Australia vs New Zealand, 3rd Test, Australia vs New Zealand Test Series 2026
Melbourne Cricket GroundSat 26 Dec 20265:00 AM IST (10:30 AM local)
Starts Sat 26 Dec · 5:00 AM IST
AUS vs NZ Prediction: Who Will Win?
Match winner
New Zealandto win
56%win chance
New Zealandto win
56%win chance Who do you think will win?
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New Zealand look the better side going into this one, and our pick is New Zealand to win.
New Zealand are in better shape, with two wins from their last two games against one from two for Australia.
AUS vs NZ Score Prediction at Melbourne Cricket Ground
AUS vs NZ Toss Prediction
- Australia chose to bowl first in 2 of their last 3 tosses won.
AUS vs NZ Pitch Report
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts this Test match. We do not have enough results from this ground yet to read the pitch, so the first few overs will tell both sides a lot.
AUS vs NZ Preview
Our full preview, with team news and a prediction, will be published before the start.
AUS vs NZ Recent Form
Australia1 won · 1 lostlast 2- L
vs South AfricaSouth Africa won by an innings and 31 runs18 Oct2026 - Wvs South AfricaAustralia won by 214 runs9 Oct2026
New ZealandWon last 22 won · 0 lostlast 2- W
vs EnglandNew Zealand won by 160 runs25 Jun2026 - Wvs EnglandNew Zealand won by 253 runs17 Jun2026
AUS vs NZ Head to Head
These teams have not met in a Test match on our records.
AUS vs NZ Key Players
Top performers from their last match
Australiavs SA, 27 Oct- Matt RenshawBatSR 5374139 balls
- Cameron GreenBatSR 5965110 balls
- Mitchell StarcBowlEcon 4.46/7216.3 overs
- Nathan LyonBowlEcon 3.12/7123 overs
Players in form
Australialast 4 Test matchesBatting
- Matt Renshaw5 inns · best 190 · SR 52369runs
- Travis Head5 inns · best 121 · SR 65196runs
- Marnus Labuschagne5 inns · best 39 · SR 52127runs
Bowling
- Mitchell Starc4 inns · econ 3.611wickets
- Josh Hazlewood4 inns · econ 3.36wickets
- Scott Boland1 inns · econ 2.85wickets
