The

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toured

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from 3 to 24 February 2016. Originally the tour was going to consist of three

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. In June 2015,

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were in talks with

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to have a tour consisting of two Tests and three

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s (ODIs). In August 2015, the fixtures were announced which contained the reduction of Tests from three to two and the addition of the three ODIs. In December 2015 New Zealand captain

Brendon McCullum Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981) is a former New Zealand cricketer, and the current head coach of the England men's cricket team in all formats. Representing New Zealand, he captained the team in all formats. McCullum was renow ...

announced that he would be retiring from all forms of international cricket at the conclusion of the series. New Zealand won the ODI series 2–1 to retain the

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. McCullum finished his ODI career with the best win–loss ratio of any New Zealander who has captained in ten or more matches. In his final match, McCullum broke the record for the fastest century scored in Test cricket. Australia won the Test series 2–0, to retain the

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and regain the number one position in the

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, who hit the winning runs, finished the Test series with a

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of 95.50.

Squads

James Faulkner was ruled out of Australia's squad after suffering a hamstring injury in the first ODI. He was replaced by

Marcus Stoinis Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian international cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. He is a right-handed batting all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium. Domest ...

Kane Richardson Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Queensland and Melbourne Renegades. Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day I ...

was ruled out of the last two ODIs due to a back injury. He was replaced in the squad by Joel Paris.

Mark Craig Mark Donald Craig (born 23 March 1987) is a New Zealand former Test cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago. A spin bowler, he bowled right-arm off spin, and batted left-handed. He fielded predominantly at second-slip. Domestic care ...

replaced

Mitchell Santner Mitchell Josef Santner (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand international cricketer and current captain of New Zealand Cricket team in limited overs cricket. Domestically, he plays for Northern Districts cricket team. He is a bowling all-rou ...

after Santer was ruled out due to bone bruise in his left foot.

Peter Siddle Peter Matthew Siddle (born 25 November 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a specialist right-arm fast bowling, fast-medium bowler who played mostly for Victoria cricket team, Victoria in first-class cricket, first-class and List A ...

missed the second Test due to a back injury sustained in the first Test.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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