The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand from 26 February to 31 March 2010. The tour consisted of two Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

s (T20), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests

Test cricket

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. Due to sponsorship, the tour was referred to as The National Bank Series, with the New Zealand team's major sponsor the National Bank of New Zealand

National Bank of New Zealand

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, and the Australian team's major sponsor Victoria Bitter

Victoria Bitter

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.

The T20 series was tied, with each team winning one of the matches. The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy in cricket is an annual ODI series between Australia and New Zealand. It is named after legendary cricketing families from the two countries, the Chappell brothers of Australia and Walter Hadlee and his three sons, , of New Zealand.The trophy is currently held by...

—awarded to the winner of the annual series of ODI matches between the two nations—was retained by Australia for the third series in a row by defeating New Zealand 3–2. The Trans Tasman Trophy

Trans Tasman Trophy

The Trans Tasman Trophy is a trophy played for by Australia and New Zealand in the sport of cricket. The trophy is awarded to the team that wins a Test series, or one-off Test match, between the two nations. If the series is a draw, the holder keeps the trophy. It was first competed for in the...

—awarded to the winner of each test series between Australia and New Zealand—was retained by Australia for the eighth series in a row, after they defeated New Zealand 2–0.

The next series for both teams will be the 2010 ICC World Twenty20

2010 ICC World Twenty20

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 in April and May.

Squads

Notes

1st T20

2nd T20

Both of these Twenty20 Matches were preceded by Twenty20 Matches between the New Zealand and Australian Women's teams. These Women's Matches were played at the same venues as the Mens Matches.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

1st Test

2nd Test

Television

• Sky Sport
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• FOX Sports
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• SET Max
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   (Live) - India (Except 5th ODI)
• SET Pix
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   (Live) - India (Only 5th ODI)
• Sky Sports
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• DirecTV
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• Supersport (Live) - South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Arab Digital Distribution
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  (Live) - United Arab Emirates