Tagenarine Chanderpaul made his Test debut for West Indies and was handed his cap by Brian Lara.

Australia, who opted to bowl, lost David Warner early.

Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja soaked up the early pressure and proceeded to score half-centuries.

Kyle Mayers ended the 142-run stand between Labuschagne and Khawaja by getting the latter nicking behind for 65.

Marnus Labuschagne though continued to work through the gears and kept Australia's scoreboard ticking.

Labuschagne completed his 8th Test ton and his 7th in 18 home Test matches.

At the other end, Steve Smith moved to a rather brisk half-century of his own.

Labuschagne ended the opening day 154* with his partnership with Smith reaching 142*. Australia were 293/2 at Stumps.