David Warner who recently joined the 100 Test club, ended his century drought in the Australia vs South Africa Test on Tuesday. Warner smashed his 25th Test ton and 45th international hundred after January 2020 and gave an answer to recent criticism in style. Moreover the star left hander continued his briiliant innings to hammer a double century. Warner hit a boundary on Lungi Ngidi's delivery to register the double ton in a special way. Warner's double century came off just 254 balls.
He became the second player in the world to hit double ton in their 100th Test match after Joe Root. England's Root had smashed 218 runs against India back in the year 2021.
Warner also hit his previous Test ton in Australia. Almost three years ago, the 35-year-old scored 111 against New Zealand in Sydney in the second innings of the game. He guided his team to a comfortable position to declare with a 415-run lead.
David Warner's performance in the previous 5 Test innings:
- AUS vs SA: 3 runs (17 December 2022)
- AUS vs SA: No runs scored (17 December 2022)
- AUS vs WI: 28 runs (8 December 2022)
- AUS vs WI: 21 runs (8 December 20220
- AUS vs WI: 48 runs (30 November 2022)
Australia's David Warner joined the 100 Test club on Monday in the second match against South Africa. He became only the third opener and the 14th player to play 100 Tests for his country. Before the match, Warner had scored 7922 runs at an average of 45.52 with a strike rate of 71.20.
Warner faced a lot of critricism on his current form in the longest format of cricket. Recently, former Australian player Simon O'Donnell took a dig at Warner suggesting him to consider retirement.
"I think he'd (Warner) be contemplating and possibly should (retire) at the end of the Sydney Test (third game against the Proteas from Jan 4-8, 2023)," O'Donnell said. We're not talking about David Warner in the last few innings, we're talking about David Warner in the last two years, he hasn't been the same player he was before then. That indicates to me that if David found form again, it's not going to be for long.We actually have a sample area over a long period of time where things haven't been up to standard, " O'Donnell had said.
However, with his brilliant comeback, he answered all the questions and showed his intent.
