Stumps update (NZ 6/262)
New Zealand's batsmen have defied the Australian attack late on day one of the second Test at the Adelaide Oval, taking the Black Caps total to 6 for 262 at the close of play.
The Kiwis lost 2 quick wickets early in the final session to slump to 6 for 228, but wicketkeeper Brenden McCullum (30 n.o.) and skipper Daniel Vettori (12 (n.o.) negotiated a the dying stages stoically to keep the visitors on track for a solid first innings total.
All the Australian bowlers got amongst the wickets, with comeback spinner Nathan Hauritz the best of an honest attack, claiming 2 for 63 before sustaining an ankle injury and leaving the field.
Brett Lee (1-61) and Stuart Clark (1-56) were the successful final session bowlers, Lee clean bowled Daniel Flynn for 11, while Clark snared the vital wicket of gun Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor, LBW for 44.
4:45pm update (NZ 6/228)
Australia's pace attack has taken control of the second Test against the Kiwis in Adelaide, but the home side's spins bowling stocks have taken another hit with Nathan Hauritz suffering an ankle injury.
The Kiwis have lost 2 for 34 during the final session to slump to 6 for 228, with Daniel Flynn the latest Black Caps bat to fall, clean bowled by Brett Lee for 11.
The wicket give Lee figures of 1 for 49 from 14 overs, with the not out batsmen Brenden McCullum (13), and Daniel Vettori yet to score.
In an eerie similarity to the man he replaced in the side - Jason Krejza, Hauritz rolled his left ankle fielding on the boundary shortly after tea.
Krejza's injury was a cruel blow to a player perhaps unjustly left out of the team that played the first Test in Brisbane, but Hauritz's buckled ankle throws Australia's lack of spin options into further turmoil.
New Zealand had earlier flattered adopted New South Welshman Hauritz by handing him two wickets, Jesse Ryder pulling a shortish ball to midwicket and top scorer Aaron Redmond skying a catch into the deep on the legside while attempting a slog.
At the time of the injury Hauritz's figures were 2-63, adding to the five wickets he took in his previous Test, against India at Mumbai in 2004.
Hauritz soon returned to the field, though looked decidedly proppy on the ankle, which will be further tested when he attempts to bowl on it again.
4:10pm update (NZ 5/202)
Aussie paceman has wrested back the ascendancy for Australia with a vital wicket on the the opening day of the second Test against the Kiwis in Adelaide.
Clark trapped key Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor LBW for 44, leaving the Kiwis at 5 for 200 early in the final session.
Taylor has been the only shining light of an otherwise mediocre New Zealand batting performance this series.
The Kiwis have since moved to 5 for 202, with the not out batsmen Brendan McCallum on 2, and Daniel Flynn yet to score.
The breakthrough gives Clark figures of 1 for 39 from 13 overs, while Nathan Hauritz remains the pick of the Aussie attack with 2 for 63 from 16 overs.
3:30pm - Tea update (NZ 4/196)
New Zealand has laid the foundation for a strong first innings total in the second Test in Adelaide, moving to 4 for 196 at tea on the opening day.
Key Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor (40) remains at the crease, with him is Daniel Flynn after recalled batsman Peter Fulton was dismissed in the second-last over before the break.
Fulton fell for 29, caught brilliantly by Simon Katich off the bowling of Andrew Symonds.
2:30pm update (NZ 3/141)
Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz has claimed two scalps after lunch in the second Test against the Kiwis in Adelaide, with the Black Caps slipping to 3 for 148.
After cruising to the lunch break at 1 for 101, the Kiwis have lost two wickets in quick succession, including the crucial wicket of their best-performed batsman Aaron Redmond for 83.
Mitchell Johnson struck first after the resumption of play, getting rid of opener Jamie How caught behind for 16, before Hauritz claimed Redmond, caught by Andrew Symonds at deep midwicket.
The two batsmen at the crease are Ross Taylor (24), and Peter Fulton (3).
1:50pm update (NZ 1/101):
Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz has captured the key wicket of Jesse Ryder for 13 in the first over after lunch in the second cricket Test against New Zealand in Adelaide.
Ryder was caught at midwicket by Michael Clarke after a 55-run stand with Aaron Redmond.
The score is two for 101 with Redmond on 65 and Ross Taylor on zero. Hauritz has 1-29 from four overs.
Mitchell Johnson had Jamie How caught behind for 16 after sharing a 46-run opening stand with Redmond in a confident start by the visitors after their 149-run loss in Brisbane last week.
LUNCH REPORT (NZ 1/101): Australian off spinner Nathan Hauritz suffered the harshest of re-introductions to Test cricket as New Zealand strode to 1-101 at lunch on day one of the second Test at Adelaide Oval.
Kiwi opener Aaron Redmond (65no) is hardly a household name but he had little trouble smiting Hauritz (0-29, three overs) for 25 runs from his first two overs to capitalise on the bowler's nerves and underline the dearth of spin options available to Australia for this match.
Redmond's hitting allowed New Zealand to enjoy their best batting session of the series so far, with the only wicket falling to Mitchell Johnson (1-17), who found Jamie How's outside edge after he and Redmond added 46.
Jesse Ryder (13no) accompanied Redmond through to the interval.
The swing and seam on offer in Brisbane in the opening Test was nowhere to be found here, leaving the Australians on the back foot against far less intimidating opposition than they had faced on similarly flat surfaces in India.
Under overcast skies the opening batsmen enjoyed a stand that approached substantial after they had done little together in Brisbane.
Redmond broke the early shackles of Brett Lee (0-25) and Stuart Clark (0-30) by easing Lee through the offside for two boundaries in one over.
How also looked comfortable, but on 16 he swished loosely at Johnson and was caught behind.
Ryder began conservatively, seeming to set himself for a long day, but the introduction of Hauritz brought out the tiger in Redmond.
The first over of spin for the match went for 17, including two sixes heaved over midwicket, and the second featured a pair of boundaries, one thumped back over the bowler's head and the other swung wide of mid on.
Hauritz gained some bounce but no visible turn, suggesting he had a long day ahead.
Australia entered the match minus first-choice spinner Jason Krejza after he failed to recover in time from an ankle sprain.
This meant a second Test for adopted New South Welshman Hauritz.
Ponting and the players wore black armbands in memory of the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks and also to mark the passing of opening batsman Paul Hibbert, who played his only Test in the first match of the 1977-78 home series against India.
12:40pm NZ 1/85: Mitchell Johnson has made the first breakthrough for Australia on day one of the second cricket Test against New Zealand at Adelaide Oval.
The Kiwis won the toss and are one for 89 shortly before lunch with Aaron Redmond on 61 and Jesse Ryder on six.
Johnson had Jamie How caught behind for 16 after sharing a 46-run opening stand with Redmond in a confident start by the visitors after their 149-run loss in Brisbane last week.
10:30am update: NSW off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has been officially named in Australia's team to tackle New Zealand in the second Test at Adelaide starting today.
Tasmanian off-spinner Jason Krejza, who took a sensational 12 wickets on debut in Nagpur, has succumbed to an ankle injury.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Krezja was almost fit to play and unlucky to miss out.
"Another half a day and he might have been okay," Ponting said.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first, but Ponting was hopeful his seam bowlers could take early wickets.
"It's probably not a bad deck to be bowling on in Adelaide," he said.
"There's a bit of grass in the wicket. I think it might seam around a bit."
Australia lead the two-match series one-nil.
New Zealand have bolstered their batting, naming batsman Peter Fulton and leaving out all-rounder Grant Elliott.
"It looks like a really good deck. For us to be competitive we have probably got to get around 400 on this deck," Vettori said.
Some showers are predicted with a top of 22 degrees.
Play starts at 11am AEDT.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Stuart Clark. 12th man: Peter Siddle.
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Jamie How, Aaron Redmond, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Daniel Flynn, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee, Iain O'Brien, Chris Martin. 12th man: Mark Gillespie.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN), Rudi Koertzen (RSA).
Match Referee: Bruce Oxenford (AUS).
Third Umpire: Chris Broad (ENG).
Earlier: Good things come to those who wait and few have waited longer than Nathan Hauritz.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting says it's likely that the “shocked” NSW off-spinner will play in Friday's second cricket Test against New Zealand at Adelaide Oval.
Ponting said Tasmanian off-spinner Jason Krejza, who took a sensational 12 wickets on debut in Nagpur against India earlier in November but suffered an ankle injury at training on Wednesday, is struggling to recover in time.
The 27-year-old Hauritz's remarkable comeback, after taking match figures of 5-103 on debut in November 2004 in Mumbai, would mean only eight Australians had returned to Test cricket after a longer stint out of the side.
What's even more remarkable is that he's one of several Australian spinners who are not exactly setting the world on fire at the moment and yet he is set to get a game for cricket's top-ranked side.
Such is life without former stars Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill (both retired), Victorian leg-spinner Bryce McGain and Krejza (both injured) and NSW left-arm wrist-spinner Beau Casson and South Australian offie Dan Cullen (both out of form).
Hauritz is set to become the sixth frontline spinner to play in the baggy green since Warne's retirement in January 2007.
Hauritz has taken six wickets at 40.66 in two Sheffield Shield matches for the Blues this season and is their second-choice spinner behind Casson, who made his Test debut in the West Indies earlier this year.
Ponting strongly defended Hauritz but added Krejza would remain Australia's No.1 spinner.
“His form so far this season, even if his first-class stats don't look that flash, his actual form and the way he has been bowling has impressed our selectors who have been to see him,” Ponting said of Hauritz.
“He only got in late last night and had the one session with us this morning.
“He probably was a bit surprised to get the phone call yesterday.
“I think he has already been told he was probably going to be 12th man in the next game for NSW.
“It's a big shock for him.”
Ponting said Krejza would be given until Friday morning to prove his fitness, but was unable to train on Thursday.
Australia go into the match with a 1-0 lead in the two-match series after their 149-run win on a seam-friendly Gabba pitch.
Ponting says his three quicks, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Stuart Clark, are all in good form.
Clark, who had to fight off the challenge from Victorian quick Peter Siddle to keep his place in the 11, has struggled on flat pitches such as Adelaide.
The 33-year-old's stunning career figures of 89 wickets at 22.34 contrast with four wickets at 46.50 in two Adelaide Tests against England and India.
“It was great to see Stuart Clark back in the wickets and back into some rhythm and bowling well,” Ponting said of Clark, who found himself dropped for the fourth Test against India in Nagpur earlier this month.
“I think if Stuart Clark is bowling at his best it doesn't really matter what the surface is.”