Warner puts Ashes demons to bed

Australia opener David Warner says making amends for a lean Ashes series was the most satisfying part of his man of the match performance in Australia's crushing 208-run win over New Zealand in the first Test at the Gabba. 

Warner, who admitted in the lead up to the first Test that laziness had contributed to his below-par performances in England, bounced back in a big way in Brisbane. 

His first-innings 163 ended a 14-innings run without reaching three figures, and came off the back of half-centuries in his previous six Tests without converting any of them into a hundred. 

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Warner averaged 46 in England, but failed to reach triple figures in the five-Test series. 

"I've just got to keep riding the roller coaster form-wise," he said on Monday after Australia wrapped up the New Zealand tail before lunch on day five. 

"I look back at England, and it was quite disappointing on my behalf, only managing to get a couple of fifties in the second innings and not contributing in the first innings." 

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Warner's 163 in Brisbane came as part of a 161-run opening stand with new partner Joe Burns, and he then made 116 off just 113 balls in the second dig as Australia built a match-winning advantage in a first-wicket stand worth 237. 

He said his opening partnership with Burns – and seeing Usman Khawaja succeed in his comeback match on the Test stage – were highlights of the victory. 

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"It was nice to score some runs alongside two of our teammates (Burns and Khawaja) who scored their first Test hundreds on their own Test soil, so it's fantastic for them," he said. 

"I'm so rapt for him (Khawaja) and his family to get the opportunity to come back out here, start a new career up in Queensland, fight his way back from injury and score a hundred on home soil – I couldn't be any more proud of a teammate." 

Warner's twin tons saw his Test century tally rise to 14, equal with Michael Slater and Ian Chappell, while he passed Bill Lawry and Damien Martyn (13 each) and Invincible Arthur Morris (12) in the summer's opening Test. 

Warner has taken just 44 Tests to get to 14 centuries; Slater made his 14 tons in 74 Tests, Chappell in 75.