PERTH: Australia will be unchanged for the second Test against New Zealand starting on Friday at the WACA with seamer Peter Siddle again left out of the side, captain Steve Smith said on Thursday. Siddle was dropped from the pace attack in favour of Josh Hazlewood for the opening match of the three-Test series, which the hosts won by 208 runs in Brisbane on Monday. “The conditions are going to be pretty similar to the Gabba,” Smith told reporters. “It looks a very good wicket out there, so we’ve gone in with the same team.” Although Smith was critical of the new-ball attack at the Gabba, the...
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