KEY POINTS:
There was contrasting weather today as the tests on either side of the Tasman resumed.
Play between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington was delayed for rain this morning with a top temperature of 19C forecast.
However, in Perth, England were facing another sizzling Perth day where temperatures topped 40C at the Waca yesterday. Today's forecast was for 34C.
- NZHERALD STAFF
