THIRD TEST + SERIES REVIEW
All up we lost over eight hours to rain over the five days, so a result was impossible. Day Five was a complete write off with not a single delivery bowled. Mitchell Starc took 3-78 but I thought we bowled really, really poorly first up. With overcast skies for almost all of day one we just weren't consistent enough for my liking. I was hoping we could restrict them to something under 250 but I realised early that just wasn't going to happen. By the time we got to bat I was really dreading it. The cloud cover increased and we haven't exactly batted well in recent times. Out strides David Warner and he just makes a mockery of my worries with a brilliant 244. Michael Clarke joined him on the centurion list with 114* before calling for an aggressive declaration.
Our second innings with the ball started strongly, taking 3-19 early on. At that point I'd thought maybe a victory could be on the cards. Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson steadied well for the Kiwis to take them to the conclusion of day four, and that was the end of the Test match, unfortunately.
Overall it was a pretty disappointing series if I'm honest. We were insipid at the GABBA and from there just couldn't get back on top overall. The Adelaide Oval Test was a step in the right directed but the Perth weather was always going to make a series win difficult.
NAME | M | INNS | HS | 100's | 50's | RUNS | AVE |
D Warner | 3 | 5 | 244 | 1 | 1 | 373 | 74.60 |
M Clarke | 3 | 5 | 114* | 1 | 3 | 348 | 116.00 |
M Johnson | 3 | 3 | 136 | 1 | - | 156 | 52.00 |
S Smith | 3 | 5 | 62 | - | 1 | 147 | 29.40 |
J Burns | 3 | 5 | 80 | - | 1 | 145 | 29.00 |
S Marsh | 3 | 5 | 52 | - | 1 | 132 | 44.00 |
M Marsh | 3 | 4 | 81 | - | 1 | 121 | 40.33 |
P Nevill | 3 | 3 | 50 | - | 1 | 91 | 30.33 |
N Lyon | 3 | 3 | 29 | - | - | 48 | 24.00 |
M Starc | 3 | 3 | 27* | - | - | 48 | 24.00 |
J Hazlewood | 3 | 3 | 21 | - | - | 30 | 10.00 |
NAME | M | OVERS | SR | BB | WKTS | AVE |
N Lyon | 3 | 149 | 59.6 | 6-142 | 15 | 40.13 |
M Starc | 3 | 115 | 53.1 | 3-45 | 13 | 26.62 |
J Hazlewood | 3 | 145 | 72.8 | 3-47 | 12 | 29.75 |
M Johnson | 3 | 116 | 87.3 | 4-55 | 8 | 44.50 |
M Marsh | 3 | 58 | 116.0 | 1-37 | 3 | 69.00 |
S Smith | 3 | 10 | 60.0 | 1-19 | 1 | 48.00 |
M Clarke | 3 | 5 | - | 0-4 | 0 | - |
SERIES DRAWN 1 - 1
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