Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2009–10

The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand from 26 February to 31 March 2010. The tour consisted of two Twenty20s (T20), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests.^[1] Due to sponsorship, the tour was referred to as The National Bank Series,^[1] with the New Zealand team's major sponsor the National Bank of New Zealand,^[2] and the Australian team's major sponsor Victoria Bitter.^[3]

Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2010
	New Zealand	Australia
Dates	26 February – 31 March 2010
Captains	Daniel Vettori Ross Taylor (First ODI)	Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Twenty20)
Test series
Result	Australia won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Ross Taylor 206	Simon Katich 291
Most wickets	Daniel Vettori 7	Doug Bollinger & Mitchell Johnson 12
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Scott Styris 199	Michael Hussey 198
Most wickets	Shane Bond 9	Mitchell Johnson 12
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Brendon McCullum 118	Michael Clarke 85
Most wickets	Shane Bond 3	Shaun Tait 4

The T20 series was tied, with each team winning one of the matches. The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy—awarded to the winner of the annual series of ODI matches between the two nations—was retained by Australia for the third series in a row by defeating New Zealand 3–2. The Trans-Tasman Trophy—awarded to the winner of each test series between Australia and New Zealand—was retained by Australia for the eighth series in a row, after they defeated New Zealand 2–0.^[4]

The next series for both teams will be the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in April and May.^[5]

Squads

Twenty20 squads			ODI squads			Test squads
New Zealand	Australia		New Zealand	Australia		New Zealand	Australia
Daniel Vettori (c)	Michael Clarke (c)		Daniel Vettori (c)	Ricky Ponting (c)		Daniel Vettori (c)	Ricky Ponting (c)
Shane Bond	Cameron White (vc)		Shane Bond	Michael Clarke (vc)[S 1]		Brent Arnel	Michael Clarke (vc)
James Franklin	Travis Birt		Neil Broom	George Bailey[S 1]		James Franklin[S 2]	Doug Bollinger
Martin Guptill	Daniel Christian		James Franklin	Doug Bollinger		Martin Guptill	Brad Haddin(wk)
Gareth Hopkins (wk)	Brad Haddin (wk)		Martin Guptill	Brad Haddin (wk)		Peter Ingram	Ryan Harris
Peter Ingram	Ryan Harris		Gareth Hopkins (wk)	Ryan Harris		Brendon McCullum (wk)	Nathan Hauritz
Brendon McCullum (wk)	Nathan Hauritz		Peter Ingram	Nathan Hauritz		Tim McIntosh	Phillip Hughes
Nathan McCullum	David Hussey		Brendon McCullum (wk)	James Hopes		Chris Martin	Michael Hussey
Jacob Oram	Michael Hussey		Nathan McCullum	Michael Hussey		Jeetan Patel	Mitchell Johnson
Tim Southee	Mitchell Johnson		Michael Mason[S 3]	Mitchell Johnson		Mathew Sinclair	Simon Katich
Ross Taylor	Shaun Marsh[S 4]		Jacob Oram[S 5]	Clint McKay		Tim Southee	Clint McKay
Daryl Tuffey	Dirk Nannes		Tim Southee	Shaun Marsh[S 4]		Ross Taylor	Marcus North
	Steve Smith		Shanan Stewart[S 6]	Adam Voges		Daryl Tuffey[S 7]	Steve Smith
	Shaun Tait		Scott Styris	Shane Watson		BJ Watling	Shane Watson
	David Warner		Ross Taylor	Cameron White		Kane Williamson[S 8]
	Shane Watson		Daryl Tuffey
[8]	[9]		[10][11]	[12]		[13][14]	[15]

Notes

1. Michael Clarke was originally selected for the Australian ODI squad, but withdrew himself from the tour for personal reasons before the third match.^[6] George Bailey was added to the squad as a replacement.^[7]
2. James Franklin was not in the New Zealand Test squad for the first match, but was added for the second.
3. Michael Mason was not in the New Zealand ODI squad for the first two matches, but was added for the remaining three.
4. Shaun Marsh was originally selected for the Australian T20 & ODI squads, but was ruled out through injury and withdrawn.^[16][17]
5. Jacob Oram was selected for the New Zealand ODI squad for the first two matches, but was ruled out through injury for the remaining three.
6. Shanan Stewart was not in the New Zealand ODI squad for the first two matches, but was added for the remaining three.
7. Daryl Tuffey was selected for the New Zealand Test squad for the first match, but was ruled out through injury for the second.
8. Kane Williamson was not in the New Zealand Test squad for the first match, but was added for the second.

T20I series

1st T20I

26 February 2010 Scorecard

New Zealand  118 (20 overs)	v	Australia 4/119 (16 overs)
JEC Franklin 43 (42) MG Johnson 3/19 [4]		DJ Hussey 46 (36) SE Bond 2/32 [4]

Australia won by 6 wickets Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Attendance: 21,364[18] Umpires: GAV Baxter and BF Bowden Player of the match: MG Johnson

2nd T20I

28 February 2010 Scorecard

New Zealand  6/214 (20 overs)	v	Australia 4/214 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 116* (56) Shaun Tait 2/40 [4]		Michael Clarke 67 (45) James Franklin 2/32 [3]

Match tied; New Zealand won the Super Over AMI Stadium, Christchurch Attendance: 26,148[19] Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Tony Hill Player of the match: Brendon McCullum

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the second cricket match with Super over after match ended a tie.

Both of these Twenty20 Matches were preceded by Twenty20 Matches between the New Zealand and Australian Women's teams. These Women's Matches were played at the same venues as the Men's Matches.

Chappell–Hadlee Trophy

1st ODI

3 March 2010 Scorecard

Australia  8/275 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 8/281 (49.2 overs)
MEK Hussey 59 (59) DR Tuffey 3/58 [10]		LRPL Taylor 70 (71) DE Bollinger 2/58 [9.2]

New Zealand won by 2 wickets McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand Attendance: 8,527[20] Umpires: AL Hill and RE Koertzen Player of the match: LRPL Taylor

2nd ODI

6 March 2010 Scorecard

Australia  7/273 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 253 (43.2/45 overs)
MEK Hussey 56 (63) SE Bond 2/42 [10]		DL Vettori 70 (49) MG Johnson 4/51 [9]

Australia won by 12 runs (D/L) Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Attendance: 13,500[21] Umpires: BF Bowden and RE Koertzen Player of the match: DL Vettori

• A rain delay after 8.4 overs in the New Zealand inning reduced the target to 266 runs off 45 overs

3rd ODI

9 March 2010 Scorecard

New Zealand  245 (46.2 overs)	v	Australia 4/248 (47.2 overs)
LRPL Taylor 62 (90) MG Johnson 3/41 [9.2]		BJ Haddin 110 (121) DL Vettori 1/36 [10]

Australia won by 6 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Attendance: 10,550[22] Umpires: Asad Rauf and BF Bowden Player of the match: BJ Haddin

4th ODI

11 March 2010 Scorecard

New Zealand  238 (44.1 overs)	v	Australia 4/202 (31.1/34 overs)
BB McCullum 61 (75) NM Hauritz 3/46 [8]		RT Ponting 50 (35) CL White 50 (57) DL Vettori 2/29 [7]

Australia won by 6 wickets (D/L) Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Attendance: 11,265[23] Umpires: Asad Rauf and GAV Baxter Player of the match: CL White

• A rain delay during the innings break reduced the Australian target to 200 runs off 34 overs

5th ODI

13 March 2010 Scorecard

New Zealand  9/241 (50 overs)	v	Australia 190 (46.1 overs)
SB Styris 55 (66) MG Johnson 2/42 [10]		SR Watson 53 (79) SE Bond 4/26 [9.1]

New Zealand won by 51 runs Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Attendance: 11,587[24] Umpires: Asad Rauf and GAV Baxter Player of the match: TG Southee

Trans–Tasman Trophy

1st Test

19 – 23 March 2010 Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
459/5d (131 overs) MJ Clarke 168 (253) BJ Arnel 2/89 [26]		157 (59.1 overs) DL Vettori 46 (71) DE Bollinger 5/28 [13]
106/0 (23 overs) PJ Hughes 86* (75) BJ Arnel 0/31 [10]		407 (f/o) (134.5 overs) BB McCullum 104 (187) RJ Harris 4/77 [24]

Australia won by 10 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and IJ Gould (Eng) Player of the match: MJ Clarke

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ryan Harris and Brent Arnel made their test debuts for Australia and New Zealand respectively.
• Bad Weather interrupted play on day 4.

2nd Test

27 – 31 March 2010 Scorecard

Australia	v	New Zealand
231 (74.3 overs) SM Katich 88 (171) DL Vettori 4/36 [19.3]		264 (63.3 overs) LRPL Taylor 138 (104) MG Johnson 4/59 [16]
511/8d (153 overs) SM Katich 106 (279) BJ Arnel 3/77 [26]		302 (91.1 overs) MJ Guptill 58 (157) MG Johnson 6/73 [20.1]

Australia won by 176 runs Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asad Rauf (Pak) Player of the match: MG Johnson

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bad Light interrupted play on day 2.

Media coverage

Television

• Sky Sport (Live) – New Zealand
• FOX Sports (Live) – Australia
• SET Max (Live) – India (Except 5th ODI)
• SET Pix (Live) – India (Only 5th ODI)
• Sky Sports (Live) – United Kingdom and Ireland
• DirecTV (Live) – United States of America
• Supersport (Live) – South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Arab Digital Distribution (Live) – United Arab Emirates