New Zealand has won a thriller after shocking Australia by a 7 run win. Captain Ross Taylor dedicated this win as a Christmas gift to long-suffering fans. A 21-year-old hero, Doug Bracewell did it for the kiwis in his fourth match picking six crucial wickets. The New Zealanders were thrashed by nine wickets in the series-opening match at Brisbane last week and were facing a 2-0 series defeat when Australia was cruising at 159-2 chasing 241 to win the second test.
Ponting (16), current skipper Michael Clarke (0) and veteran Mike Hussey (0) just before lunch swung the momentum determinedly in New Zealand’s favor after the series seemed to be traveling away from them. Brad Haddin survived the hat-trick ball but the three quick strikes gave New Zealand the upper hand with Australia having a longer-than-usual lower order. Bracewell was so excited he dropped a curse word into a live interview, but quickly regained his calm.
The Australians had resumed on the fourth day at 72 without loss and didn’t add a run before Phillip Hughes (20) was dismissed by Chris Martin for the fourth time this series. “Disappointed, no doubt,” Clarke said of the outcome. “We were pretty conflicting throughout this whole test. Want to pay a lot of credit to David Warner, scoring his first test match hundred was outstanding today. And Nathan Lyon, the way he hung in there, if a few of us batters showed the character and courage that he did today, we wouldn’t be standing here with the same result.”
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Ponting (16), current skipper Michael Clarke (0) and veteran Mike Hussey (0) just before lunch swung the momentum determinedly in New Zealand’s favor after the series seemed to be traveling away from them. Brad Haddin survived the hat-trick ball but the three quick strikes gave New Zealand the upper hand with Australia having a longer-than-usual lower order. Bracewell was so excited he dropped a curse word into a live interview, but quickly regained his calm.
The Australians had resumed on the fourth day at 72 without loss and didn’t add a run before Phillip Hughes (20) was dismissed by Chris Martin for the fourth time this series. “Disappointed, no doubt,” Clarke said of the outcome. “We were pretty conflicting throughout this whole test. Want to pay a lot of credit to David Warner, scoring his first test match hundred was outstanding today. And Nathan Lyon, the way he hung in there, if a few of us batters showed the character and courage that he did today, we wouldn’t be standing here with the same result.”
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