NZ vs AUS: Australia won Christchurch Test by 3 wickets, made a 2-0 clean sweep against New Zealand

The Kangaroos have registered a spectacular victory in the second and final match of the two-Test series between Australia and New Zealand. In the Christchurch Test, Australia defeated host New Zealand by 3 wickets to sweep the series 2-0. New Zealand had set a target of 279 runs for Australia in Christchurch. Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 98 runs and Pat Cummins scored an unbeaten 32 runs and achieved the target with 3 wickets remaining. In this run chase, Mitchell Marsh played an important inning of 80 runs.

Upon winning the toss, Australia asked New Zealand to bat first. Although they had a respectable start in the first innings, New Zealand's entire team collapsed for just 162 runs after the first wicket fell at 47. Not a single New Zealand batsman was able to score fifty runs. Josh Hazlewood claimed five wickets for Australia, while Mitchell Starc claimed three.

Australia's first innings was off to a terrible start. Despite this, the Kangaroo team scored 256 runs in the opening inning to take a 94-run lead. For Australia, Marnus Labuschagne had an outstanding 90-run inning. Matt Henry took seven wickets while bowling brilliantly for New Zealand at the same time.

New Zealand had a very poor start in the second innings, but thanks to half-centuries from Tom Latham (73), Kane Williamson (51), Rachin Ravindra (82) and Daryl Mitchell (58), the Kiwi team put 372 runs on the scoreboard. In this way, New Zealand set a target of 279 runs for Australia. For Australia, Pat Cummins took four wickets and Cameron Green took three wickets.

Australia, chasing the target of 279 runs, lost four wickets at the score of just 34. After this, Mitchell Marsh scored 80 runs, Alex Carey scored an unbeaten 98 runs and captain Pat Cummins played an unbeaten inning of 32 runs to help the team win by three wickets. Whereas for New Zealand, Ben Sears took four wickets.