Australia dominate the opening session of play in the first Test against New Zealand at Wellington's Basin Reserve. Follow the action and have your say with our interactive blog.

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The debutant Brent Arnel picked up a wicket in his first over before Australia recovered through Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting to reach 93 for 1 at lunch

Australia reached 1 for 93 at lunch on day one of the first Test against New Zealand at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday.

Alastair Cook is preparing to stick with the same balance of seven batsmen and four bowlers that carried his side to a comfortable, if somewhat laboured, 181-run victory in the first Test at Chittagong

The first test between the Black Caps and Australia is underway at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today.

Australian opening batsman Shane Watson has been ruled out of Friday's first Test against New Zealand with a bruised hip.

Australia has suffered a blow ahead of the first cricket test against the Black Caps with Shane Watson set to be ruled out through injury.Philip Hughes looks likely to play at the Basin Reserve.Watson is understood to be struggling...

Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals were flogged in the Indian Premier League overnight, as Royal Challengers Bangalore won their encounter by 10 wickets.

Mitchell Johnson wants the new ball back again but Ricky Ponting has told his star pace bowler his best role for the team is at first-change.

In-form opening batsman Shane Watson is out of the first Test against New Zealand as the result of a bruised hip.

Olympic Games in the summer of 2012 may cause Npower to end their long association with the game.

Bangalore's facile thumping of Rajasthan had a crucial sub-text to it - the perfect bouncer and the amount of strife it continued to cause Indian batsmen

Shane Warne admitted that his side had some serious rethinking ahead for the rest of the IPL after being annihilated by a clinical Bangalore outfit

Pakistan has paid glowing tribute to its former cricket coach Bob Woolmer on the third anniversary of his death, saying his progressive coaching made a huge impact on the game.

Eric Simons has confirmed that Gautam Gambhir will not play in Friday's match against Chennai Super Kings at the Feroz Shah Kotla

A superlative bowling performance by Royal Challengers Bangalore, including a hat-trick by Praveen Kumar, decimated Rajasthan Royals for a paltry 92 and set up a huge win

Protea's captain Graeme Smith should be back to full fitness within the space of the next four weeks.

Zimbabwean authorities have criticised New Zealand's decision to withdraw from a tour of the southern African country for the second straight year.