WACA is new ground for New Zealand

CHASM IN WACA EXPERIENCE

LIKELY NEW ZEALAND XI

Tom Latham - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Martin Guptill - 0 Tests, 1 ODI, 0 T20s

Kane Williamson - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Ross Taylor - 0 Tests, 3 ODIs, 1 T20

Brendon McCullum - 0 Tests, 3 ODIs, 1 T20

BJ Watling - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Mark Craig - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Doug Bracewell - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Tim Southee - 0 Tests, 1 ODI, 0 T20s

Neil Wagner - 0 Tests, 0 ODis, 0 T20s

Trent Boult - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

AUSTRALIA XI

Joe Burns - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

David Warner - 3 Tests, 7 ODIs, 1 T20

Usman Khawaja - 0 Tests, 2 ODIs, 0 T20s

Steve Smith - 2 Tests, 4 ODIs, 1 T20

Adam Voges - 0 Tests, 2 ODIs, 1 T20

Mitch Marsh - 0 Tests, 4 ODIs, 0 T20s

Peter Nevill - 0 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

Mitchell Johnson - 6 Tests, 13 ODIs, 1 T20

Mitchell Starc - 2 Tests, 5 ODIs, 0 T20s

Josh Hazlewood - 0 Tests, 4 ODIs, 0 T20s

Nathan Lyon - 2 Tests, 0 ODIs, 0 T20s

WHAT ELSE?

*Curator Matthew Page has promised an old-school WACA wicket - pace and bounce

*Adam Voges is Western Australia's captain, while the WACA is also Mitch Marsh and Mitchell Johnson's home deck

*David Warner's highest Test score, a scarcely believable 180 off 159 balls, was against India at the venue in 2012

*Mitchell Johnson snared 8-61 from 24 overs at the WACA in 2008, his career-best innings figures

*Johnson has 42 wickets at 20.19 from 6 Tests at the venue. His overall average is 28.10

*Mitchell Starc took 8-209 from 44.5 overs at the WACA in 2012, his career-best match figures

*Starc has 12 wickets at 23.25 from 2 Tests at the venue. His overall average is 31.03.