Australia recorded one of their biggest wins over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test at Perth Stadium on Sunday. Having trailed by 250 runs on the first innings the Kiwis were set a mammoth 468 to win which would have been a record chase in Test cricket on a deteriorating pitch after Australia declared at 217 for nine in their second innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visitors were never in contention after losing their first wicket with just six runs on the board and were unable to push the match into a fifth day after Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins cleaned up the Kiwi tail under lights in Perth\u2019s first ever day-night Test.Australia\u2019s biggest win, other than innings victories, was 297 runs in Auckland in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starc who claimed nine wickets for the match, and Cummins used the pink ball to good effect under lights to bring the match to a quick conclusion after none of the recognised Kiwi batsmen offered significant resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chase started poorly, with opener Jeet Raval making just one before being caught at gully by Nathan Lyon from the bowling of Starc.Star batsman and captain Kane Williamson then made just 14, before falling to Lyon\u2019s first ball of the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Williamson got off to a fast start with boundaries from the first two balls he faced, but was caught at short leg fending a ball that bounced and turned sharply off his glove into the hands of Matthew Wade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ross Taylor was their last real hope of making a revival but on 22 he tried to pull a Starc delivery and got a bottom edge through to wicketkeeper Tim Paine to give the left-arm quick his seventh wicket of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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