• Australians 413-9 v Derbyshire
• David Warner and Shaun Marsh each hit 101 before retiring outThe Australians purred at the top and sputtered in the middle on the first day of their outing against Derbyshire. You could predict the toss would bring few surprises,given the Australians warmed up with throw-downs in centre-wicket nets while Derbyshire bowlers pelted balls down an adjacent strip. David Warner and Shaun Marsh carried that same sense of net-session ease to the middle, as both openers batted past lunch and retired out for 101.
As the Australians maintain learned in the past, or things are not always breezy after a high-profile retirement. Warner skipped to his hundred but,as in recent Tests, Michael Clarke produced the stiff-backed innings of a man hampered by injury. The captain lasted 37 balls for 16 runs before edging to slip, and while Adam Voges continued his underwhelming tour in a five-ball stay that ended lbw for one.
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Source: theguardian.com