| Series Name: | New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Australia |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team2 Name: | New Zealand |
| From Date: | 12 December 2019 |
| To Date: | 20 March 2020 |
| Team1 Captain: | Tim Paine (Tests) Aaron Finch (ODIs) |
| Team2 Captain: | Kane Williamson[1] |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Marnus Labuschagne (549)[2] |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Tom Blundell (172) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Nathan Lyon (20)[3] |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Neil Wagner (17) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | David Warner (67)[4] |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Martin Guptill (40) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Pat Cummins (3) Mitchell Marsh (3)[5] |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Ish Sodhi (3) |
The New Zealand cricket team toured Australia in November and December 2019 to play three Test matches. The Test series was played for the Trans-Tasman Trophy and formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[6] [7] The first Test was a day/night match at the Perth Stadium. Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019.[8] [9] New Zealand returned to Australia in March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.[10]
In the first Test, Aleem Dar of Pakistan stood in his 129th Test match as an on-field umpire, surpassing Jamaican Steve Bucknor's record of officiating in the most Test matches.[11] Ahead of the fourth day of the second Test match, Australia's Peter Siddle announced his retirement from international cricket.[12] Australia won the first two Test matches to take an unassailable lead,[13] and therefore retaining the Trans-Tasman Trophy.[14] Australia won the third and final Test match by 279 runs, therefore winning the series 3–0.[15] It was the first time that New Zealand had been whitewashed in a three-match Test series in Australia.[16] During the third Test, Ross Taylor went past Stephen Fleming's career total of 7,172 runs to become the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket.[17]
Ahead of the first ODI, Cricket Australia confirmed that all three ODIs would be played without crowd attendance,[18] in an attempt to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Despite the first ODI being played, the second and third ODIs were called off on 14 March 2020, as a result of new travel restrictions being implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[20] Both Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket have expressed their interest to reschedule the remaining ODI matches at a later date.[21] On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for a rescheduled three match ODI series against New Zealand in January and February 2021.[22] [23]
Peter Siddle was added to Australia's squad ahead of the second Test after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out due to a hamstring strain.[28] Kyle Jamieson was added to New Zealand's squad ahead of the second Test after Lockie Ferguson was ruled out due to a calf strain.[29] Mitchell Swepson was added to Australia's squad ahead of the third Test.[30] Trent Boult was ruled out of the third Test after fracturing his right hand during the second Test.[31] William Somerville was named as Boult's replacement.[32] Ahead of the third Test, Glenn Phillips was added to New Zealand's squad, as cover for Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls who were suffering with flu-like symptoms.[33]
Ahead of the first ODI, Sean Abbott was added to Australia's squad, as cover for Kane Richardson who reported symptoms of COVID-19.[34] However, he tested negative and re-joined the squad during the first ODI.[35] Following the first ODI, New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson was placed in quarantine after he reported that he had a sore throat.[36]
See main article: Trans-Tasman Trophy.
See main article: Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.