Australia v New Zealand: Australians pass the first test

By Greg Baum
Updated February 13 2016 - 9:08am, first published February 12 2016 - 9:58pm

At a period piece of a ground, in by modern standards baroque conditions, a classic Test match promised. In the one-size-fits-all era, you don't see many grounds like this any more, and Australians don't see much cricket like this. For them, the Basin Reserve was not so much home away from home as foreign land so close to home. It was all the more to their credit that they took the advantage randomly conferred by the toss and fashioned it into what is already a match-winning position. The luck they made for themselves held to the last over, when Adam Voges was bowled by a delivery wrongly called as a no-ball. From New Zealand's standpoint, it is a truly bad day when you are penalised for not crossing the line.

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