The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
'You have to be courageous to score runs in Perth,' Steve Waugh said.
Australia took an overall lead of 381 after bowling New Zealand out for 251 in their first innings on day three of the second Test.
Michael Clarke and Adam Gilchrist blasted centuries as Australia opened up 211-run lead in the first innings at the end of the third day in the first Test.
Australia won the 4th ODI to take an unassailable lead in the seven-match series.
Pacemen Michael Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie took four wickets each to rip through the United States and set up a nine wicket win in the Champions Trophy match.
The wicket at the Roop Singh stadium promises a run-fest in the tri-series match.\n\n
Kasprowicz, 31, has not played for Australia for four years but was recalled to the ODI side.
The leg spinner was picked for Thursday's first Test even though the pitch in Perth usually favours fast bowlers.
England go into the fourth Test in Melbourne, which starts on Thursday, 3-0 down in the series.\n\n
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Jason Gillespie will replace him for Wednesday's match against Bangladesh.
Australia were 351 for 3, 56 runs ahead of Bangladesh, at close on day 2 of the second Test.
Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn struck half-centuries to lead Australia to a five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka.
'Speechless with the tragic news of the passing of my great mate and beloved cricketing man'
MacGill was replaced by Brad Hogg in one of three changes to the Australian team that crushed Zimbabwe in the first Test.
Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu made centuries in a record opening stand as Sri Lanka smashed 343 for five in their one-day international match against Australia on Thursday.\n\n
Stuart MacGill took 10-133 as Australia beat Bangladesh by an innings and 98 runs on the fourth day of the second Test to clinch the series 2-0.
Bichel is a top class performer in a top class team, the Windies captain said.
Deepak Chahar is the first Indian bowler ever to hold the record of best bowling figures in any format of international cricket (Test/ODI/T20I), points out Rajneesh Gupta.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the batting landscape in India-Australia Test encounters.
If reports are to be believed, former Australian batsman could be team's stand-in coach for their three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to be played in February.
Australia named five uncapped players in a raw tour squad to play Pakistan in a Test series in the United Arab Emirates, while recalling pace veteran Peter Siddle for the first time in two years and dropping middle order batsman Peter Handscomb.
Yuvraj Singh has been an enigma as well as a paradox in Indian cricket.
Speaking about the forthcoming India's tour of Australia, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar has admitted that he felt that the Indian team would face a very tough time.
Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honoured in Queen's New Year List.
Dravid also lavished praise at his stroke-making capabilities during the epic knock.
Ishant Sharma will follow the footsteps of his teammate Cheteshwar Pujara as he is set to play English county side Sussex in five first-class and eight List A games.
'I felt Test cricket is just beyond my reach.' 'And slowly, slowly, I started doing well.' 'In the second Test against Pakistan, I scored a fifty and when we went to Sialkot I played a series-saving innings, which was a game changer for me.' 'At that stage that was the most important innings of my life.'
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) should "hang their heads in shame" over their sacking of coach Peter Moores, according to former captain Alec Stewart.
The incident has been met with astonishment in Australia, with the protagonists -- Smith, his vice captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft -- lambasted in the media under headlines almost universally trumpeting the word "Shame".
'In the Middle Ages, when Muslims were around 15 per cent of the population of the world, they accounted, according to one estimate, for 90 per cent of scientific advancements.' 'And today, when Muslims are around 22 per cent of the population of the world, their share in scientific writings is less than 1 per cent!' point out Ziya Us Salam and M Aslam Parvaiz.
Staring at yet another series defeat, Australia's stand-in-skipper David Warner on Monday said they are not demoralised and insisted on playing the 'Aussie brand of cricket' to bounce back in the three-match T20 International series against India.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann admitted his players have been watching videos of Virat Kohli and his team mates for months but are yet to work out how to combat the India skipper.
Stylish left-hander Vijay Zol carried his stupendous form at the Under-19 level to first-class cricket, scoring a fluent century on debut, as the three-day encounter between India 'A' and New Zealand 'A' ended in a draw, in Visakhapatnam, on Friday.
