North scores century on Ashes debut Marcus North and Brad Haddin upped the ante in the hour and a quarter after lunch before Australia declared 239 runs ahead in the first npower Ashes Test at Cardiff. Haddin flew to a century, having taken lunch on 50, with some mighty blows as the tourists amassed a mammoth 674 when he was the sixth wicket to fall, prompting Ricky Ponting to call North in.