- Australia win third Test by 279 runs on day four at SCG
- Spinner ends match with 10 wickets after Warner’s 111 no
Australia completed a perfect summer of Test cricket after beating New Zealand by 279 runs at the SCG. The Australians dismantled the Black Caps in the third Test for 136 on Monday, wrapping up the series 3-0 as they claimed all five Tests of the home summer inside four days for the first time.
Nathan Lyon claimed five wickets to make it 10 scalps for the match, while Mitchell Starc also finished with 3-25 after New Zealand fell to 38-5 late. Batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner also starred again on Monday, as the latter scored his third century of the summer. It allowed Australia to declare at 217-2, setting New Zealand an unlikely 416 to win.
Written by Australian Associated Press
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