New Zealand national cricket team in Australia for the 2015/16 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's series of games in Australia in the 2015/16 season took place from October 23 to December 1, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included three test matches . Australia won the series 2-0.

prehistory

classification

For Australia it was the first tour of the season after the planned tour in Bangladesh was canceled. It was also the first tour of the season for New Zealand after the last tour against South Africa in August. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2011/12 season.

Day / night test

Australia and New Zealand agreed to hold the third test in Adelaide as the first day / night test ever. To make this possible, a pink ball was developed over several years, as the red ball that is otherwise used cannot be seen clearly enough in poor visibility conditions. This was the first time in the 138-year history of test cricket that a non-red ball was used. To prevent the ball from wearing out too quickly, more grass was left when preparing the pitch . While the experiment was generally considered a success, players criticized the impact on the game of the pink ball.

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Perth

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 29, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval	53,583	3rd test
Brisbane	The gabba	42,000	1st test
Perth	WACA Ground	20,000	2nd test

Squad list

New Zealand named their squad on September 11, 2015. Australia named their squad on October 30, 2015.

test
Australia	New Zealand
Steve Smith ( K ) David Warner ( UK ) Joe Burns Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Johnson Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Peter Nevill ( wk ) Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Adam Voges Shaun Marsh Stephen O'Keefe James Pattinson	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Ross Taylor ( UK ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Hamish Rutherford Tim Southee BJ Watling ( wk ) Kane Williamson Mitchell Santner Neil Wagner Mitchell McClenaghan

Tour matches

October 23 scorecard	Canberra	New Zealanders 307-8 (50)	-	Prime Minister's XI 205 (45.2)
		New Zealand wins with 102 runs

October 24-25 scorecard	Canberra	Cricket Australia XI 325-4d (90)	-	New Zealanders 368-8 (82)
		draw

October 29th - November 1st scorecard	Sydney	Cricket Australia XI 503-1d	-	New Zealanders
		draw

November 21-22 Scorecard	Perth	Western Australia 345-13d (90)	-	New Zealanders 426-11 (89.2)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 5-9 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 556-4 (130.2) & 264-4d (42)	-	New Zealand 317 (82.2) & 295 (88.3)
		Australia wins with 208 runs

Second test in Hobart

November 13th - 17th Scorecard	Perth	Australia 559-9 (133) & 385-7d (103)	-	New Zealand 624 (153.5) & 1 04-2 (28)
		draw

After the game, Australian bowler Mitchell Johnsen announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

Third test in Adelaide

November 27th - December 1st scorecard	Adelaide	New Zealand 202 (65.2) & 208 (62.5)	-	Australia 224 (72.1) & 187-7 (51)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Warner	Australia	3	6th	592	98.66	253	3	0
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	6th	428	85.60	166	2	1
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	3	6th	405	81.00	290	1	1
Usman Khawaja	Australia	2	3	304	152.00	174	2	0
Adam Voges	Australia	3	6th	285	71.25	119	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Starc	Australia	3	89.5	13	23.23	4/57	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	New Zealand	3	119.1	13	31.61	6/70	1	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	3	115.0	13	37.61	5/60	1	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	3	107.5	10	32.90	3/63	0	0
Mark Craig	New Zealand	3	102.0	8th	64.12	3/78	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	David Warner

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	David Warner
2nd test	Ross Taylor
3rd test	Josh Hazlewood

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Daniel Brettig: First day-night Test for Adelaide Oval ( English ) Cricinfo. June 29, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
2. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Teams ready to create history ( English ) Cricinfo. November 26, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
3. ↑ Scyld Berry: Test cricket's gamble on the pink ball has to pay off for the game to survive around the world ( English ) The Telegraph. November 25, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
4. ↑ Daniel boardy: Pitch doctoring of a different kind ( English ) Cricinfo. November 25, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
5. ↑ World media's rave reviews for day-night Test cricket after historic day in Adelaide ( English ) Fox Sports. November 28, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
6. ↑ Daniel Brettig: Players raise fresh concerns over pink ball ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
7. ↑ Neesham returns for Tests in Australia ( English ) In: ESPN Cricinfo . Cricinfo. September 11, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
8. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Burns and Khawaja named in Test squad ( English ) In: ESPN Cricinfo . Cricinfo. October 30, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
9. ↑ Daniel boardy: Johnson retires from international cricket ( English ) In: ESPN Cricinfo . Cricinfo. November 17, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015.
10. ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia), 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia), 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 9, 2016.