Cameron Green brought up an unbeaten ton off the second-last ball of the day while guiding Australia to a 279-9 as Matt Henry took four wickets for New Zealand.
Catch up on more with the day one report from the first Test at Basin Reserve:
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STUMPS - Australia 279-9
A rollicking day of Test cricket to start the much-anticipated series between New Zealand and Australia, as Cameron Green answered the call from his side with a memorable ton and Matt Henry was the hosts’ pick of the quicks.
Black Caps captain Tim Southee won the toss and sent Australia in on a greentop but the tourists’ openers Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja edged to 61 without loss. Smith’s dismissal for 31 soon became two as an out-of-sorts Marnus Labuschagne (1) again missed out, while Travis Head (1) also failed to make a start.
Green was content to play a support role as Mitch Marsh (40) counter-attacked, but New Zealand were back in command when the latter was dismissed to make it 156-5. Australia’s new No 4 picked up the pace as he started to run out of partners and would eventually bring up his second Test century with three boundaries off the last over of the day to finish unbeaten on 103 with the score at 279-9.
New Zealand will be disappointed that they couldn’t restrict Australia’s total to something closer to 200, but an even day sets up another that will be well worth watching tomorrow.
Check back then as we follow every over from Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Now that's a knock! 👏
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 29, 2024
All class from Cameron Green who notches his second Test century #NZvAUS pic.twitter.com/3qWymoRiYD
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