McCullum fell for a duck in his milestone match, staying at the crease for only seven deliveries and otherwise watching from the pavilion the collapse of the New Zealand top and middle order before Corey Anderson (38), Mark Craig (41 not out) and Trent Boult (24) led a late rally.Anderson and Craig put on 40 for the eighth wicket and Craig and Boult added 46 for the last as New Zealand sought to recover its innings after slumping to 51-5 inside the first hour.
The toss was influential but just as important was the relentless accuracy maintained by Hazlewood and Siddle in advantageous conditions. Both produced a full length and good lines which drew false shots from the New Zealand batsmen and they shared the first seven wickets to fall before spinner Nathan Lyon chipped in the last three — Anderson, Tim Southee and Boult.
Boult made him pay heavily for his wicket, hitting three sixes from Lyon's bowling to equal the career record of 16 for the most sixes hit by a player batting at No. 11 in tests.
The late defiance stood in stark contrast to its opening when batsmen provided little resistance to Hazlewood and Siddle.
The toss had a part to play because of the greenness of the pitch and both McCullum and Smith made it clear they would bowl if they won the toss.
The coin fell in favor of Australia and Hazlewood was on target early, dismissing Tom Latham (6) in the third over and Guptill four overs later.
Kane Williamson was out one over later. After scoring all of his 16 runs from boundaries, he fell playing wide of his body and providing an inside edge to wicketkeeper Peter Nevill.
The scene was set for McCullum to mark his 100th consectuive test with an innings of leadership and resolution. But the New Zealand captain faced only seven balls before edging Hazlewood to David Warner at third slip.
McCullum is the first test cricketer to have played 100 tests consecutively: he hasn't missed a match since his debut against South Africa in 2004. South Africa's A.B. de Villiers is next on the all-time list with 98 consecutive appearances.
At the other end of the scale, Henry Nicholls made his test debut on Friday and made 8 when he became Hazlewood's third victim and Nevill's second. Nevill finished with four catches as seven wickets feel to catches behind the wicket.
Anderson started the recovery in a partnership of 37 with B.J. Watling (17) which spanned the lunch break. But Watling was out immediately after the restart and Anderson, who had shown paitence in batting for 144 minutes, wasted that effort when he lazily offered a catch to Usman Khawaja at mid-off from Lyon's bowling.
Craig lived dangerously at times, at one point chopping a ball from Mitch Marsh onto his stumps and watching as dumbfounded as the bowler and fieldsmen when the bails didn't fall. Emboldened, he stayed at the crease for the last 80 minutes of the innings and found support from Boult in a last-wicket stand which frustrated Australia.
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