AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS 4 (DEC) 556 NEW ZEALAND FIRST INNINGS
RMB4s6s GUPTILL c Warner b Hazlewood 23 72 58 2 0 Pushed defensively and edged to slip. Sharp chance well taken LATHAM c Lyon b Starc 47 100 93 3 0 Played to early to warm-up ball and popped easy catch to point WILLIAMSON c Nevill b Starc 140 294 178 24 0 Got an inside edge to Starc inswinger after brilliant innings TAYLOR c Smith b Johnson 0 6 7 0 0 Played at one he could have let go. Off the shoulder of the bat to second slip McCULLUM c Voges b Johnson 6 9 6 1 0 Tried to punch it through off side but only edged to first slip NEESHAM b Starc 3 6 7 0 0 Classic Starc yorker skattered the stumps WATLING c Nevill b Johnson 32 72 59 4 0 Fall ball shaped away from the bat. Thin edge to the keeper CRAIG c Marsh b Lyon 24 46 31 2 0 Went for the big shot but only managed to spoon the ball to point BRACEWELL b Marsh 16 50 46 1 0 Played a forward defensive shot but an inside edge found the stumps SOUTHEE b Starc 14 30 14 2 0 Fast bowler goes down swinging BOULT not out 0 7 2 0 0 
Extras: 12 (4lb, 1w, 7nb) 12 Total: 317
Fall: 56 (Guptill), 102 (Latham), 105 (Taylor), 114 (McCullum), 118 (Neesham), 185 (Watling), 231 (Craig), 273 (Bracewell), 310 (Southee), 317 (Williamson).
Bowling: Starc 17.2-4-57-4, Johnson 21-3-105-3, Hazlewood 21-5-70-1, Lyon 17-3-46-1, Marsh 5-0-32-1, Voges 1-0-3-0.
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RMB4s6s BURNS c Taylor b Craig 129 168 123 13 4 Hit it straighter than he'd like, straight down the throat of long-on
WARNER c Boult b Craig 116 160 113 8 2 Connected with a switch hit, but picked out the fielder at the deep. KHAWAJA not out 9 23 11 0 0
SMITH c Williamson b Boult 1 3 2 0 0 Backed away a sliced it to point where it was caught.
MARSH c McCullum b Craig 2 6 6 0 0 Length ball on off stump, a bit of turn, too cramped, straight to short midwicket.
VOGES not out 1 1 1 0 0
Extras: 6 (1lb, 1w, 4nb) Total (for four wickets): 264
Fall: 237 (Warner), 254 (Burns), 258 (Smith), 263 (Marsch).
Bowling: Boult 8-0-61-1, Bracewell 11-1-63-0, Neesham 9-0-61-0, Craig 14-0-78-3. THE SHOT It was mid-afternoon when Joe Burns did what Shane Warne attempted but never pulled off: brought up his maiden century with a boundary. With light footwork, he danced towards off-spinner Mark Craig's delivery and punished it by sending it over the bowler's head.
THE FORECAST The weather bureau has forecast a cloudy day four with a high (80 per cent) chance of showers and the chance of a thunderstorm.
Winds are meant to be south-easterly 20 to 30km/h.
THE BALL It's not that batsmen don't know what to do with Mitch Starc, it's just that when he's at his sharpest, he's as frightening as fast-bowlers come. His bowling of tailender Tim Southee - stumps flying - was a carbon copy of what he's done all summer.
THE HERO The crowds have barely rated a pass mark with an average of about 15,000 turning up to the Gabba each day. But the Queenslanders could not have been louder or prouder than when one of their own, opener Joe Burns, chalked up hisfirst century in brilliant fashion yesterday.