Australia continued their dominance against New Zealand as they simply muscled the helpless Kiwi bowlers in Perth. On a reasonably flat WACA deck, the Aussies made the most of the conditions and batted with complete ease. David Warner continued his supreme form, as he notched up the first double ton of his career. It was also his third consecutive test ton in as many innings. On the other hand, Usman Khawaja too brought up his ton, the second of his career. All in all, it was a day worth forgetting for the Kiwis.
Below, are the Twitter Reactions to the first day’s play between Australia and New Zealand:
500 runs in the series in just 3 innings @davidwarner31 #cricket #AusvsNZ
— Sagar Gala (@sagargala1234) November 13, 2015
Cmon dave…. Ripper batting performances by aussie vice captain. Wohooo #AUSvsNZ @WWOS9
— Dave Warner 1st 200 (@Chirantan_33) November 13, 2015
Dave warner- he is not a 360 degree player but he deserves to comapare with AB devilliars. @WWOS9 #AUSvsNZ #WWOS
— Dave Warner 1st 200 (@Chirantan_33) November 13, 2015
Last Aussie opener to score a 200 in Tests was Justin Langer (215 v NZ, Adelaide) in 2004 – 11 years back. #AusvsNZ
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 13, 2015
This is the greatest 1st day of batting since Tubs and Swampy batted til sunset 25yrs ago … @WWOS9 #AUSvsNZ
— Captain Kickass (@_CaptainKickass) November 13, 2015
Lol! Brendon McCullum bowling! Next up: BJ Watling! No? #AusvsNZ
— HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) November 13, 2015
Cricket teams need to stop going to australia. It’s the only way to stop these massacres. #AUSvsNZ
— Parth Shah (@parth_footy) November 13, 2015
This is so torturous for kiwis at Perth! #AUSvsNZ Australia at home, flat tracks, losing tosses…All that talk about competing fading now
— Saurabh Saxena (@Saurabh_Learn) November 13, 2015
3 hundreds in 3 innings for Warner. Whadddaplaya! Friday the 13th, proving to be a woeful day for NZ. Aus vechi senjing! #AusvsNz
— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) November 13, 2015
Australia’s Last 5 Opening Partnerships in Test Cricket: 113 110 161 237 101* #AusvsNZ
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) November 13, 2015
Things Aus could learn from NZ: grace, sportsmanship. Things NZ could learn from Aus: batting, bowling, fielding. #AUSvsNZ
— Paris Climate Summit (@DavidParis) November 7, 2015
400 in a day is just ridiculous #AUSvsNZ
— Nathan Fimmel (@therealfimshady) November 13, 2015
Most runs on 1st day of a Test 309 Bradman in1930 244 Bradman in1934 229* @davidwarner31 today 228 Gibbs in 2003 228 Sehwag in 2004 #AUSvsNZ
— Sarmad Mangi (@Its_Frienzi) November 13, 2015