Nathan Lyon played a very crucial role for Australia in the first contest of the test series against New Zealand. He took 10 wickets in the match, four in the first innings and six in the subsequent innings of the game. Australia emerged victorious by a huge margin of 172 runs in the first game of the series and has also taken a 1-0 lead.
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To save the series, New Zealand will be in a must-win situation in the upcoming clash, and even if the contest results in a draw, Australia will be the winner of the series. The performance of Australia was excellent in the first contest, and especially the bowling unit of the side performed exceptionally well.
NZ vs AUS: New Zealand could not cross the 200-run mark in both innings.
Australia made an impressive score of 383 runs in the first inning, and in reply to the total, New Zealand could make only 179 runs, due to which Australia had already taken a significant lead over the Kiwis in the first inning. In the subsequent innings, the performance of the Kiwis’ bowlers was excellent, as they restricted Australia to a total of just 164 runs.
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New Zealand had to chase 369 runs for victory, but the attacking bowling lineup of Australia did not give New Zealand an opportunity to get themselves into the game, and eventually, Australia won the contest to secure a lead of 1-0 in the series.
Cameron Green became the Player of the Match
Cameron Green played an outstanding knock of 174* runs in the previous game and helped Australia secure a good lead over New Zealand in the first inning itself. He also picked up 1 wicket in the first inning and became the second-leading run scorer for the side in the second inning by scoring 34 runs in 80 deliveries.
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From the New Zealand side, Rachin Ravindra tried re-building the innings and played an impressive knock of 59 runs in 105 deliveries, including 8 fours and 1 six. Daryl Mitchell also played an excellent knock of 38 runs in 130 deliveries, and both batters accumulated a total of 67 runs for the fourth wicket.
New Zealand lost their fourth wicket at the score of 126 runs, and in the next 2 runs, the side lost two more wickets.
