2015 Australia Vs New Zealand Second Test @ Perth - Ross Taylor hits record score by visiting Test batsman in Australia Monday Nov 16,2015

 

New Zealand's Ross Taylor struck the highest Test score by a visiting batsman in Australia as the runs continued to flow in the second Test.

Ross Taylor(31) the first Kiwi double centurion against Australia, reached 290 before he was the last man to fall.

His score surpassed that of England's Tip Foster, who scored 287 against Australia in Sydney in 1903.
New Zealand made 624, their first 600 against Australia, but the hosts added 258-2 to lead by 193 with one day left

Resuming on 235 in Perth, Taylor made the third-highest score by a New Zealand batsman. Brendon McCullum got a triple centuryVs India in Wellington in February 2014
Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealander to score a Test triple century
New Zealand 192 & 680-8 dec drew with India 438 & 166-3

RossTaylor batted for nine and a half hours, facing 374 balls and hitting 43 boundaries before he was caught at deep square-leg by substitute fielder Jonny Wells.
That denied him becoming only the second batsman to score a triple century against Australia, after England's Len Hutton, who made 364 at The Oval in 1938.

Second Test, Perth (day four Monday Nov 16,2015):

Australia 559-9d & 258-2: Smith 131*, Voges 101*

New Zealand 624: Taylor 290, Williamson 166, Starc 4-119

Australia lead by 193 runs

 

Highest Test scores in Australia
380 Matthew Hayden AUSTRALIA v Zimbabwe, Perth 2003
329* Michael Clarke AUSTRALIA v India, Sydney 2012
307 Bob Cowper AUSTRALIA v England, Melbourne 1966
299* Don Bradman AUSTRALIA v South Africa, Adelaide 1932
290 Ross Taylor NEW ZEALAND v Australia, Perth 2015