Hazlewood 0<\/p>\n D. Mitchell c Carey b Cummins 11<\/p>\n T. Blundell c Head b Lyon 33<\/p>\n G. Phillips c Starc b Hazlewood 71<\/p>\n S. Kuggeleijn c Green b Lyon 0<\/p>\n M. Henry c Labuschagne b Lyon 42<\/p>\n T. Southee c Head b Lyon 1<\/p>\n W. O\u2019Rourke not out 0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, NB-2, W-1) 7<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 43.1 overs) 179<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-12 (Latham), 2-12 (Williamson), 3-12 (Ravindra), 4-29 (Mitchell), 5-29 (Young), 6-113 (Blundell), 7-113 (Kuggeleijn), 8-161 (Phillips), 9-162 (Southee)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Starc 9-4-34-1 (1w), Hazlewood 12-0-55-2, Cummins 10-2-33-1, Marsh 4-0-10-1 (2nb), Lyon 8.1-1-43-4<\/p>\n AUSTRALIA (2nd Innings):<\/p>\n S. Smith b Southee 0<\/p>\n U. Khawaja not out 5<\/p>\n M. Labuschagne c Blundell b Southee 2<\/p>\n N. Lyon not out 6<\/p>\n EXTRAS 0<\/p>\n TOTAL (for two wickets, eight overs) 13<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-0 (Smith), 2-4 (Labuschagne)<\/p>\n STILL TO BAT: C. Green, T. Head, M. Marsh, A. Carey, M. Starc, P. Cummins, J. Hazlewood<\/p>\n BOWLING: Southee 4-2-5-2, Henry 4-1-8-0<\/p>\n Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WELLINGTON: Australia dismissed New Zealand for 179 to take control of the first Test on Friday\u2019s second day after Cameron Green had scored a brilliant 174 not out in a defiant final-wicket partnership to drive the tourists to 383 all out. 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