Nathan Lyon spins Australia to victory as New Zealand collapse in first Test

Nathan Lyon has spun Australia to victory in the first Test and the retention of the Trans-Tasman Trophy, with New Zealand feeble in their second innings at the Basin Reserve.

Australia won the Test by 172 runs in a contest likely to be remembered for Cameron Green’s unbeaten first-innings 174, a breakout performance as the youngster looks to cement his place at No 4.

Green was the only man capable of a century in Wellington, where the…