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12:45pm Australia 85/1 (Ponting 33*, Katich
27*)
12:15pm Australia 66/1 (Ponting 22*, Katich
19*)
12:01pm: Australia 49/1 (Ponting 17*, Katich
7*).
11:30am: Australia 25/1 (Katich 3*) Brent Arnel
took a wicket in the first over of his first cricket test for New
Zealand. Arnel induced an edge from opener Philip Hughes who was
caught at slip by Ross Taylor and was out for 20.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat
first in the first cricket test against New Zealand at the Basin
Reserve on Friday.
New Zealand made one change from their 121-run win over Bangladesh last month, with 31-year-old Northern Districts paceman Brent Arnel handed a test debut at the expense of spinner Jeetan Patel.
Australia suffered a late blow when in-form allrounder Shane Watson was ruled out after failing to recover from a hip injury suffered during game four of the one-day series. He was replaced by young opener Phil Hughes.
Queensland paceman Ryan Harris was given a test debut after passing a fitness test on a side strain.
The weather was fine and mild with a start due on time at 11am (NZT).
Teams:-
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Tim
McIntosh, BJ Watling, Peter Ingram, Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill,
Brendon McCullum, Daryl Tuffey, Tim Southee, Brent Arnel, Chris
Martin.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Simon Katich,
Phil Hughes, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Marcus North, Brad
Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ryan Harris, Doug
Bollinger.
Umpires: Ian Gould (England), Asad Rauf
(Pakistan).
