Close of play 10 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 265/3 (HJH Marshall 103*, NJ Astle 29*, 90 ov) 11 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 141/3 (RT Ponting 41*, JN Gillespie 0*, 41 ov) 12 Mar day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 9/0 (CD Cumming 2*, SP Fleming 7*, 6 ov) 13 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 135/1 (31.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
4th Umpire - GA Baxter
Day 1
New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand 50 in 22.1 overs (Cumming 28*, Fleming 17*)
Cumming 50 in 152 balls, 8x4
New Zealand 100 in 48.2 overs (Cumming 55*, Marshall 23*)
Marshall 50 in 100 balls, 6x4, 1x6
New Zealand 150 in 60.2 overs (Cumming 73*, Marshall 52*)
New Zealand 200 in 77.1 overs (Marshall 72*, Astle 0*)
Marshall 100 in 195 balls, 14x4, 1x6
Day 2
New Zealand 300 in 104.1 overs (Marshall 122*, Astle 41*)
Astle 50 in 114 balls, 6x4
New Zealand 350 in 119.4 overs (Astle 54*, McMillan 12*)
New Zealand 350 in 119.4 overs (Astle 55*, McMillan 12*)
New Zealand 400 in 130.4 overs (McCullum 28*, Vettori 6*)
Australia 1st innings
Australia 50 in 12.3 overs (Hayden 19*, Ponting 4*)
Day 3
Katich 50 in 85 balls, 9x4
Australia 250 in 76.5 overs (Katich 54*, Gilchrist26*)
Gilchrist 50 in 52 balls, 4x4, 3x6
Day 4
New Zealand 50 in 23.3 overs (Marshall 13*, Astle 9*)
New Zealand 100 in 41 overs (McCullum 17*, Vettori 5*)
Australia 2nd innings
Langer 50 in 67 balls, 9x4
Australia 100 in 26 overs (Langer 57*, Ponting 31*)
100 runs partnership between Ponting and Langer in 135 balls