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EOIN Morgan showed a mental sharpness his England teammates have lacked and made Australian skipper Michael Clarke feel like a goose in the one-dayer at the Gabba.
Clarke had a rare blotch on his impressive captaincy resume when he mucked up his field to give batting dangerman Morgan an early life in bizarre scenes.
Irishman Morgan took full advantage and became just the second 'Pom' on tour, after Kiwi-born Ben Stokes in the Perth Test, to make a century as he belted 106 (99 balls) in England's terrific total of 8-300.
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It was an imposing total, put in context by the fact England never managed to score more in any first innings of an Ashes Test this summer.
Another big England bonus came when they kept Ashes hero Mitchell Johnson (1-59) quiet and created some mayhem off the bowling of Australian up-and-comer James Faulkner (2-73).
Clarke's blunder came when Morgan had made just two and the batsman used some clever thinking.
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Noticing that Clarke had one too many fielders positioned outside the fielding circle off his own bowling, Morgan went for a premeditated wild swipe and tried to clear the deep mid-wicket fence.
He was caught on the boundary but immediately motioned to the umpires that there were too many Australian fielders outside of the circle.
Video replays proved him right and the umpires called a no-ball.
Morgan went on to bash a cascade of big hits, including successive huge sixes off Faulkner which went many rows back.
He jumped for joy when he hit an innovative high ramp shot for four over the keeper's head off Nathan Coulter-Nile to bring up his century off 94 balls.
England batsman Eoin Morgan celebrates reaching his century against Australia at the Gabba. Source: AFP
Australia became ragged late in England's innings with Coulter-Nile dropping a regulation highball of Jos Buttler who made 45 off 36 balls.
There was controversy with the match referee forced to intervene after the innings to add four more runs to England's total.
It came because of an incident when a Buttler big hit looking to be clearing the boundary until Shaun Marsh stepped over the rope and jumped back and pushed the ball back in.
Ground umpires said it wasn't a six and initially only gave two runs, although Marsh launched himself from outside the field of play and was in the air when he touched the ball to force it back into play.
Marsh's final contact was out of play, so the match referee later ruled it was a six and added four runs to England's initial total.
Earlier, Clarke did his best to make amends for his captaincy blemish by flinging down the stumps to brilliantly run-out Ian Bell for 68, with the batsman's bat bouncing off the pitch before he grounded it.
At the start of the England innings, returning fast bowler Johnson went without a wicket in his opening spell.
Bedraggled England captain Alistair Cook made 22, his highest score since the Boxing Day Test, but was dismissed after he had done all the hard work seeing off Johnson.
Ian Bell leaves the field after being run out by Michael Clarke. Picture: Peter Wallis Source: News Limited
Showing that he can find almost any way to get out in his summer of discontent, Cook drove at an innocuous half-volley off the second ball from spinner Glenn Maxwell.
Cook only succeeded in hitting it straight back to the bowler and the head of the England captain drooped almost to hit bootlaces as he traipsed off the ground.
Johnson was reintroduced immediately when horribly out of form youngster Joe Root came to the crease. And Johnson struck almost straight away, thundering a late inswinger into Root's pads.
After what seemed like an eternity, umpire Kumar Dharmasena jabbed his finger in the air as Johnson punched the air in delight.
Root then launched a video review, only to have egg on his face when the third umpire review showed the ball struck in line and would have knocked down the stumps.
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