NZ vs AUS 1st T20I Highlights: Michael Bracewell-led New Zealand squared off against Mitchell Marsh-led Australia in the 1st T20I on October 01 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.
| Tournament | Australia tour of New Zealand 2025 |
| Team | New Zealand vs Australia, 1st T20I |
| Date | Wednesday, October 01, 2025 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and opted to bowl |
| Venue | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui |
| Result | Australia won by 6 wickets |
NZ vs AUS 1st T20I Playing 11
New Zealand
Tim Seifert (wk), Devon Conway, Tim Robinson, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell (c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy
Australia
NZ vs AUS 1st T20I Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| New Zealand | 181-6 (20 Ov) |
| Australia | 185-4 (16.3 Ov) |
NZ vs AUS 1st T20I Scorecard
New Zealand Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Tim Seifert † | c Marsh b Hazlewood | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Devon Conway | b Dwarshuis | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Tim Robinson | not out | 106 | 66 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 160.6 |
| Mark Chapman | c †Carey b Dwarshuis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c David b Short | 34 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 147.82 |
| Bevon Jacobs | run out (Stoinis/Head/†Carey) | 20 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 95.23 |
| Michael Bracewell (c) | run out (Short/Dwarshuis) | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
| Zakary Foulkes | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
Australia Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Dwarshuis | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Xavier Bartlett | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Short | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10.66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Australia Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Mitchell Marsh (c) | c Robinson b Henry | 85 | 43 | 66 | 9 | 5 | 197.67 |
| Travis Head | c Chapman b Henry | 31 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 172.22 |
| Matthew Short | lbw b Jamieson | 29 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 161.11 |
| Tim David | not out | 21 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 175 |
| Alex Carey † | c Chapman b Foulkes | 7 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Marcus Stoinis | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400 |
New Zealand Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Matt Henry | 4 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 10.75 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Duffy | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zakary Foulkes | 2.3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 11.5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bracewell | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh | Australia
Nice innings, it’s important to start off a 3-match series with a win and it’s nice to contribute. We’ve had great times off-field and it’s good to continue the partnership in the middle (on his partnership with Travis Head).
We do have a lot of power in the batting line-up, but we need to work out things organically. I was just hoping to get out to the middle and continue batting well. I’m always a bat first captain, but we’ve bowled first in 15 of the last 16 games so far.
The most pleasing thing is the way we handled the wind, we had a good crack and got lucky at times. Just defend on the big side, keep it simple and back your plans (on his advice to the bowlers).
We’ve been playing some good cricket, the T20 WC is still a long way away, we’ve been formulating some plans and it’s nice when things go your way.
