Clarke shines on opening day

Mar 19, 2010

Ricky Ponting presented Ryan Harris with his baggy green at the start of the match...•Getty Images

Arnel had announced himself at the Test level with just his fifth ball•Getty Images

...before being spectacularly run out by BJ Watling for 41•Getty Images

Katich was Arnel's second victim on debut•Getty Images

...and stayed unbeaten as Australia took stumps at 316 for 4•Getty Images

... but it would the other debutant, Brent Arnel, who would grab the headlines after getting Phil Hughes to edge•Getty Images

Simon Katich then helped Australia consolidate•Getty Images

Michael Clarke joined Katich after the departure of Michael Hussey•Getty Images

New Zealand let the initiative slip as Marcus North teamed up with Clarke to put on 140 for the fourth wicket•Getty Images

Ricky Ponting was looking good as well...•Getty Images

He looked at ease, given the trying days previously, and reached his half-century off 102 balls•Getty Images

Clarke marched on emphatically to his 14th Test hundred...•Getty Images