Toss played crucial role as well, here pitch was getting better to bat day by day but usually it will be in the reverse, still standing up when they needed badly is something great and Aussies known for doing that and this victory doesn't surprise me much cause they have been completely dominant over Kiwis in test while playing in NZ for the last decades.
NZ team were all out for just 162 runs in first innings and Aussies were in same condition but its Marnus Labuschagne 90 runs that took them ahead of NZ. In second innings, NZ batsmen played with caution but it was too late by that time. If you give around 100 runs lead to team like Australia in first innings then its very difficult to get back in the game. Aussies once again proved that they are too good in test format.
After Australia lost 5 batsmen for 80 runs I don't imagine they will be able to win this match. But in the end Australia got a pretty easy win. Australia team managed to defeat the New Zealand team despite a terrible performance by the top order batsmen.
Mitchell Marsh and Alex Carey's great partnership helped the Australian team to win this match. Mitchell Marsh collected 80 runs from 102 balls, and Alex Carey was unbeaten with 98 runs from 123 balls. Pat Cummins also managed to play a much-needed innings of 32 runs.
New Zealand lost the match due to poor batting in the first innings. New Zealand's collection in the first innings was only 162 runs. The team scored 372 runs in the second innings, and set a target of 279 runs. However, due to Marsh and Carey's excellent batting, New Zealand lost the match.