New Zealand vs Australia Highlights today. 1st test, Australia tour of New Zealand 2024, Thursday 29-2-2024. Basin Reserve, Wellington.
New Zealand won the toss and will bowl.
New Zealand team: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Will Young, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Scott Kuggeleijn, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee (capt), 11 William O’Rourke
Australia team: 1 Steven Smith, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Cameron Green, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood
Head to Head In Test’s: 60
New Zealand Won: 18
Australia Won: 34
New Zealand Test Rankings: 12th
Australia Test Rankings: 11th
Form guide
(last five matches, most recent first)
New Zealand WWWLW
Australia LWWWW
Match Timings: 10:00 PM | 11:00 AM Local
Umpires – Marais Erasmus, Michael Gough
TV Umpire – Nitin Menon
Match Referee – Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire – Wayne Knights
Match number – Test no. 2533
Henry claimed the wickets of openers Steve Smith for 31 and Usman Khawaja for 33 as Australia limped to 85 for four, the struggling Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head both managing just a single.