| New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2011–12 | |||||
| Australia | New Zealand | ||||
| Dates | 18 November – 13 December 2011 | ||||
| Captains | Michael Clarke | Ross Taylor | |||
| Test series | |||||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||||
| Most runs | Michael Clarke (161) | Dean Brownlie (198) | |||
| Most wickets | James Pattinson (14) | Doug Bracewell (10) | |||
| Player of the series | James Pattinson (Aus) | ||||
The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia from 18 November – 13 December 2011.[1] The tour consisted of two Tests played for the Trans Tasman Trophy. New Zealand's win in the second Test in Hobart was their first Test win in Australia since 1985, and their first test match victory against Australia since 1993.[2]
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| 18–20 November | New South Wales XI | v | New Zealanders | Cancelled Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney |
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| 24–27 November Scorecard |
New Zealanders 423 (97 overs) |
v | Australia A 395 (109.3 overs) |
Match Drawn Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Simon Fry and Paul Reiffel (Both Aus) |
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| Brendon McCullum 146 (115) James Pattinson 4/96 (19 overs) |
Ed Cowan 145 (270) Doug Bracewell 4/87 (19.3 overs) |
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| 467/6 (108 overs) | |||||
| Jesse Ryder 175 (137) Ben Cutting 2/61 (14 overs) |
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| 1–5 December Scorecard |
New Zealand 295 (82.5 overs) |
v | Australia 427 (129.2 overs) |
Australia won by 9 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asad Rauf (Pak) Player of the Match: James Pattinson (Aus) (As voted for by users within Australia of a phone app promoted on Channel Nine[3]) |
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| Daniel Vettori 96 (127) Nathan Lyon 4/69 (21.5 overs) |
Michael Clarke 139 (249) Chris Martin 3/89 (28 overs) |
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| 150 (49.4 overs) | 19/1 (2.2 overs) | ||||
| Dean Brownlie 42 (127) James Pattinson 5/27 (11 overs) |
David Warner 12* (4) Chris Martin 1/0 (1 over) |
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Five of Australia's test players (Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Johnson and Pat Cummins) were ruled out of this test match leaving selectors with many gaps to fill.[4]
| 9–13 December Scorecard |
New Zealand 150 (45.5 overs) |
v | Australia 136 (51 overs) |
New Zealand won by 7 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the Match: David Warner (Aus) (As voted for by users within Australia of a phone app promoted on Channel Nine[5]) |
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| Dean Brownlie 56 (85) James Pattinson 5/51 |
Peter Siddle 36 (58) Doug Bracewell 3/20 (10 overs) |
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| 226 (78.3 overs) | 233 (63.4 overs) | ||||
| Ross Taylor 56 (169) Nathan Lyon 3/25 (7.3 overs) |
David Warner 123* (170) Doug Bracewell 6/40 (16.4 overs) |
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For this series Cricket Australia chose to allow the Player of the Match in the two Test Matches to be voted for by users within Australia of a phone app promoted on Channel Nine by a telecommunications company sponsoring the series. When Australian batsman David Warner won the award for the second Test well ahead of match winning New Zealand bowler Doug Bracewell, the process was heavily criticised by many fans.[9]
Following the controversy Cricket Australia announced that it had immediately abandoned the voting system and for future series would revert to the traditional method of having the Player of the Match chosen by a panel of experts at the game.[10]
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