Ashes 2017/18, 3rd Test Day 2: 5 things we learnt from the day's play

England v Australia: 2nd Investec Ashes Test - Day Two — Smith's unbeaten 92 took Australia to a stable position by stumps on day 2

Australia's seam trio ran riot to reduce England to 403, their last six wickets falling for a meagre 35 runs. Steven Smith then responded with a fabulous, aggressive 92 to take Australia to a dominant position by stumps on day 2. Although it seems like it was all Australia, England certainly enjoyed their moments on the day.

Jonny Bairstow slammed a hundred before falling to Starc's inswinger while Craig Overton worried Australia with a scintillating spell close to tea. He accounted for David Warner and Cameron Bancroft before Smith took center-stage and counter-attacked his way to a valiant 92.

Here are five of the biggest moments from the day's play:

#5 Jonny Bairstow smashes a ton

WA XI v England - Two Day Tour Match — Bairstow helped himself to a hundred

Perth has been friendly to England in the last few years. In their last two Ashes series in Australia (in 2013/14 and this time around), there have been a total of just three hundreds by English batsmen and all of them have come at Perth. If it was Ben Stokes in 2013, it was Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow this time around and their 237 run association gave England a 400+ total.

Bairstow was in great touch on day 1 and continued in the same vein in the first session on day 2. Some pristine shots off his bat ensured that his century came in no time. It was the first by an English keeper in Australia since Matt Prior slammed one in 2011.