new Delhi. David Warner created history on the second day of the Test match being played between Australia and South Africa. The performance of this Australian player was going on very poorly for some time, due to which he was on everyone’s target. Warner’s bat was calm for a long time of almost 3 years. The news had even reached that he could be dropped from the team. Although now in the ongoing Test against South Africa, Warner has rocked.
David Warner scored a century in his 100th Test. With this century, he became the 10th batsman to score a century in his 100th Test. Warner has also completed his 8000 runs in Test cricket. Now due to this century of the player, the position of the Australia team has become stronger in the second match of the series.
David Warner celebrates his 100th Test with a brilliant century ?
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— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2022
Let us tell you, David Warner has become the second Australian player to score a century in his 100th Test match. Earlier, Ricky Potting has done this feat. Now due to his brilliant performance, he has come after Virat Kohli in the list of active players with most centuries. In this list, there is only Virat Kohli, who is called the King of the Indian cricket team, who has 73 centuries in his name.
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Well played, David Warner! #PlayOfTheDay#AUSvSA , @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/DsgFyoBvLR
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2022
Batsmen who scored a century in their 100th Test
batsman run team opposition team field year
Colin Cowdrey 104 England Australia Birmingham 1968
Javed Miandad 145 Pakistan India Lahore 1989
Gordon Greenidge 149 West Indies England St John’s 1990
Alec Stewart 105 England West Indies Manchester 2000
Inzamam-ul-Haq 184 Pakistan India Bangalore 2005
Ricky Ponting 120 Australia South Africa Sydney 2006
Ricky Ponting 143* Australia South Africa Sydney 2006
Graeme Smith 131 South Africa England The Oval 2012
Hasim Amla 134 South Africa Sri Lanka Johannesburg 2017
Joe Route 218 England India Chennai 2021
David Warner 100* Australia South Africa Melbourne 2022