▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁stroke - play ▁and ▁powerful ▁hitting . ▁The ▁pair ▁batt ed ▁throughout ▁the ▁morning ▁and ▁had ▁soon ▁passed ▁ 5 0 . ▁Both am ▁and ▁then ▁Hem m ings ▁were ▁brought ▁in ▁to ▁bow l , ▁but ▁were ▁equally ▁in effect ive . ▁The ▁Austral ians ▁both ▁looked ▁set ▁and ▁determined , ▁and ▁rarely ▁mis - tim ed ▁or ▁be aten . ▁ ▁By ▁l unch ▁the ▁score ▁had ▁gone ▁past ▁ 1 5 0 , ▁with ▁both ▁open ers ▁passing ▁their ▁half - cent uries . ▁After ▁a ▁well ▁earned ▁break , ▁they ▁res umed ▁where ▁they ▁had ▁left ▁off , ▁scoring ▁freely ▁throughout ▁the ▁afternoon . ▁By ▁tea ▁they ▁had ▁gone ▁past ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁Taylor ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁bring ▁up ▁his ▁century , ▁followed ▁soon ▁after ▁by ▁Marsh . ▁The ▁pair , ▁as ▁might ▁be ▁expected ▁after ▁such ▁a ▁long ▁day , ▁had ▁slow ed ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁session , ▁but ▁by ▁st umps ▁Australia ' s ▁score ▁stood ▁at ▁ 3 0 1 ▁for ▁ 0 . ▁Taylor ▁was ▁not ▁out ▁on ▁ 1 4 1 ▁and ▁Marsh ▁not ▁out ▁on ▁ 1 2 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁ever ▁in ▁history ▁that ▁no ▁w icket ▁had ▁fallen ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁a ▁test ▁match ▁in ▁England . ▁ ▁Day ▁Two ▁ ▁The ▁Australian ▁opening ▁pair ▁started ▁day ▁two ▁where ▁they ▁had ▁left ▁off ▁the ▁day ▁before . ▁Free - flow ing ▁stro kes ▁around ▁the ▁w icket ▁kept ▁the