Australia's cricketers must be mature enough to accept changes to the team for reasons of balance or rotation will become more frequent under the new team performance regime

Michael Hussey is uncomfortable with the possibility of batsmen being rotated out of the Australian Test team

Daniel Christian has formally replaced Ben Cutting in the only change to the Australia squad for the second Test against New Zealand in Hobart

In his own words, James Pattinson has been "smashing" a full length at every opportunity for the past four months. Given the chance to make his debut, he duly used that length to smash New Zealand

Nathan Lyon has plucked 19 wickets from his first six Tests and Australia may have found a spin bowler capable of commanding international respect

Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has said changes will be inevitable if his side cannot improve on their abject surrender to Australia over the final two days of the first Test in Brisbane

Phillip Hughes may be the best thing going for a battling New Zealand outfit right now

Australia's bowling, so unthreatening during the Ashes last summer, appears to be rediscovering its elements of mystery, danger and excitement with a trio of bewitching debuts in the space of six Test matches.

Greg Dyer, the players' association president, on the sort of changes needed in the board - at the state and national level

Daniel Christian has a chance of making his debut in the Hobart Test as insurance against the risk of overextending the hosts' youthful bowling attack

Doug Bracewell must use the error of dismissing Australia captain Michael Clarke with a no-ball as a spur to ensure it does not happen again, Chris Martin has said

Australia's captain Michael Clarke believes a clearer distinction must be drawn between light that is potentially harmful to players and light that is merely difficult

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabba

Brad Haddin's 80 was equal parts daring and discretion and showed that he can be a valuable lieutenant to Michael Clarke

Nathan Lyon and Daniel Vettori bowl with opposite hands and could not be further apart in the volume of their Test match experience. Yet their intelligence and application were at a similarly high level on day two in Brisbane

James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has questioned the bad light call that ended day two of the first Test against New Zealand

Ponting had several fortunate moments on his way to an unbeaten half-century that could be the trigger he's been waiting for to revive his form

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabba

Pat Howard, Australia's new performance manager, brings learnings from diverse backgrounds to bear on his job

Ryan Harris, Australia's preferred pace spearhead, has almost certainly played his last Test match for 2011