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Australia openers unleash fury

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Despite the loss of BJ Watling in the seventh over of the day, Kane Williamson remained steady for New Zealand and brought up his 11th Test hundred  Cricket Australia/Getty Images
Williamson put on a 46-run stand for the seventh wicket in the company of Mark Craig, who scored 24 off 31 balls before being dismissed by Nathan Lyon  Getty Images
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Doug Bracewell and Tim Southee chipped in with useful runs to push the score past 300. Southee was the ninth man to be dismissed  Getty Images
Williamson's, and by extension, New Zealand's resistance eventually came to an end on 317, with Mitchell Starc having him caught behind to claim his fourth wicket  Getty Images
David Warner (116 off 113 balls) and Joe Burns (129 off 123), who scored his maiden ton, then blasted away in the second innings, and amassed 237 for the opening wicket at more than six runs per over  Getty Images
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum didn't have much to cheer about. The visitors hit back with four late wickets - Craig accounted for three of those - but Australia had stretched their lead past 500 by the time stumps were drawn  Getty Images

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