How remarkable was Aust' opening stands?

MOST RUNS SCORED BY OPENING PAIR IN A TEST

* 415 - Graeme Smith & Neil McKenzie (SAfrica) v Bangladesh in 2008

* 413 - Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy (India) v NZ in 1956

* 410 - Virender Sehwag & Rahul Dravid (India) v Pakistan in 2006

* 398 - David Warner & Joe Burns (Aust) v NZ in 2015

* 389 - Bill Lawry & Bob Simpson (Aust) v WI in 1965.

DAVID WARNER & JOE BURNS

* Partnerships of 116 runs and 237 runs

* The first time an Australian opening pair has ever posted two 100-run stands in a Test

DAVID WARNER

* 163 & 116

* Became the third man to have made a century in each innings of a Test on three separate occasions

JOE BURNS

* 71 & 129

* Highest Test score in first dig, almost doubled it in the second.