The West Australian was finally dismissed, but not before he broke a handful of records
Voges' unbelievable knock finally over
Adam Voges' record-breaking unbeaten streak has finally ended at 614 runs after the No.5 batsman was caught and bowled by Mark Craig for 239 before lunch on day three of the first Test in Wellington.
Voges, who last night eclipsed Sachin Tendulkar's mark of 497 Test runs without being dismissed, resumed on 176 and made his way past 200 midway through the morning session, finding strong support from Peter Siddle (49).
It was the 36-year-old's second Test double century inside three months, following his 269no against West Indies against Hobart in December.
After reaching the milestone and as he ran out of partners, Voges looked to up the ante, moving past Steve Smith's 215 as the highest overseas score by an Australian Test batsman this century.
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Only Doug Walters (250) and Greg Chappell (247no) have made higher Test scores among Australians in New Zealand, while Voges joins that pair, as well as Don Bradman, Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting, in an exclusive club of six men in Baggy Green to own two or more scores of 230-plus.
In all, his marathon effort at the Basin Reserve lasted 503 minutes, before he chipped a return catch to Craig, who he had treated with disdain throughout his epic, scoring 85 runs from 84 balls and offering a master-class of playing off-spin bowling in the process.
"It took me a long time to get to Test cricket and I just want to try and make every innings count, so I'm hungry to keep scoring runs and get as many as possible," Voges said before play.
"I’m loving playing cricket at the moment and hopefully it continues for a bit longer yet.
"You don’t play the game for records, you try and play it for wins and we’re in a good position. Maybe I can sit back at the end of my career and have a look at (records etc) but we’re in a good position, that’s the main thing.
"(The pitch is) playing pretty well now. It flattened out quite nicely yesterday. Hopefully a bit of scoreboard pressure (will) make New Zealand bat for a long time before they get past us in their second innings.
"Hopefully our bowlers can come out put the ball in the right areas like we did in the first innings and we can hold our catches."
Voges’ dismissal also saw his average drop below 100, with the West Australian now boasting an average of 97.46.