The

New Zealand national cricket team The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 ...

toured Australia in the 2004–05 season and played 2

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es against

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Test series

Australia won the Test series 2–0 with convincing wins in both matches.

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was named man of the series after hitting his first half century in the First Test and took 9 wickets over the two matches.

1st Test

2nd Test

One Day Internationals

Australia and New Zealand played an ODI series which ended 1–1 with one game abandoned due to rain. This was the inaugural

Chappell–Hadlee Trophy The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy in cricket is a One Day International cricket series between Australia and New Zealand. It is named after legendary cricketing families from the two countries: the Chappell brothers (Ian, Gregory, and Trevor) of Au ...

. New Zealand's victory at Melbourne was the first win by New Zealand against Australia in almost 3 years. The match at Brisbane was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain, preventing the series decider from taking place.Rain washes out Brisbane decider
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1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

''For more information about the ODI competition, see'' : 2004–05 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.

External sources

CricketArchive

New Zealand in Australia 2004

Notes

References

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' 2004 in New Zealand cricket 2005 in New Zealand cricket 2004-05 2004–05 Australian cricket season International cricket competitions in 2004–05 2004 in Australian cricket 2005 in Australian cricket {{Australia-cricket-tour-stub