Pattinson no-ball blunder costs Australia dearly By Andrew Wu Nathan Lyon backed James Pattinson to make amends in the second innings after the paceman's no- ball problems came back to haunt Australia in the second Test. 
For the second time this series, a match has changed markedly after a no-ball, although, this time, the cricket gods were not smiling upon Australia. Not that the visitors could complain as the correct call was ultimately made, unlike in Wellington when umpire Richard Illingworth's call was irreversible.
McCullum was on 39 when he was spectacularly caught by Mitchell Marsh only to be reprieved after replays showed Pattinson had over-stepped. The Kiwis would have been 5-92 but, instead, recovered on the back of McCullum's 145 to make an imposing 370 in the first innings.
Australia would be ruing an untimely return of Pattinson's front-foot problems. The issue came to light in the Boxing Day Test when he was denied wickets twice by no-balls.
Pattinson had worked hard on addressing the flaw and said this week he had been confident the issue was under control. He had, however, still been overstepping at training and been told by coaching staff to be aware of it on game day.
"Nobody means to make a mistake, whether that's dropping catches, nicking balls or bowling a no-ball," Lyon said. "It's part of our game. We're going to be right behind James and I've got all the faith in the world that James can come out there and blow this game apart in the second innings. He is a talented bowler."
This blunder not only cost Australia 106 runs but resulted in them losing control of the match.
"It loosens you up, relaxes you a little bit more," McCullum said.
"You know you're not meant to be out there, you may as well play with a bit more freedom."
The Black Caps had believed anything over 200 would have been competitive on a lively pitch, so were pleased to have an extra 150 runs up their sleeve.
They could have scored more but sacrificed the extra runs to ensure their bowlers would also have a crack while the deck was difficult to bat on. They were rewarded by the wicket of David Warner in the final session.
"For us it was trying to score as quick as we could so the pitch didn't have the opportunity to dry out too much," McCullum said.