Close of play 18 Mar day 1 - no play 19 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 337/5 (DR Martyn 106*, AC Gilchrist 45*, 98 ov) 20 Mar day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 122/4 (L Vincent 38*, JEC Franklin 6*, 39 ov) 21 Mar day 4 - New Zealand 1st innings 244 22 Mar day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 48/3 (17.2 ov) - end of match
Match notes
Day 1
Play called off at lunch time due to fog and rain
12th men: PJ Wiseman (NZ) and B Lee (Aus).
Day 2
Play started 30 mins earlier
Day 2
Australia 1st innings
Australia 100 in 39 overs (Hayden 32*, Ponting 9*)
Hayden 50 in 130 balls, 4x4
Australia 150 in 55.2 overs (Martyn 15*, Clarke 2*)
Australia 200 in 73.1 overs (Martyn 48*, Katich 12*)
Martyn 50 in 111 balls, 6x4
Martyn 100 in 173 balls, 16x4
Day 3
Gilchrist 50 in 57 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Australia 350 in 102 overs (Martyn 114*, Gilchrist 50*)
100 runs partnership between Martyn and Gilchrist in 113 balls
150 runs partnership between Martyn and Gilchrist in 149 balls
Australia 400 in 108.1 overs (Martyn 128*, Gilchrist 86*)
Gilchrist 100 in 86 balls, 14x4, 4x6
New Zealand 100 in 31.2 overs (Vincent 24*, Astle 9*)
Day 4
No play possible in first session. Early lunch taken and play commenced at 1.10pm with 68 over to be bowled in the day.
L Vincent 50 from 115 balls, 6x4
New Zealand 150 in 50.2 overs (Vincent 55*, Franklin 16*)
New Zealand 200 in 67.3 overs (McMillan 20*, Vettori 6*)