Australia vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 3 live: Aussies hit back at spirit of cricket theory

Welcome to news.com.au’s unrecorded sum of Day 3 of the archetypal Test betwixt Australia and New Zealand.

Australia dominated the 2nd time successful Wellington, with Cameron Green (174 not out) and Josh Hazlewood piling connected the symptom for the Kiwis arsenic they combined for the highest last-wicket concern ever successful New Zealand.

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After being bowled retired for 383, Australia ripped done New Zealand for 179 — the Kiwi capitulation highlighted by Kane Williamson’s disastrous run-out.

Australia’s cleanable time was lone soured by Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne’s disfigured dismissals conscionable earlier stumps.

The Aussies resume astatine 2/13 with Usman Khawaja and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon astatine the crease.

Play gets underway astatine 9am AEDT. Follow beneath for unrecorded updates.

8.50am - Aussies deed backmost astatine tone of cricket warriors

Kane Williamson’s shocking run-out summed up the fortunes of New Zealand, who haven’t beaten Australia successful a Test bid successful 30 years.

The Kiwi skipper, successful red-hot signifier coming disconnected 3 centuries against South Africa, was gone for a duck aft helium ran himself retired attempting an ambitious single.

Williamson’s teammate Will Young was caught ballwatching astatine the nonstrikers’ extremity and the brace collided mid pitch, becoming tangled astir Aussie bowler Mitchell Starc arsenic Marnus Labuschagne threw down the stumps.

Williamson was stunned by the dismissal and waited extracurricular the bound enactment aft trudging disconnected the field.

It was the archetypal clip successful 12 years Williamson had been tally retired successful Test cricket.

One fan, Farid Khan, tweeted: “Where’s the tone of cricket from the Australians? Justice for Kane Williamson.”

After an onslaught of criticism, Khan aboriginal posted: “Just felt atrocious looking astatine Kane Williamson getting tally retired aft 12 years. Thought Mitch Starc got successful the way, but helium didn’t.”

Any suggestions the Australians should person recalled Williamson were intelligibly unfounded. Josh Hazlewood said Williamson wouldn’t person made his crushed adjacent if Starc wasn’t successful the way.

“Marnus successful peculiar has conscionable been outstanding the past mates of years,” Hazlewood said.

“I cognize helium works ace hard astatine grooming each the time.

“I deliberation it would person been retired adjacent if they didn’t collide to beryllium honest.”

New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips said the incidental was a “freak accident”.

“It was conscionable 1 of those freak moments wherever everything brought together, a small cleanable storm, and unluckily Marnus hit,” said Phillips.