STARTS FRIDAY, 1.30PM, WACA GROUND, PERTH
TEAMS
Australia: Joe Burns, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Adam Voges, Mitch Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitch Johnson, Mitch Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon. 
New Zealand (likely): Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (c), BJ Watling, Mark Craig, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.
The pitch: Head curator Matthew Page has had what is theoretically a perfect preparation, with good weather and no Sheffield Shield matches played at the WACA. He is wanting the pitch to be as fast and bouncy as possible. While Page is expecting it will be a result pitch and cracks will develop late in the match he does not expect they will be overly influential.
Weather: Day 1: Mostly sunny, 36.
TV: Channel Nine, live from 12.30pm AEST.
Radio: ABC Radio, Macquarie Radio Network.
Odds: Australia $1.36 New Zealand $5, draw $7 (Ladbrokes) Live blog: Go to theage.com.au/ sport from for all the second Test action from the WACA Ground.
Rohan Connolly will be in the chair from 1pm with minute-by-minute updates.