New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
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The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia in November and December 2019 to play three Test matches. The Test series was played for the Trans-Tasman Trophy and formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[5][6] The first Test was a day/night match at the Perth Stadium.[7] Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019.[8][9] New Zealand returned to Australia in March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.[7]
New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20 | |||
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Australia | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 12 December 2019 – 20 March 2020 | ||
Captains |
Tim Paine (Tests) Aaron Finch (ODIs) | Kane Williamson[n 1] | |
Test series | |||
Result | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Marnus Labuschagne (549)[1] | Tom Blundell (172)[1] | |
Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (20)[2] | Neil Wagner (17)[2] | |
Player of the series | Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | David Warner (67)[3] | Martin Guptill (40)[3] | |
Most wickets |
Pat Cummins (3) Mitchell Marsh (3)[4] | Ish Sodhi (3)[4] |
In the first Test, Aleem Dar of Pakistan stood in his 129th Test match as an on-field umpire, surpassing Jamaican Steve Bucknor's record of officiating in the most Test matches.[10] Ahead of the fourth day of the second Test match, Australia's Peter Siddle announced his retirement from international cricket.[11] Australia won the first two Test matches to take an unassailable lead,[12] and therefore retaining the Trans-Tasman Trophy.[13] Australia won the third and final Test match by 279 runs, therefore winning the series 3–0.[14] It was the first time that New Zealand had been whitewashed in a three-match Test series in Australia.[15] During the third Test, Ross Taylor went past Stephen Fleming's career total of 7,172 runs to become the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket.[16]
Ahead of the first ODI, Cricket Australia confirmed that all three ODIs would be played without crowd attendance,[17] in an attempt to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] Despite the first ODI being played, the second and third ODIs were called off on 14 March 2020, as a result of new travel restrictions being implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[19] Both Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket have expressed their interest to reschedule the remaining ODI matches at a later date.[20] On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for a rescheduled three match ODI series against New Zealand in January and February 2021.[21][22]