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Australia take charge through twin hundreds

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Peter Nevill receives his baggy green from Steve Waugh  Getty Images
Ricky Ponting rings the five-minute bell  Getty Images
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David Warner started aggressively before falling in the 30s...  AFP
... he holed out in Moeen Ali's first over  Getty Images
Chris Rogers made watchful progress on his Middlesex home ground  Associated Press
... while Steven Smith produced his usual flamboyant strokeplay  Getty Images
Rogers brought up his eighth fifty-plus score in nine Test innings...  Getty Images
...as Smith also ticked to a fifty after twice falling having done the hard work in Cardiff  Getty Images
Ben Stokes saw a chance go down when Ian Bell could not cling onto an edge off Smith at slip...  Getty Images
...a blemish in the field for England after their impressive work in the first Test  Getty Images
Smith was first to reach three figures - his 10th hundred in Tests  AFP
Rogers was not far behind when he punched down the ground  Getty Images
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