Trans-Tasman cricket Test by the numbers

FACTS, FIGURES AND POTENTIAL TEST RECORDS: AUSTRALIA V NZ

OVERALL: Played 53; Australia 28, NZ 8, drawn 7

IN PERTH: Played 6; Australia 2, NZ 1, drawn 3

IN AUSTRALIA: Played 29; Australia 16, NZ 3, drawn 10

AUSTRALIA'S RECORD 2015: Played 9; won 5, lost 3, drawn 1

NZ'S RECORD 2015: Played 4; won 2, lost 2

LAST SERIES: Drawn 1-1 in 2011-12

FORECAST for Friday: Partly cloudy with a 20 per cent chance of a shower. Top of 36C

Teams:

AUSTRALIA: David Warner, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Mitch Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

NZ (likely): Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (capt), BJ Watling, Mark Craig, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult

POTENTIAL RECORDS AND NOTABLE NUMBERS:

*Australia have lost three of their past seven Tests at the WACA

*No player in NZ's squad has ever played a Test there

*NZ haven't won a Test series in Australia since 1985

*Johnson needs one more scalp to overtake Brett Lee (310), rising to fourth on Australia's all-time list.