Fresh from their demolition of Pakistan in Test matches at home, Australia will play New Zealand in the first game of a two-Test match series at Perth Stadium on December 12, 2019 (Thursday). The 1st Test match in Trans-Tasman trophy 2019-20 between Australia and New Zealand will be a day-night encounter. Fans searching for the live score updates with latest scorecard details for Day 1 of Australia vs New Zealand 1st Test Match, can find all information here. This will be only the 2nd day-night encounter in AUS vs NZ Test matches after their matches in 2015, which incidentally was also the first-ever D/N Test match in cricket. Meanwhile, for link and information live score updates as well as details on latest scorecard for Day 1 of 1st AUS vs NZ Day-Night Test match, please scroll down. Australia Vs New Zealand, Cricket Score 1st Test Match.

Australia are unbeaten against New Zealand in their last four Test matches and haven’t lost a Test series against their Trans-Tasmanian rivals since 1989/90 when New Zealand beat them in the one-off Test match at home. Both sides have drawn three-Test series since then, including a 1-1 draw most recently in Brandon McCullum’s farewell series. But Australia have come-out victorious in the other nine Test series. Interestingly, New Zealand’s last Test series win on Australian soil came in 1985. They have won three Test matches in between since that intervening 1-0 victory in a three-match series, but the Black Caps have never felled the Kangaroos. Australia vs New Zealand Latest Scorecard.

But this New Zealand team are World No 2 in ICC Test rankings. They are 116 points behind Australia in the ICC World Test Championship standings but have played five-fewer games than Australia. New Zealand captain, Kane Williamson will, however, remember the 0-2 defeats, including a Test series whitewash at home, the Black Caps have under his captaincy against Australia. In his first-ever Test series in Australia as the captain, Williamson’s New Zealand lost 0-2 in a three-Test match series and were also thrashed by the same margin at home in 2015/16. Australia have since undergone massive changes both in their cricketer culture and in the way they approach a Test match.

Australia Squad: David Warner, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Travis Head, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Michael Neser.

New Zealand Squad: Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(w), Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner, Todd Astle, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Blundell.

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