At drinks, Oz has not lost a wicket.

Burns survived some decent swinging balls.

the home ground advantage is just too much in cricket

Not only Australia at home

but when was the last time someone beat India in India?

And another big home ground advantage is Pakistan in the UAE, thats the biggest home ground advantage

home advantage seems to be growing although there are really only three types of conditions

bouncy fast wickets like OZ, SA and the windies
swing friendly wickets like UK NZ and to some degree SA
spin friendly wickets like the sub continent

some very typical aussie batting that session. Large step forward or back compared to what is optimal in a swing friendly wicket. Burns did a good job a couple of times controlling balls that were rising on him (bouncing more than he seemed to anticipate) which is the sort of technique which is ideal of oz wickets.
Warner got some good quick singles early though burns seemed to struggle a bit. One thing is I would like to see Warner rotate the strike after a boundary .
Innings management technique and control have been good on a initially tough wicket. Apart from the pace and bounce the wicket should be easier after lunch

We really, really need Burns and Kawaja to succeed. On their home wicket they have. I just hope they can be consistent on other pitches.

Kawaja has a nice array of shots. =d>

England have played better than we did in the UAE. I just wish Rashid had more control and consistency. He spins the ball nicely and has a sharp spinning googly.

Anderson has bowled some good spells.=d>

Shame Southee has been injured.

Initially seeing Johnson and Starc bowl some erratic balls the question arises about the value of having two types of similar bowler in the same team?

Then they both got wickets on an Oz pitch. One issue is that given Johnson's age, it is unlikely that he will play too much more Test cricket. This partnership may only be short term.

I'm thrilled for Kawaja and Oz cricket. I've thought he is one player who has underachieved but has the talent and skill set. At least he has has a few more years left as opposed to the likes of Rogers and Voges who were selected very late in their careers.