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Brisbane: Debutant paceman James Pattinson ripped through New Zealand's top order to fire Australia to an emphatic 9-wicket victory on Day 4 of the first Test.
The Kiwis had been a step behind the pace from the start and when James Pattinson had a triple-wicket maiden in the second over on day four to send the visitors to 5-28, the match was as good as over.
New Zealand had been 7-121 at lunch and managed to nick and slog another 29 to avoid an innings defeat. Chris Martin was the last wicket to fall, holing out to Starc for his 31st career duck
Australian opener Phil Hughes (seven) was the only wicket to fall in the miniscule chase, caught by Martin Guptill at gully off the bowling of Martin after he'd been dropped by Brendon McCullum from the previous delivery.
David Warner (12 not out) creamed his first delivery between gully and point for four and then finished things up with well-struck boundaries from the first two balls of the third over.
Pattinson, who at one point had 4-1, finished the second bowling innings with tremendous debut figures of 5-27, eclipsing his previous best first-class haul of 4-52, which had come in Sheffield Shield match for Victoria.
Nathan Lyon chipped in with 3-19 to help roll the Black Caps tail, taking his match figures to 7-85.
While Pattinson landed the killer blow, it was an accumulation of punches that brought the baggy greens an unassailable 1-0 lead heading to Hobart for the final leg of the two-game series.
Australia's first innings 427 was the product of exceptional batting from the experienced middle order, with skipper Michael Clarke notching a team-best 139 and under-pressure veterans Ricky Ponting (78) and Brad Haddin (80) chipping in handily.
Lyon had 4-66 in the first bowling innings for the hosts, giving him the best innings figures by an Australian finger-spinner at the Gabba in 80 years and helping Australia restrict the first-innings chase to a surmountable target.
For the Kiwis, only Daniel Vettori and Dean Brownlie will head to Hobart with their heads held high, having put on a record 158-run sixth-wicket stand to lead New Zealand to 295 in the first dig. Their 52 runs for the eighth wicket in the second innings was another team-high.
Kiwi skipper Ross Taylor had a nightmare match, twice falling with sponge-soft effort to finish with 14 runs for the match -including a golden duck in the second dig - and a dropped catch.
Brief scores
New Zealand 295 (Vettori 96, Brownlie 77, Lyon 4-69) and 150 (Brownlie 42, Pattinson 5-27, Lyon 3-19)
Australia 427 (Clarke 139, Haddin 80, Martin 3-89) and 1 for 19
Result Australia beat New Zealand by nine wickets
MOM James Pattinson (Australia)
