Australian bowlers dominated Day 2 of the primary Test match towards New Zealand to take full management on Friday. Nathan Lyon led the assault to bowl out the hosts in their first innings on simply 179 at Wellington’s Basin Reserve.
Cameron Green’s sensational 174* off 275 balls helped Australia put up 383 in their first innings after which bowlers stole the limelight with a few data. Lyon took 4 wickets and went past the legendary West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh’s tally of most Test wickets.
The skilled spinner now has taken 521 wickets in 239 Test innings and shutting in on Glenn McGrath’s tally of 563 wickets in red-ball cricket.Â
Meanwhile, captain Pat Cummins additionally claimed Daryl Mitchell’s helpful wicket to enter file books. He accomplished 100 Test wickets as a captain and have become the one tenth cricketer to realize this uncommon feat.Â
Cummins has now taken 100 wickets in 47 Test innings as captain at a formidable common of 23.84 with seven five-wicket hauls. Cummins grew to become the one second Australian cricketer after Richard Benaud to take 100 Test wickets as a captain and the first-ever tempo cricketer for his nation.
The World Cup-winning captain additionally grew to become the first-ever cricketer to take 100 Test wickets as a captain in the ICC World Test Championship historical past. Cummins has taken 264 Test wickets at a median of 22.44 to date and is Australia’s highest-ranked bowler in the ICC Test bowling standings.
Meanwhile, Glenn Phillips scored one other essential fifty and pacer Matt Henry scored a fast 42 to tug the Kiwis from 113/7 to a complete of 179 in the primary innings. Lyon took 4 for 43 whereas Jos Hazlewood bagged two wickets for the travelling facet
New Zealand additionally replied with captain Tim Southee dismissing Steve Smith on a duck and Marnus Labuschagne on two runs to stumble Australia to 13/2 on the finish of Day 2’s play in Wellington.
