Played at WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton, on 31 March, 1,2,3 April 2000 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 6 wickets

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia won the 3-match series 3-0

Test debut DR Tuffey (New Zealand)
Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia)

Umpires RS Dunne and AV Jayaprakash (India)
TV umpire DB Cowie
Match referee MH Denness (England)

Close of play
31 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 4/1 (MJ Slater 2*, SK Warne 0*, 5 ov)
1 Apr day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 58/3 (CM Spearman 29*, NJ Astle 2*, 33 ov)
2 Apr day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 137/3 (JL Langer 71*, SR Waugh 1*, 28 ov)
3 Apr day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 212/4 (41.3 ov) - end of match

• 12th men: CZ Harris (NZ) and DW Fleming (Aus).
• Scorers: TW Andersson and PG Rice.

• Day 1
• Lunch: New Zealand 73/4 (Fleming 13*, McMillan 9*; 26 overs)
• Tea: New Zealand 158/5 (McMillan 54*, Cairns 13*; 56 overs)
• New Zealand 1st innings: 50 off 104 balls, 81 minutes; 100 off 225 balls, 160 minutes; 150 off 315 balls, 225 minutes; 200 off 399 balls, 278 minutes.
• 5th wicket partnership (Fleming/McMillan): 50 off 116 balls, 71 minutes.
• 6th wicket partnership (McMillan/Cairns): 50 off 103 balls, 65 minutes.
• CD McMillan: 50 off 84 balls, 110 minutes, 9x4.
• Partnerships: 1st wicket (Horne/Spearman): 22 off 54 balls, 43 minutes; 2nd wicket (Horne/Sinclair): 20 off 36 balls, 28 minutes; 3rd wicket (Sinclair/Fleming): 11 off 24 balls, 16 minutes; 4th wicket (Fleming/Astle): 0 off 2 balls, 2 minutes; 5th wicket (Fleming/McMillan): 78 off 157 balls, 103 minutes; 6th wicket (McMillan/Cairns): 77 off 136 balls, 89 minutes; 7th wicket (Cairns/Parore): 4 off 39 balls, 28 minutes; 8th wicket (Parore/Wiseman): 12 off 27 balls, 18 minutes; 9th wicket (Parore/Tuffey): 3 off 22 balls, 15 minutes; 10th wicket (Parore/O'Connor): 5 off 13 balls, 8 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 1st - 39 (13 overs); 2nd - 34 (13 overs); 3rd - 47 (16 overs); 4th - 38 (14 overs); 5th - 53 (14 overs).
• Innings bowling spells: GD McGrath: 9-4-19-2, 6-2-19-0, 5-1-20-0, 1.5-1-0-2; B Lee: 5-1-23-0, 4-2-4-2, 5-0-28-1, 9-5-22-2; SK Warne: 6-1-16-0, 6-2-11-0, 8-3-18-1; CR Miller: 2-1-5-0, 9-3-23-0; DR Martyn: 7-4-12-0.
• Second new ball taken after 82.2 overs (New Zealand 232/9 - Parore 12*, O'Connor 0*)
• Australia 1st innings:
• Partnerships: 1st wicket (Hayden/Slater): 3 off 23 balls, 15 minutes.

• Day 2
• Lunch: Australia 118/6 (Martyn 44*, Gilchrist 10*; 32 overs)
• Tea: Australia 252
• Australia 1st innings: 50 off 118 balls, 98 minutes; 100 off 152 balls, 114 minutes; 150 off 246 balls, 172 minutes; 200 off 277 balls, 194 minutes; 250 off 379 balls, 266 minutes.
• 6th wicket partnership (ME Waugh/Martyn): 50 off 70 balls, 51 minutes.
• 7th wicket partnership (Martyn/Gilchrist): 50 off 93 balls, 49 minutes; 100 off 116 balls, 72 minutes.
• DR Martyn: 50 off 80 balls, 109 minutes, 10x4.
• AC Gilchrist: 50 off 53 balls, 61 minutes, 11x4.
• Partnerships: 2nd wicket (Slater/Warne): 13 off 32 balls, 22 minutes; 3rd wicket (Warne/Langer): 1 off 2 balls, 3 minutes; 4th wicket (Langer/ME Waugh): 8 off 7 balls, 6 minutes; 5th wicket (ME Waugh/SR Waugh): 4 off 10 balls, 7 minutes; 6th wicket (ME Waugh/Martyn): 75 off 93 balls, 66 minutes; 7th wicket (Martyn/Gilchrist): 119 off 142 balls, 91 minutes; 8th wicket (Martyn/Lee): 10 off 29 balls, 19 minutes; 9th wicket (Martyn/McGrath): 15 off 32 balls, 20 minutes; 10th wicket (Martyn/Miller): 4 off 13 balls, 10 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 1st - 29 (13 overs); 2nd - 75 (13 overs); 3rd - 70 (16 overs); 4th - 59 (14 overs).
• Innings bowling spells: CL Cairns: 11-4-26-2, 5-0-43-0, 6-3-11-1; SB O'Connor: 7-2-15-3, 2-0-20-0, 5-2-13-0, 1.5-1-3-2; DR Tuffey: 5-0-36-0, 4-0-39-0; NJ Astle: 4-3-5-0; PJ Wiseman: 3-2-7-1, 8-1-24-1.
• New Zealand 2nd innings: 50 off 139 balls, 98 minutes.
• Partnerships: 1st wicket (Horne/Spearman): 3 off 14 balls, 10 minutes; 2nd wicket (Spearman/Sinclair): 46 off 123 balls, 83 minutes; 3rd wicket (Spearman/Fleming): 4 off 13 balls, 8 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 1st - 39 (15 overs); 2nd - 16 (15 overs).

• Day 3
• Start of play delayed by rain for 18 minutes (10:30am - 10:48am) with the scheduled close of play pushed back to 5:48pm (lunch and tea interval times unchanged)
• Lunch: New Zealand 130/6 (Cairns 10*; 58 overs)
• Tea: New Zealand 229
• Bad light stopped play at 5:23pm (stumps drawn with 8 overs left to bowl, start of play on day 4 rescheduled to 10:06am)
• New Zealand 2nd innings: 100 off 265 balls, 178 minutes; 150 off 387 balls, 251 minutes; 200 off 482 balls, 311 minutes.
• 8th wicket partnership (Cairns/Wiseman): 50 off 80 balls, 54 minutes.
• CL Cairns: 50 off 81 balls, 102 minutes, 8x4, 1x6.
• Partnerships: 4th wicket (Spearman/Astle): 18 off 69 balls, 37 minutes; 5th wicket (Astle/McMillan): 40 off 83 balls, 58 minutes; 6th wicket (McMillan/Cairns): 19 off 51 balls, 31 minutes; 7th wicket (Cairns/Parore): 35 off 63 balls, 32 minutes; 8th wicket (Cairns/Wiseman): 55 off 96 balls, 65 minutes; 9th wicket (Cairns/Tuffey): 8 off 8 balls, 6 minutes; 10th wicket (Tuffey/O'Connor): 1 off 6 balls, 5 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 3rd - 48 (15 overs); 4th - 28 (15 overs); 5th - 60 (17 overs).
• Innings bowling spells: GD McGrath: 6-3-11-0, 7-2-25-0, 4-2-5-1, 3-0-9-1; B Lee: 4-0-8-0, 4-0-11-0, 4-1-9-1, 3-1-6-0, 3.4-0-12-2; CR Miller: 4-1-15-0, 7-3-5-2, 7-1-23-0, 2-0-15-0; SK Warne: 8-4-8-0, 14-6-44-2, 3-1-9-0; SR Waugh: 3-0-10-0.
• Second new ball taken after 80 overs (New Zealand 204/7 - Cairns 61*, Wiseman 6*)
• Australia 2nd innings: 50 off 57 balls, 40 minutes; 100 off 111 balls, 79 minutes.
• 2nd wicket partnership (Hayden/Langer): 50 off 51 balls, 36 minutes.
• JL Langer: 50 off 42 balls, 58 minutes, 8x4.
• Partnerships: 1st wicket (Slater/Hayden): 13 off 21 balls, 13 minutes; 2nd wicket (Hayden/Langer): 83 off 87 balls, 62 minutes; 3rd wicket (Langer/ME Waugh): 28 off 44 balls, 28 minutes; 4th wicket (Langer/SR Waugh): 13* off 16 balls, 13 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 1st - 78 (15 overs).
• Australia 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (24th over - Wiseman's 7th over, called by umpire RS Dunne)

• Day 4
• Australia 2nd innings: 150 off 193 balls, 134 minutes; 200 off 244 balls, 174 minutes.
• 4th wicket partnership (Langer/SR Waugh): 50 off 61 balls, 44 minutes.
• JL Langer: 100 off 102 balls, 147 minutes, 16x4.
• Partnerships: 4th wicket (Langer/SR Waugh): 51* off 66 balls, 47 minutes; 4th wicket (Langer/Martyn): 15 off 13 balls, 9 minutes; 5th wicket (Langer/Gilchrist): 22* off 22 balls, 15 minutes.
• Runs per hour: 2nd - 69 (14 overs).
• Innings bowling spells: CL Cairns: 7-1-41-0, 3-0-19-0; SB O'Connor: 5-1-22-1, 6-0-31-1; PJ Wiseman: 9-1-42-2; DR Tuffey: 7-1-31-0, 4-0-21-0. CD McMillan: 0.3-0-4-0.
• SR Waugh retired hurt at 175/3 (struck on the wrist by a rising delivery from the 6th ball of the 35th over, DR Tuffey's 8th over, SR Waugh 18*, Australia 175/3; went off after 36 overs, having faced 4 more balls, JL Langer 91*)