At Hagley Oval, from 4-34 and then 5-80, the tourists had very little right to chase down 279 and maintain a 13-year unbeaten run against New Zealand. But just at the moment of most need, Alex Carey did not just stand up, he towered over the final day.
That’s been one of the themes of the Australian Test team under Pat Cummins, particularly over a recent run of struggles with the bat.At Hagley Oval, from 4-34 and then 5-80, the tourists had very little right to chase down 279 and maintain a 13-year unbeaten run against New Zealand, inspired as they have been by Matt Henry and the speedy debutant Ben Sears .
Plenty of credit was due, as well, to Mitch Marsh, who stuck bravely to his best attacking method through an innings of 80 that featured plenty of good fortune but a hearty helping of the powerful shots that have made him Australia’s No.6.Marsh had been dropped from Tim Southee’s first ball of the day, a cut shot put down by Rachin Ravindra at point. When Head crashed the very next ball to Will Young at a nicely placed shortish point position, that miss appeared not to matter too much.
When Mitchell Starc bunted his first ball straight to midwicket, the Christchurch crowd rose as one, and Sears roared at the chance of a hat-trick. Cummins was duly asked to reprise his innings against England to win at Edgbaston last year: he was drawn into playing at an away-swinger first ball, but the edge scuttled away through slips for four.
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