When Martin Guptill and Tom Latham were toiling away, as they defended good balls, left wisely and scored when they could, I started to form an idea of how my Day Two diary entry might look.

Shit changed dramatically an hour or so ago (late in the day) however with the Aussie striking like a Sydney storm. This Gabba pitch does look as though it's a dream to bat on once you've adjusted your bearings and have handled most of what the bowlers have dished up, which makes the way the BLACKCAPS crumbled under the pressure that much more of a disappointment.

The positive is that Kane Williamson is at the crease. Williamson looked like the world-class batsmen that he is as he drove majestically, rotated the strike and handled short-pitched bowling with relative ease. The Prince is The Prince for a reason, yet I can't help but think that the other batsmen have made Williamson look like a cricketing deity.

Williamson is a cricketing deity though...

I can't really add much about the kiwis' bowling performance, with the only real noteworthy bit of information being that Tim Southee picked up a back injury. It goes without saying that Southee is a huge loss if he's not gonna lace up to bowl in the second innings.

And the kiwi bowlers could learn a thing or two from the Aussies.

Guptill (23) and Latham (47) both got starts which was encouraging. As is always the case though, sometimes it's worse to get out once you've set yourself as opposed to getting a duck like Ross Taylor. Guptill was caught in the slips after going a bit too hard at a forward defensive shot and Latham spooned a rather strange, but easy catch to point. These two lads were doing a great job of absorbing Australia's pressure and gritting their teeth which doesn't mean much now.

Neither Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum or Jimmy Neesham looked comfortable at any stage. Josh Hazlewood stuck at a great line and length while Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc both played their part as well. Australia's bowling attack has the advantage as they are more patient and skillful while doing it at a quicker pace than the kiwis and they made these three batsmen look like they'd rather be elsewhere.

Another positive (again involving Williamson) is that the BLACKCAPS have arguably their two most solid batsmen at the crease. Runs will come if Williamson and Watling are able to get their way to the drinks break in the morning of day three and with Williamson capable of ticking the scoreboard over without much effort, Watling will just need to hang in there.

Again, it's Australia's day. A scary sign for us kiwis is that we have seen the Australian batsmen get some runs and confidence in the bank as well as witnessing first hand how dangerous this bowling attack can be.

Day three = grit it out. We need to see some ticker, some guts, some patience from the BLACKCAPS.