Australian opener David Warner was back at his rampaging best as he smashed 124 off just 119 balls, to give Australia the perfect start in the 4th ODI at Bengaluru.
Warner is also now second in the list most number of runs after 100 ODIs, the Southpaw is behind Hashim Amla, who had 4808 runs, but he is ahead of the likes of Kohli, Greenidge and Viv Richards.
Most ODI runs after 100 ODIs:
Before this innings, Warner was woefully out of form with scores of 18, 40*, 21, 25, 1 & 42 in his last 6 ODI innings. He was yet to post a 50-plus score, his longest barren streak since going 8 innings without a fifty all the way back between 2012 & 2013. It continues a broader theme: Warner just has not been able to crack it in Asia in ODIs.
Interestingly, Warner’s fifty-plus scores in Asia have only come at the end of series, be it his 56 against PAK came in the 3rd ODI of a 3-match series in 2014 or his 106 against Sri Lanka came in the 5th ODI of a 5-match series in 2016.
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David Warner reached the milestone of scoring a century in his 100th ODI with a four off the fifth ball of the 31st over, bowled by Kedar Jadhav.
In the process, David Warner became the first Australian Cricketer and also became the eighth player in the history of the game to do so.
The other 7 batsmen are- Gordon Greenidge(WI)
- Chris Cairns(NZ)
- Mohd Yousuf(Pak)
- Kumar Sangakkara(SL)
- Chris Gayle(WI)
- Marcus Trescothick(Eng)
- Ramnaresh Sarwan.(WI)
David Warner finally got out after making 124 off 119 balls, laced with 12 fours and four sixes, off the last ball of 35th over. Jadhav got the prize wicket for India thanks to a catch by Axar Patel.
Warner is also now second in the list most number of runs after 100 ODIs, the Southpaw is behind Hashim Amla, who had 4808 runs, but he is ahead of the likes of Kohli, Greenidge and Viv Richards.
Most ODI runs after 100 ODIs:
- H Amla – 4808
- D Warner – 4217
- G Greenidge – 4177
- Viv Richards – 4146
- Virat Kohli – 4107
Before this innings, Warner was woefully out of form with scores of 18, 40*, 21, 25, 1 & 42 in his last 6 ODI innings. He was yet to post a 50-plus score, his longest barren streak since going 8 innings without a fifty all the way back between 2012 & 2013. It continues a broader theme: Warner just has not been able to crack it in Asia in ODIs.
Interestingly, Warner’s fifty-plus scores in Asia have only come at the end of series, be it his 56 against PAK came in the 3rd ODI of a 3-match series in 2014 or his 106 against Sri Lanka came in the 5th ODI of a 5-match series in 2016.
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Interestingly, 8 players have achieved the feat of scoring a century in Test cricket too. They are Colin Cowdrey (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Gordon Greenidge, Alec Stewart (England), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Ricky Ponting (Australia, in both the innings) and Graeme Smith (South Africa).
Gordon Greenidge (WI)is the only player to achieve the feat in both Test and ODI.
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