David Warner hits century in 100th Test | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Australia’s veteran opener David Warner roared again to type by slamming a century in his one centesimal Test on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
The left-handed batsman, who ended his virtually three-year century drought, achieved the milestone on Day 2 of the second Test towards South Africa.
In the method, the 36-year-old additionally grew to become the eighth Australian to finish 8,000 Test runs.

With this, Warner has turn out to be the tenth participant to smash a century in his one centesimal Test, with the opposite batters being: Colin Cowdrey (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Gordon Greenidge (West Indies), Alec Stewart (England), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Ricky Ponting (Australia), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Joe Root (England).
He can also be the one second Australian to hit a century in his one centesimal Test after Ricky Ponting slammed twin tons (120 and 143*) towards South Africa again in 2006, which was his one centesimal Test.
It was his first Test century since January 2020 as he proved the doubters unsuitable with an aggressive 144-ball knock, hitting eight fours.
He introduced up his twenty fifth century with a boundary, punching the air in celebration.
He had insisted earlier than the match that “you’re never out of form”.
“They’re not the words that I use and they’re definitely not used in our change rooms,” he mentioned. “It’s about (being) out of runs.”