New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09
| New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09 | |||
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| New Zealand | Australia | ||
| Dates | 13 November 2008 – 15 February 2009 | ||
| Captains | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Australia won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ross Taylor (160) | Michael Clarke (217) | |
| Most wickets | Iain O'Brien (7) | Mitchell Johnson (14) | |
| Player of the series | Michael Clarke (Australia) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 5-match series drawn 2–2 | ||
| Most runs | Grant Elliott (210) | Brad Haddin (283) | |
| Most wickets | Iain O'Brien (10) | Nathan Bracken (9) | |
| Player of the series | Michael Hussey (Australia) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Brendon McCullum (61) | David Hussey (41) | |
| Most wickets | Iain O'Brien (2) | Peter Siddle (2) | |
| Player of the series | Nathan Bracken (Australia) | ||
The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia between 13 November 2008 and 15 February 2009. The tour was divided into two legs; commencing with a tour match against New South Wales, the first leg contained two Test matches between New Zealand and Australia in which the sides competed for the Trans-Tasman Trophy.
New Zealand then went home for a series against the West Indies and Australia hosted the South African team. New Zealand returned to Australia on 29 January 2009 for the second leg, comprising a tour match against the Prime Minister's XI, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Australia for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy and a Twenty20 International also against Australia.
The Australian side had recently returned from a tour of India where they had lost the four-match Test series, and with it the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2-0. During that series, Australia had repeatedly fallen behind the required over rate; during the final match, captain Ricky Ponting used part-time bowlers to try to catch up rather than push for a victory, a move which was criticised by former captains.
Prior to this series, the New Zealand side had just completed a tour of Bangladesh, winning the test series 1-0 (with one test drawn after three days were lost to rain) and the one-day series 2-1. At the beginning of the test series, they were ranked seventh in the ICC Test Championship. Captain Daniel Vettori said that he "was leading the nucleus of a good side", but pointed out that the inexperienced batting lineup would face a tough task against an Australian side that would be looking to come back strongly from their series loss to India.
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