Melbourne: New Zealand collapsed under an unrelenting Australian pace barrage led by Pat Cummins on Saturday, all out for 148 and in danger of a big defeat in the second Test in Melbourne. The visitors began the day in trouble on 44 for two in reply to Australia's 467, having lost batting kingpin Kane Williamson and makeshift opener Tom Blundell in a fiery bowling spell late Friday.

They didn't last long with world-class bowling from Cummins, James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc destroying the middle order. Australia could have enforced the follow-on, but opted to bat again and rubbed salt in the wounds by going to tea at 28 without loss. David Warner was not out 16 and Joe Burns on four, leaving them 347 runs ahead on day three. Opener Tom Latham offered the only resistance for New Zealand, surviving 144 balls in a dogged 50 before he too succumbed to the Australian fast-bowling machine.