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The Steve Smith era started spectacularly and flawlessly for Australia.
Yet this six-and-a-half hour highlight reel was different.
Southee suffered an irritated disc and was unable to bowl in Australia’s second innings within the first check, which the vacationers misplaced by a thumping 208 runs on Monday.
Explosive Australian opener David Warner on Friday crushed the New Zealand bowling attack on Day 1 of the 2nd Test at Perth.
For cricket purists, especially those who relish watching their bat and ball action in overdrive, the second Test between Australia and New Zealand is an opportunity to savour the WACA Perth’s indelible and beloved ground.
But the 73rd ball of his innings proved to be his last as Matt Henry struck for what proved to be the last wicket for 258 minutes, an inside edge off a new bat Burns had just changed to disturbing the bails. There was no such problem at the Gabba though, compiling a well-made 71. Tim Southee sustained a back injury and is now in a fitness race for the second Test at the WACA on Friday.
As good as Trent Boult has been in recent time even he found it hard to break through.
That should provide New Zealand with a few solace as their dreams of a long awaited series victory in Australia hang delicately in the balance.
Captain Brendon McCullum says that would mean BJ Watling would likely take the spot of the injured Jimmy Neesham at six. Williamson’s defiant 140 would turn out to be just that, rather than transforming his side’s hopes, as they were bowled out for 317.
Smith confirmed Australia would field an unchanged side, with Peter Siddle again the man to miss out.
In the process of accumulating the second highest test score ever at the WACA, he became the 25th Australian batsman to accumulate 4,000 test runs.
It was evident from the outset that the once notoriously fast pitch was not going to live up to expectations, as Warner set the order of the day with two boundaries off the first two balls he faced.
“Ideally you never want to be one down but we’ve shown a lot of character in the past to come back and either win or draw the series”, he said.
Following the new ball after it was taken in the 81st over, Australia also brought up their 400 runs in the 86th over.
Johnson said the Aussie bowling attack needed to perform better against Williamson, who this week moved up to fifth in the world in the Test batting rankings, but he was looking forward to the challenge and for now, any thought of retirement can wait.
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“He can play all the shots and he looked pretty good in defence”.
