The overall results at the end of this series:
As Australia won all 3 Tests, they gained 120 points for the World Test Championship. The points table as of 06 Jan 2020:
Australia won their second clean sweep in a 3-Test series against New Zealand. They had earlier done this in New Zealand in 1999-2000.
While New Zealand has lost most of their series against Australia, they did win both at home and away in 1985-86 thanks mainly to RJ Hadlee.
Now for individual performances in Batting:
Most runs (750 or more):
Warner, Taylor and Smith are the current players here.
The most centuries are 5 by Border and Warner.
The most 50+ scores are 11 by Border and Boon.
Highest innings (140 and above):
None of these high scores are from this series, although there are some from 2015 and 2016. Taylor and Warner made the top scores for these teams in the same Test in 2015.
Highest batting averages (Min 20 innings, all instances):
Taylor and Southee represent the current players. Warner has not played enough in this series. JL Langer has a large lead over the next-placed Greg Chappell.
Highest batting strike rates (Min 1000 balls faced, 50.00):
Gilchrist leads by a large margin over Warner and Taylor.
To be continued:
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