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If this is the way this Test series is going to be played, cricket fans are in for a couple of thrilling Tests in Hobart and Perth

Australian captain Steve Waugh admitted one blow from New Zealand's Chris Cairns was the difference between a loss and a draw for his team during a dramatic day of high stakes in the first Test at the Gabba today.

Frustration with the rain, admiration for Chris Cairns' approach, a welcome return from Brett Lee and the slight possibility of some remarkable Australian cricket still producing a result were offered in newspaper assessment of the fourth day of the

New Zealand's top order batting frailties were exposed again by Australian Jason Gillespie on another rain-affected at the Gabba in Brisbane today

On a day dominated by the rain, the newspapers of Australasia concentrated on Adam Gilchrist's fourth Test century, in the first Australia-New Zealand Test at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday

New Zealand's failure to maintain the first day-last session strike power in the first Test at the Gabba was the feature of newspaper coverage of the rain-affected second day's play

Australia's vaunted bowling attack moves onto centre stage in the first Test with New Zealand at the Gabba over the next two days

Australia demonstrated what everyone knew when turning back New Zealand's first day-last session challenge in the first Test on a rain interrupted second day at the Gabba in Brisbane

What was shaping as a nightmare day for New Zealand cricket in the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane turned around on the control of Chris Cairns, and the belligerence of bullocky part-timer Craig McMillan