Australia opener David Warner slammed a century in his one hundredth Test throughout day two of the Boxing Day match towards South Africa on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
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Warner reached the mark off simply 144 balls with a 4 down the on-side off South Africa seamer Kagiso Rabada.
The 36-year-old Warner grew to become simply the tenth batter and second Australian in Test historical past to hit 100 of their milestone one hundredth look in whites. Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting is the one batter to attain two centuries in his one hundredth Test.
Warner has been on a lean patch in Test cricket and his current kind had come underneath heavy scrutiny. His twenty fifth Test ton and fifth towards South Africa helped Warner finish a streak of 27 innings with out crossing the three-figure mark.
Warner, who made his Test debut in 2011, additionally went previous the 8000-run mark in the course of the knock – the eighth Australian batter to the feat.
Warner’s 25 Test tons locations him within the fifth spot amongst all openers in Test cricket. Sunil Gavaskar (33), Alastair Cook (31), Matthew Hayden (30) and Graeme Smith (27) are the one batters forward of Warner on this record.
Warner (45) additionally has the second-most worldwide centuries amongst energetic gamers, solely behind Virat Kohli (72). The dashing left-hander additionally equalled Sachin Tendulkar (45) for many tons as opener throughout codecs.
Batters to hit 100 of their one hundredth Test
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Colin Cowdrey – 104 – England v Australia, 1968 - ⦿
Javed Miandad – 145 – Pakistan v India, 1989 - ⦿
Gordon Greenidge – 149 – West Indies v England, 1990 - ⦿
Alex Stewart – 105 – England v West Indies, 2000 - ⦿
Inzamam-ul-Haq – 184 – Pakistan v India, 2005 - ⦿
Ricky Ponting – 120 and 143* – Australia v South Africa, 2006 - ⦿
Graeme Smith – 131 – South Africa v England, 2012 - ⦿
Hashim Amla – 134 – South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2017 - ⦿
Joe Root – 218 – England v India, 2021 - ⦿
David Warner – 100* – Australia v South Africa, 2022
Most Test a whole bunch as opener
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Sunil Gavaskar – 33 in 203 innings - ⦿
Alastair Cook – 31 in 278 innings - ⦿
Matthew Haydern – 30 in 184 innings - ⦿
Graeme Smith – 27 in 196 innings - ⦿
David Warner – 25 in 181 innings
Most a whole bunch as opener throughout codecs
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45 – David Warner* - ⦿
45 – Sachin Tendulkar - ⦿
42 – Chris Gayle - ⦿
41 – Sanath Jayasuriya - ⦿
40 – Matthew Hayden