New Zealand national cricket team in Australia for the 2008-09 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to Australia in the 2008-09 season took place from November 13, 2008 to February 15, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008/09 international cricket season and included two test matches , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . Australia won the Test series 2-0 and the Twenty20, the ODI series ended 2-2.

prehistory

Australia last played a tour in India , New Zealand in Bangladesh . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2006/07 season in New Zealand . There was a two-month break between the test series and the ODI series, during which Australia played a tour against South Africa .

Stages

Melbourne Adelaide Perth Sydney Brisbane

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on May 20, 2008.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	2. test; 4. ODI
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test; 5. ODI
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2. ODI
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	1. ODI
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3. ODI; 1. T20

Squad lists

New Zealand named its test roster on November 6, 2008, its ODI roster on January 22, and its Twenty20 roster on February 12, 2009. Australia named its test roster on November 13, 2008 and its Twenty20 roster on November 11, 2008. February 2009.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand
Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Stuart Clark Brad Haddin ( wk ) Nathan Hauritz Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Jason Krejza Brett Lee Peter Siddle Andrew Symonds Shane Watson	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Grant Elliott Daniel Flynn Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Gareth Hopkins Jamie How Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Chris Martin Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jeetan Patel Aaron Redmond Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Nathan Bracken Callum Ferguson Brad Haddin ( wk ) Ryan Harris Ben Hilfenhaus James Hopes David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Peter Siddle Shaun Tait Adam Voges David Warner Cameron White	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Trent Boult Neil Broom Brendon Diamanti Grant Elliott Peter Fulton Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Kyle Mills Iain O'Brien Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Ross Taylor	Brad Haddin ( K & wk ) Cameron White ( vK ) Nathan Bracken Callum Ferguson Moises Henriques Ben Hilfenhaus James Hopes David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Rob Quiney Peter Siddle Adam Voges David Warner	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Neil Broom Ian Butler Brendon Diamanti Grant Elliott James Franklin Peter Fulton Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum ( wk ) Nathan McCullum Peter McGlashan Iain O'Brien Tim Southee Ross Taylor

Tour matches

13-16 November scorecard	Sydney	New Zealanders 266 (85.3) & 256 (86.1)	-	New South Wales 361 (115.1) & 162-4 (52.2)
		New South Wales wins with 6 wickets

January 29th scorecard	Canberra	New Zealanders 271-5 (50)	-	Prime Minister's XI 272-4 (47.5)
		Prime Ministers's XI wins with 6 wickets

Test matches

First test in Brisbane

20.-23. November scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 214 (77) & 268 (81.2)	-	New Zealand 156 (50) & 177 (54.3)
		Australia wins with 149 runs

Second test in Adelaide

November 28th - December 1st scorecard	Adelaide	New Zealand 270 (98.3) & 203 (74.1)	-	Australia 535 (157.4)
		Australia wins with one innings and 62 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Perth

February 1st scorecard	Perth	Australia 181 (48.4)	-	New Zealand 182-8 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 2 wickets

Second ODI in Melbourne

February 6 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 225-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 226-4 (48.5)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Sydney

February 8 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 301-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 269 ​​(47.3)
		Australia wins with 32 runs

Fourth ODI in Adelaide

February 10 scorecard	Adelaide	New Zealand 244-8 (50)	-	Australia 247-4 (48.2)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Fifth ODI in Brisbane

February 13 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 168-4 (22)	-	New Zealand 123-6 (14)
		No result

Twenty20 International in Sydney

February 15 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 150-7 (20)	-	New Zealand 149-5 (20)
		Australia wins with 1 run

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Clarke	Australia	2	3	217	72.33	110	1	1
Brad Haddin	Australia	2	3	194	64.66	169	1	0
Simon Katich	Australia	2	3	164	82.00	131 *	1	0
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2	4th	160	40.00	75	0	1
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2	4th	125	41.66	84 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	65.4	14th	11.00	5/39	1	0
Brett Lee	Australia	2	75.3	12	21.83	5/105	1	0
Stuart Clark	Australia	2	62	7th	23.85	4/43	0	0
Iain O'Brien	New Zealand	2	67	7th	30.42	3/111	0	0
Chris Martin	New Zealand	2	66	6th	36.83	3/69	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brad Haddin	Australia	5	5	283	70.75	109	1	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	5	5	259	64.75	75 *	0	3
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	5	5	210	52.50	115	1	1
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	5	5	195	39.00	76	0	2
Michael Clarke	Australia	4th	4th	188	47.00	98	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Iain O'Brien	New Zealand	5	45	10	25.30	3/68	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	5	42	9	20.33	4/35	0	0
Nathan Bracken	Australia	5	40.3	9	24.22	3/35	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	5	42	7th	22.71	2/30	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	5	43	7th	27.42	3/51	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	1	1	61	61.00	61	0	1
David Hussey	Australia	1	1	41	41.00	41	0	0
Neil Broom	New Zealand	1	1	36	36.00	36	0	0
Adam Voges	Australia	1	1	26th	26.00	26th	0	0
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	1	1	23		23 *	0	0
David Warner	Australia	1	1	23	23.00	23	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Peter Siddle	Australia	1	4th	2	12.00	2/24	0	0
Iain O'Brien	New Zealand	1	4th	2	17.00	2/34	0	0
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	1	1	1	11.00	1/11	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	1	4th	1	23.00	1/23	0	0
Ian Butler	New Zealand	1	4th	1	30.00	1/30	0	0
Tim Southee	New Zealand	1	4th	1	31.00	1/31	0	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	1	4th	1	32.00	1/32	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	1	4th	1	40.00	1/40	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Michael Clarke
ODI	Michael Hussey

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Mitchell Johnson
2nd test	Brad Haddin
1. ODI	Kyle Mills
2. ODI	Michael Clarke
3. ODI	Brad Haddin
4. ODI	David Hussey
1. T20	Nathan Bracken

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia revamp home internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. May 20, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Martin returns to New Zealand Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 6, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
3. ↑ New Zealand call on rookies for big test ( English ) Cricinfo. January 22, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
4. ↑ Franklin and Butler join Twenty20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 12, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
5. ↑ Symonds named in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 13, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
6. ↑ Australia call up Henriques for Twenty20 ( English ) Cricinfo. February 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Australia T20I Match, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / New Zealand in Australia T20I Match, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2016.