Australia received the toss and determined to bowl towards New Zealand
Ben Sears will make his debut, whereas spinner Mitchell Santner has again been overlooked for New Zealand as Australia captain Pat Cummins received the toss and elected to bowl on a green-tinged Hagley Oval floor within the second Take a look at.
An unchanged Australia are hoping to make early inroads as they search to clinch the sequence after a convincing victory in Wellington. Cool and clear circumstances are forecast on the opening day with early seam motion anticipated.
New Zealand are aiming to rebound with Sears changing Will O’Rourke, who was dominated out after injuring his hamstring within the first Take a look at.
New Zealand rued the omission of Santner on the spin-friendly Basin Reserve, however he has not received a recall on a floor historically not conducive for spin. Seamer Scott Kuggeleijn retained his place after match figures of two for 93 within the series-opener.
After their depressing file towards Australia continued, having managed only one Take a look at victory since 1993, New Zealand will likely be spurred by the 100-Take a look at milestones of Kane Williamson and Tim Southee.
Australia will subject an unchanged aspect for the fourth Take a look at in a row and the identical bowling quartet for the seventh consecutive match. Taking part in their twenty second match in 15 months, that is Australia’s final Take a look at till the following dwelling summer time towards India.
New Zealand 1 Tom Latham, 2 Will Younger, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Scott Kuggeleijn, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee (capt), 11 Ben Sears
Australia 1 Usman Khawaja, 2 Steven Smith, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Cameron Inexperienced, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood
