Key batsman
Now Australia's vice-captain, David Warner was patient in the opening half-hour, perhaps heeding the message of England where the tourists were overly aggressive against the swinging ball. However, once that initial period was over, Warner, wearing a black arm band in memory of an uncle, embraced his generally aggressive ethos, thumping three boundaries off six balls at one stage. Then came a well-timed six down the ground off Doug Bracewell, taking him to just shy of his half-century, and he eventually notched his second Test ton of the year, and 13th of his 44-Test career. 
Key bowler
A difficult one to answer, although Tim Southee was the most consistent. He had his moments against all batsmen and found the edge of Burns' defensive prod with a nice delivery, which had a hint of movement.
The numbers
20 balls it took for Burns to get off the mark, and for Warner's first boundary.
14 The number of years between Australia's last century opening stand at the Gabba.
200 Warner faced this number of deliveries for the first time in a Test innings.
Key moment:
Having lost the toss, and having wanted to bat first, the Black Caps needed spearhead Trent Boult to deliver in his opening spell. Instead, Boult's pace was down and he lacked aggression, even serving up a full toss that was sliced to the boundary. New Zealand needed to make a statement with the new ball - instead Warner and a nervous Burns were allowed to flourish and deliver a century stand.
The stand
Warner and Burns, stepping out together for the first time, enjoyed a 161-run opening partnership - Australia's fourth-highest opening stance against New Zealand in Test history. Only Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer - 224 at the Gabba in 2001 and 223 in Hobart in that same summer - and Michael Slater and Mark Taylor, with 198 in Perth in 1993, have done better.
Jon Pierik