#Ashtag - Daily social wrap
It was an opening day to rejoice for England on Thursday with Dawid Malan's maiden Test century drawing high praise.
You beauty @dmalan29 !!!! Just when the team needed it! #ashes 💯
— Sarah Taylor (@Sarah_Taylor30) December 14, 2017
Cracking 💯 from Malan 👏
— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) December 14, 2017
Great intent , patience and cover driving skill👌#FirstEngland100ofSeries #ashes2017
What a time to get your maiden Test century! Congratulations Dawid Malan! #AUSvENG #Ashes pic.twitter.com/0vGtzd7QF1
— ICC (@ICC) December 14, 2017
Incredibly proud of our man @dmalan29 who reaches his maiden Test century for @englandcricket at the WACA! #Ashes
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) December 14, 2017
💯 https://t.co/KLrG2EuJVI
Brilliant century by Dawid Malan ... gutsy, first century for Eng of the series and could prove to be most important moment of the test!
— Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent MBE (@ejrainfordbrent) December 14, 2017
Wonderful partnership this by Bairstow & Malan, fantastic to watch these two fight hard and play with freedom. It’s been a great days cricket and nice to see some pace and bounce again at the WACA too. England need to make a 400+ score then it’s game on !
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) December 14, 2017
Jonny Bairstow's move up the order also proved successful for the wicketkeeper-batsman and the team.
3000 Test runs @jbairstow21 Goooo boy 💪
— Ryan Sidebottom 🏏 (@RyanSidebottom) December 14, 2017
Congratulations to @jbairstow21 on reaching 3,000 Test runs. #AUSvENG #Ashes pic.twitter.com/gjPbALDChe
— ICC (@ICC) December 14, 2017
It seems like this wish is coming true.
It was also Alastair Cook's 150th Test...
Good luck to former skipper A. Cook on his 150th test match. A wonderful achievement for a terrific player ! Not easy opening the batting for so long. Congratulations & have a great match ! #ashes
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) December 14, 2017
... which didn't go as well as he would have hoped.
Starc bowls into corridor of confusion 😗
— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) December 14, 2017
A Cook is out lbw 🍑 #ThatPlumbCookysPadsAppealed#Ashes2017
Mark Stoneman got the thumbs-up from a celebrated Surrey team-mate.
Very Well batted but bad luck on the dismissal @mark23stone. Showed a bit of that northern steel there.
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) December 14, 2017
This decision was a big talking point.
Plenty of debate after that review! Thoughts? #Ashes @Gillette #CloseMatters pic.twitter.com/NozC4L6O8T
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 14, 2017
Day 1 of the WACA farewell drew in healthy numbers.
WACA crowd 22,248. They have seen some sights today #Ashes
— Daniel Brettig 🏏 (@danbrettig) December 14, 2017
Ian Bell was keeping his expectations under control.
Top day for @englandcricket there’s some positives for everyone to talk about!!👊🏻#Ashes #sameagaintomorrow
— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell) December 14, 2017
Maybe fist-bumps all around?
Well played England today! Gutsy stuff on a pitch that was like the old WACA pitch! Stoneman was great as was the last 2 Boys... Malan and Bairstow. Headbutts to both of you! 👳🏼♂️👳🏼♂️
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) December 14, 2017
Alyssa Healy was echoing the thoughts of all Australian fans .
Well that was eventful!! #newball
— Alyssa Healy (@ahealy77) December 14, 2017
A startling stat, but also good news for England.
Only the third time England has posted 300+ on the opening day of a Test in Australia since 1900 and the first since MCG Test in Feb 1966. #Ashes
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 14, 2017
And here's ending with Kevin Pietersen's wish for Day 2.