Australian national cricket team in New Zealand in the 2015/16 season
The Australian national cricket team's tour to New Zealand in the 2015/16 season took place from February 3 to 24, 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . Australia won the test series 2–0, while New Zealand won the ODI series 2–1.
prehistory
Australia previously played a tour against India while New Zealand played against Pakistan . The last meeting between the two teams took place in November of the same season . The New Zealand team captain Brendon McCullum announced in advance that he wanted to end his international career with this tour.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on August 27, 2015.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Park | Auckland | 50,000 | 1. ODI |
| Hagley Oval | Christchurch | 20,000 | 2nd test |
| Seddon Park | Hamilton | 10,000 | 3. ODI |
| Basin Reserve | Wellington | 13,000 | 1st test |
| Westpac Stadium | Wellington | 33,000 | 2. ODI |
Squad lists
Australia named its test roster on January 19 and its ODI roster on January 24, 2016. New Zealand named its ODI roster on January 30, and its test roster on February 5, 2016.
| test | ODI | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand
|
 Australia
|
New Zealand
|
Australia
|
One-day internationals
First ODI in Auckland
| February 3rd scorecard |
Auckland |
New Zealand 307-8 (50) |
- |
Australia 148 (24.2) |
| New Zealand wins with 159 runs | ||||
Second ODI in Wellington
| February 6 scorecard |
Wellington (WS) |
New Zealand 281-9 (50) |
- |
Australia 283-6 (46.3) |
| Australia wins with 4 wickets | ||||
Third ODI in Hamilton
| June 8th scorecard |
Hamilton |
New Zealand 246 (45.3) |
- |
Australia 191 (43.4) |
| New Zealand wins with 55 runs | ||||
Testing
First test in Wellington
| February 12-16 Scorecard |
Wellington (BR) |
New Zealand 183 (48) & 327 (104.3) |
- |
Australia 562 (154.2) |
| Australia wins with one innings and 52 runs | ||||
Second test in Christchurch
| February 20-24 Scorecard |
Christchurch |
New Zealand 370 (65.4) & 335 (111.1) |
- |
Australia 505 (153.1) & 201-3 (54) |
| Australia wins with 7 wickets | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| Testing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Adam Voges |
Australia
|
2 | 3 | 309 | 154.50 | 239 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Smith |
Australia
|
2 | 3 | 262 | 131.00 | 138 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Burns |
Australia
|
2 | 3 | 235 | 78.33 | 170 | 1 | 1 |
| Usman Khawaja |
Australia
|
2 | 3 | 209 | 69.66 | 140 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendon McCullum |
New Zealand
|
2 | 4th | 180 | 45.00 | 145 | 1 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Nathan Lyon |
Australia
|
2 | 64 | 10 | 22.60 | 4/91 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood |
Australia
|
2 | 95 | 9 | 34.11 | 4/42 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Bird |
Australia
|
2 | 60.5 | 8th | 28.50 | 5/59 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Wagner |
New Zealand
|
1 | 50.1 | 7th | 23.71 | 6/106 | 1 | 0 |
| James Pattinson |
Australia
|
1 | 41 | 6th | 26.33 | 4/77 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Martin Guptill |
New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 180 | 60.00 | 90 | 0 | 2 |
| David Warner |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 126 | 42.00 | 98 | 0 | 1 |
| Brendon McCullum |
New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 119 | 39.66 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Marsh |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 110 | 55.00 | 69 * | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Elliott |
New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 103 | 34.33 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Matt Henry |
New Zealand
|
3 | 26th | 8th | 19.75 | 3/41 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Marsh |
Australia
|
3 | 19th | 7th | 14.14 | 3/34 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood |
Australia
|
3 | 30th | 7th | 24.85 | 3/61 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Santner |
New Zealand
|
2 | 10.2 | 5 | 9.40 | 3/47 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Boult |
New Zealand
|
2 | 16.3 | 4th | 26.00 | 3/38 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Boland |
Australia
|
2 | 19th | 4th | 30.00 | 2/59 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
 Martin Guptill
|
| 2. ODI |
 Mitchell Marsh
|
| 3. ODI |
Ish Sodhi
|
| 1st test |
Adam Voges
|
| 2nd test |
Joe Burns
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Brendon McCullum to retire from internationals in February . Cricinfo. December 21, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ ODI cricket returns to Basin Reserve . Cricinfo. August 27, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Daniel boardy: Bird, Sayers in Test squad for NZ tour ( English ) Cricinfo. January 19, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Daniel Brettig: Khawaja, Burns left out of ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 24, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ McCullum comes back for Australia ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. January 30, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Henry Nicholls gets maiden test call-up ( English ) Cricinfo. February 5, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy [Australia in New Zealand , 2015/16 / Most runs] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy [Australia in New Zealand , 2015/16 / Most wickets] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 20, 2016.