Warner, Khawaja hit tons

Tom Latham and Williamson managed to steady the innings by taking New Zealand from 56-1 to 100-1 before Australia unleashed an attack with the ball.

He stroked 24 boundaries from 178 balls before he finally ran out of partners and patience and was caught behind off Mitchell Starc, who picked off the last two wickets and returned 4-57.

Experienced pair Ross Taylor (0) and Brendon McCullum (6) were sent packing by Mitchell Johnson, and Starc added to the carnage when he ripped a trademark yorker through James Neesham (3).

New Zealand had upped their game in the morning after a chastening opening day but, after Boult had removed Australia skipper Steve Smith for 48 with a superb delivery, looked powerless to staunch the flow of runs. Johnson angled one across Taylor’s body and Steven Smith, the Australian captain, took a regulation catch at second slip.

Aussie paceman Mitchell Johnson also weighed into the debate, tweeting: “I find it odd when someone keeps telling the world how nice they are!” “I take a bit of confidence from how I’ve gone the past 12 months, regardless of the colour of the ball”, Starc told reporters after Friday’s play.

“To bowl the way I did today, particularly after a year ago, was fantastic”.

It was a relief for the beleaguered Kiwis to get off the ground after 565 minutes and 130.2 overs, most of the second day without their injured pace spearhead Tim Southee.

It was the flawless exhibition of calm batting to get through a few good bowling inside the first 10 overs, before Warner’s aggressive intent put his team on the front foot.

Australia’s stranglehold over the Black Caps has continued in the first test at the ‘Gabba. “We made a good start with a couple of good partnerships, but they came hard for a 20-minute period and we made mistakes and if you make mistakes at this level quite often it’s costly”.

The New Zealand cricketers remain in big trouble after two days of their opening Test against Australia in Brisbane.

Given the circumstances, his job was to eke out New Zealand’s innings for as long as possible and he stuck to his task manfully, depriving himself of runs to farm out the strike and building a succession of partnerships with tailenders.

Warner’s name now sits alongside that of Indian great Sunil Gavaskar, and perhaps Australia’s best batsman since Sir Donald Bradman, Ricky Ponting, as the only three to have achieved the feat.

Khawaja was out to a reverse sweep, spooning Kane Williamson’s part-time spin to Guptill at backward point for 174.