The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 2005 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. Australia won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and Australia by Ricky Ponting. In addition, the teams played a five-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which Australia won 5–0.[1]
In the third Test in Auckland, James Marshall made his debut for New Zealand. Also playing in the same match was his twin brother, Hamish. This was the first time that identical twins have played together in the same Test side.[2]
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
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1 March 2005
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- JR Hopes (AUS) and LJ Hamilton (NZ) made their ODI debuts.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- CD Cumming and IE O'Brien (both NZ) made their Test debuts.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- There was no play on the first day.
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166/1 (29.3 overs)
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- JAH Marshall (NZ) made his Test debut.
References edit
- ^ "Australia in New Zealand 2005". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "A cracking Melbourne finish". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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