Published: Feb 24, 2016, 02:03 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 24, 2016, 12:16 AM (IST)
Australia started off their innings and were going with on the right track before Neil Wagner came into attack once again with a short ball and grabbed the wicket of David Warner for 22. With Joes Burns and Usman Khawaja on crease Australia will want to get the required runs to win complete a 2-0 white wash and retain the Trans-Tasman Trophy 2015-2016, Australia requires 131 more runs to go pass New Zealand lead of 201 runs with already being on 70/1. New Zealand had perfect start to Day 4 as Kane Williamson and Corey Anderson played out an disciplined Australian attack. Williamson fell for 97 runs as Jackson Bird post lunch came into this own picking three wickets in just two over. He got Anderson for 40 and Tim Southee for 0. It was BJ Watling and Matt Henry who frustrated the Australians from there on making 118 runs. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: New Zealand vs Australia, 2nd Test at Christchurch
Watling and Henry looked both lucky and brave in the kind of shots they played. Watling was dismissed for 46 by Pattinson, while Henry fell to Bird for 66. His first ever half century in Tests. Bird picked up his fifth wicket in Trent Boult getting figures of 5 for 59 runs. Australian pacer Hazlewood was fined 15 per cent of his match fees for yelling profane words during the yesterday’s play. Hazlewood yelled ‘Who the f*** is the third umpire’ after New Zealand’s Kane Williamson was given not out during the first session’s of play.
