Cameron Green's defiant century has spared Australia's blushes in the first Test against New Zealand, holding the line and pushing Australia through to stumps at 9-279 on the opening day.
Matt Henry led an all-pace assault on a green Basin Reserve wicket in Wellington on Thursday, taking 4-43 and troubling Australian batsmen across all three sessions.
Only Green was able to raise the bat for even a half-century, finishing with an unbeaten 103 to deny the Kiwi attack a chance to dismiss the tourists on day one.
