f21671	New Zealand v Australia
	Australia in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 29th, 30th March, 1st April 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 10 wickets
Umpires	J Cowie, JC Harris
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 0/0 (Favell 0*, Simpson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 283/6 (O'Neill 60*, Martin 5*)

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	c Benaud b Meckiff	18
GO Rabone	c Jarman b Meckiff	16
B Sutcliffe	c O'Neill b Drennan	33
DD Taylor	c Burge b Benaud	0
*JR Reid	b Benaud	20
ME Chapple	c O'Neill b Meckiff	7
AR MacGibbon	b Martin	18
+SC Guillen	c Simpson b Benaud	23
RW Blair	c Martin b Meckiff	19
HB Cave	b Benaud	0
JC Alabaster	not out	25
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-68, 3-73, 4-101, 5-101, 6-124, 7-133, 8-158, 9-158, 10-198 (96.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	27.2	16	28	4	-	-
Drennan	21	6	58	1	-	-
Benaud	36	14	77	4	-	-
Martin	12	3	16	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Miller b Blair	65
RB Simpson	c Rabone b MacGibbon	0
RN Harvey	lbw b Blair	11
*ID Craig	b Cave	57
PJP Burge	lbw b MacGibbon	31
NCL O'Neill	not out	102
R Benaud	c Guillen b Cave	42
JW Martin	b Reid	29
J Drennan	run out	1
I Meckiff	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 123.5 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-42, 3-108, 4-165, 5-178, 6-250, 7-339, 8-350 (123.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reid	15.5	8	29	1	-	-
Blair	35	10	105	2	-	-
MacGibbon	18	4	59	2	-	-
Cave	33	9	79	2	-	-
Rabone	14	4	31	0	-	-
Alabaster	8	2	35	0	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	c and b Martin	37
GO Rabone	c Favell b Meckiff	9
B Sutcliffe	c O'Neill b Meckiff	0
DD Taylor	lbw b Benaud	1
*JR Reid	hit wkt b Martin	54
ME Chapple	hit wkt b Martin	19
AR MacGibbon	c and b Martin	9
+SC Guillen	lbw b Benaud	0
RW Blair	not out	4
JC Alabaster	c Meckiff b Martin	1
HB Cave	c Simpson b Martin	0
Extras	(20 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-28, 4-104, 5-125, 6-152, 7-153, 8-157, 9-161, 10-161 (69 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	11	5	17	2	-	-
Drennan	5	0	16	0	-	-
Benaud	31	10	55	2	-	-
Martin	22	9	46	6	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	not out	1
RB Simpson	not out	8
RN Harvey	did not bat
*ID Craig	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
NCL O'Neill	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
JW Martin	did not bat
J Drennan	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(no wicket, 2.1 overs)	13

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	1.1	0	2	0	-	-
MacGibbon	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ME Chapple (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> NCL O'Neill made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JW Martin made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JW Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealand second innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> JW Martin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the New Zealand second innings
--> R Benaud reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand second innings

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