Australia scripted historical past on Monday (March 11) chasing 279 runs in opposition to New Zealand in the second Test on the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Alex Carey was the hero for them in the chase as he scored an unbeaten 98 and was properly supported by Mitchell Marsh (80) and Pat Cummins (32*) as they sealed the sequence 2-0 persevering with their dominance in the Kiwi nation like no other group. Yes, in contrast to any other Test taking part in nation, Australia take pleasure in taking part in Test cricket in New Zealand.
The Kiwis are one of many hardest teams to beat at dwelling however in opposition to Australia, they crumble nearly each time a lot to the shock of everybody. In truth, the hosts misplaced the primary Test by an enormous margin of 172 runs. The second Test additionally witnessed a collapse with the bat in the primary innings. However, New Zealand fought again properly to arrange a difficult goal solely for Australia to chase it down with three wickets in hand.
With this sequence win, Australia proceed to have a wooden on the hosts in their very own den as they haven’t misplaced a single Test match in New Zealand since 1993. It is a staggering report in an period when teams are massively struggling away from dwelling and the Kiwis clearly do not appear to have a solution to Australia.
They final received a Test match in opposition to the Aussies at dwelling in Auckland in 1993 by 5 wickets. Moreover, since then, they’ve received just one Test match in opposition to Australia in final 34 matches with the win coming in 2011 in Perth. New Zealand might need to tour Australia in the subsequent World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and they’re going to be hoping to finish their drought in opposition to them on that tour.
