Australia win the series opener as vice-captain David Warner saw off the visitors in style as the hosts defeated England by 10 wickets on the fifth and final day of the 1st Test to lead 1-0.
The unbroken 173-run stand between Warner and Bancroft, who is playing his first Test, was the biggest opening partnership in a successful fourth-innings run chase in Test cricket, according to Cricinfo.
David Warner and Cameron Bancroft shared a record 173-run partnership as Australia wrapped up a 10-wicket win over England in the first Test on Monday, taking first honours in the five-match Ashes series.
The incident occurred between Bairstow and Bancroft in Perth, when England were playing a warm-up match against Western Australia Cricket XI.
Australia's David Warner set about the run chase cautiously in the last session on Sunday but picked up his scoring rate late to raise his 25th Test half-century against England.
Opener David Warner (60 not out) set about the run chase cautiously in the last session on Sunday but picked up his scoring rate late to raise his 25th Test half-century with a boundary on day 4 against England.
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Smith was deservedly unbeaten after an uncharacteristically slow innings that contained just 14 boundaries, including a drive off Stuart Broad to raise his 21st Test century.
Captain Smith and lower order's resistance helped Australia to gain a vital 26-run first-innings lead, post that, pacer Josh Hazlewood snared two wickets in a torrid opening burst to reduce England to 33/2 at the close of play on day 3 at the Gabba.
While Steve Smith took 105 innings to score 21 Test tons, Sachin Tendulkar batted for 110 innings to achieve this milestone.
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Captain Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh's 89 run partnership helped the hosts manage 165 at the end of Day 2 with six wickets in hand.
An 89-run partnership between captain Smith, who scored his 22nd Test half-century, and recalled No. 6 Shaun Marsh, who was unbeaten on 44, salvaged the innings after the hosts slumped to 76/4 at the start of Friday's evening session.
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The right-handed Vince defied Australia's much-vaunted pace attack for most of the opening day of the series, scoring 83, almost double his previous high score in Test cricket before he was dismissed in a play-of-the-day style run out by Nathan Lyon.
Pat Cummins picked up two vital wickets to restore some confidence in Australia's pace trio after a pair of unheralded batsmen grinded through most of the opening day of the Ashes series to help England reach 196/4 at stumps.
James Vince (83) and Mark Stoneman (53) combined defiantly in their first experience of Ashes cricket to blunt the much-hyped pace attack, each posting their highest Test scores in a 125-run second-wicket stand.
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Led by new captains in Joe Root and Steven Smith, both sides present largely youthful and uncertain batting orders but potent bowling line-ups.
Maxwell was omitted from the 13-man Ashes squad which was announced last week. The left-hand batsman Shaun Marsh was selected in his place.
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