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WELLINGTON: New Zealand acclaimed "an aboriginal Christmas" Tuesday with front-page media acclaim for a attenuate candid achievement over Australia and atheism that arch wicket bacteria Doug Bracewell was not man of the match.

"Ho Ho Hobart, Christmas acclamation for Black Caps", trumpeted The Press, the New Zealand Herald hailed "Doug the destroyer, six of the best" and the Dominion Post declared Bracewell as the "Wizard of Oz".

The New Zealand Black Caps had been abundantly accounting off by their own admirers afterward their
nine-wicket thrashing in the aboriginal Test which continued a 26-year winless run in Australia.

But the affecting seven-run win in the additional Test in Hobart to akin the alternation spun the affect around.

Captain Ross Taylor's acknowledgment that the celebrated win "was for the New Zealand accessible an aboriginal Christmas present" was pounced on by the media as the achievement slogan.

"Christmas acclamation for Black Caps," said The Press as Radio New Zealand rated the drought-breaking win as "one of the best remarkable" in New Zealand's candid history".

Bracewell addled back New Zealand were on the ropes with Australia alone acute 82 runs with eight wickets in duke to booty the match.

Three wickets in 15 assurance to abolish Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey on his way to bout abstracts of 6-40 advance the 21-year-old speedster into the accent in alone his third Test.

The Press hailed him as a "budding superstar" and the Dominion Post said the bout angry on Bracewell's "magical spell" to defended New Zealand's aboriginal celebration in Australia back 1985 back Richard Hadlee was in his prime.

"The aftereffect doesn't aback accomplish New Zealand apple beaters. But it does appearance what is accessible with skill, backbone and heart," wrote Herald columnist David Leggat.

But the celebrations agitated criticism that match-winner Bracewell was disregarded as man-of-the-match in favour of Australian century-maker David Warner.

The accolade was absitively by a accessible phone-in vote instead if the acceptable alternative by a console of experts and 60 percent voted for Warner.

"That's aloof ridiculous," tweeted above Black Iain O'Brien comparing a aeon for the accident ancillary adjoin a six-wicket bag for the acceptable team.

Another above all-embracing Andre Adams added a blow of acrimony with his cheep adage he declared "Doug's spell of 6-26 off 9 didn't accept any impact".(AFP)
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