Mitchell Johnson [ Images ] claimed his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia [ Images ] beat New Zealand [ Images ] by 149 runs in the first Test at the Gabba [ Images ] in Brisbane [ Images ] on Sunday morning.

The Kiwis resumed on the fourth morning on 143 for 6, 184 runs in arrears, chasing an unlikely 327 for victory. But once skipper Daniel Vettori [ Images ] was out for 10 to Johnson, the Aussies were sure of finishing the match quickly. Vettori was caught one-handed by Andrew Symonds [ Images ] at point.

In his next over the left-armer also induced an edge behind off Ross Taylor [ Images ] for 75 to end a 128-ball stay at the wicket.

Stuart Clark then had Iain O'Brien caught at point by Michael Clarke [ Images ] while Chris Martin lasted four balls, clean bowled by Johnson.

Tim Southee [ Images ] gave Kiwis something to cheer about earlier as he hit two sixes off Clark.

Johnson finished with five wickets for 39 runs to claim his maiden five-wicket haul. His impressive match figures of 9 for 69 earned him the man-of-the-match award as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.

Clark had figures of 4 for 43 in the second innings -- he picked 2 for 46 in the first -- as Australia's decision to rest Jason Krejza [ Images ] and go in with a four-pronged pace attack paid off on an unpredictable Gabba track.

Scorecard

Australia (1st innings)
 M Hayden c Taylor b Southee 8
 S Katich c McCullum b Southee 10
 R Ponting c How b Southee 4
 M Hussey lbw b Martin 35
 M Clarke b Ryder 98
 A Symonds [ Images ] c McCullum b O'Brien 26
 S Watson c McCullum b O'Brien 1
 B Haddin c How b Ryder 6
 B Lee c McCullum b Southee 4
 M Johnson c Taylor b Vettori 5
 S Clark not out 13
 Extras: (lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4     
 Total: (all out; 77 overs; 328 mins) 214

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-22, 3-23, 4-96, 5-132, 6-139, 7-152, 8-160, 9-183, 10-214.

Bowling: C Martin 18-4-42-1, T Southee 18-3-63-4, I O'Brien 19-6-44-2, G Elliott 10-4-29-0, D Vettori 8-0-27-1, J Ryder 4-1-7-2.

New Zealand (1st innings)
 A Redmond c Ponting b Clark 3
 J How b Lee 14
 J Ryder c Haddin b Watson 30
 L Taylor lbw b Lee 40
 B McCullum c Ponting b Johnson 8
 D Flynn not out 39
 G Elliott b Watson 9
 D Vettori c Symonds b Johnson 2
 T Southee c Symonds b Johnson 0
 I O'Brien c Clarke b Johnson 1
 C Martin b Clark 1 8 8 0 0
 Extras: (lb 3, nb 6) 9
 Total: (all out; 50 overs) 156

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-44, 3-64, 4-73, 5-108, 6-127, 7-143, 8-143, 9-149, 10-156.

Bowling: B Lee 16-5-38-2, S Clark 15-2-46-2, S Watson 10-2-35-2, M Johnson 8-3-30-4, A Symonds 1-0-4-0.

Australia (2nd innings):
 M Hayden c McCullum b Martin 0
 S Katich not out 131
 R Ponting c Redmond b O'Brien 17
 M Hussey c McCullum b O'Brien 0
 M Clarke run out (Redmond) 9
 A Symonds c McCullum b Martin 20
 S Watson lbw b Martin 5
 B Haddin b Vettori 19
 B Lee b Vettori 7
 M Johnson c Vettori b Elliott 31
 S Clark c Vettori b Southee 18
 Extras: (lb 10, nb 1) 11      
 Total: (all out; 81.2 overs; 346 mins) 268

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-40, 3-40, 4-53, 5-109, 6-115, 7-156, 8-186, 9-239, 10-268.

Bowling: C Martin 21-5-69-3, T Southee 16.2-5-62-1, I O'Brien 17-1-58-2, G Elliott 6-1-15-1, D Vettori 19-4-46-2, J Ryder 2-0-8-0.

New Zealand (2nd innings) (target: 327 runs)
 A Redmond c & b Clark 10
 J How c Ponting b Lee 0
 J Ryder lbw b Johnson 24
 L Taylor c Haddin b Johnson 75
 B McCullum lbw b Clark 3
 D Flynn b Johnson 29
 G Elliott b Clark 0
 D Vettori c Symonds b Johnson 10
 T Southee not out 12
 I O'Brien c Clarke b Clark 3
 C Martin b Johnson 1.
 Extras: (lb 5, w 2, nb 3) 10      
 Total: (all out; 54.3 overs) 177

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-30, 3-40, 4-49, 5-133, 6-143, 7-160, 8-161, 9-164, 10-177.

Bowling: B Lee 9-0-53-1, S Clark 17-5-43-4, M Johnson 17.3-6-39-5, S Watson 5-1-19-0, A Symonds 4-0-12-0, M Clarke 2-0-6-0.