David Warner is an Australian national cricketer who plays for Australia at international level and New South Wales in the country's domestic competitions. The player also plays in a couple of franchise tournaments like Big Bash League (Sydney Thunder) and Indian Premier League (Delhi Capitals).
Warner made his international debut for Australia on January 11, 2009 and since then has been an integral part of their setup across all formats of the game. He has also served as the vice-captain of Australia under Steve Smith in Tests and ODIs and was the captain of the T20I side for a brief period.
He was one of the rare talents in Australian cricket to have made his international debut in a T20 International game against South Africa without playing a single first-class match. He stunned the entire nation with his brisk 89 runs off 43 balls on T20I debut which allowed him a place in the ODI team as well.
Warner is a destructive opener who has made the bowlers sweat on the field to strive for his wicket. Over the years, Warner has turned into a mature batter and can play longer innings in white-ball formats.
Warner has amassed 16485 runs in 332 international games at an average of 42.81 for Australia across all formats. He is the sixth most run-scorer of Australia overall and the highest among active Aussies. The left-handed batter has also decorated his career with 43 international hundreds - 24 in Tests, 18 ODIs and 1 T20Is.
David Warner Centuries: Tests, ODIs and T20Is
Test centuries
Warner made his Test debut two years after breaking into Australia's white-ball teams. He has amassed 7817 runs in 96 Test matches at an average of 46.53 with 34 fifties and 24 centuries.
Warner achieved his first Test century against New Zealand in just his second match in December 2011. He scored 180 against India in the third Test in Perth in January 2012.
During the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town in 2014, Warner scored twin tons - 135 and 145 - as Australia secured a comprehensive victory by 245 runs.
In the same year later, Warner hit another set of Test hundreds against India in the first match in Adelaide with scores of 145 and 102 to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series. He notched another three-figure score of 102 in the Sydney Test against India which ended in a drawn affair.
Warner slammed his first double-hundred in Test cricket against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in November 2015. He scored 253 with the help of 24 boundaries and two sixes to put his side in a commanding position of 559 in the first innings.
In November 2019, Warner had a colossal series with the bat against Pakistan. The flamboyant left-hander accumulated 489 runs in just two innings. Starting the series with 154 at the Gabba and followed with a splendorous 335 not out in Adelaide. If not for the declaration by then Australia captain Tim Paine, Warner would have probably breached legendary West Indies batter Brian Lara's 400.
List of David Warner Test centuries
No | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
1 | 123* | New Zealand | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | December 9, 2011 | Lost |
2 | 180 | India | The WACA, Perth | January 13, 2012 | Won |
3 | 119 | South Africa | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | November 22, 2012 | Drawn |
4 | 124 | England | The Gabba, Brisbane | November 21, 2013 | Won |
5 | 112 | England | The WACA, Perth | December 13, 2013 | Won |
6 | 115 | South Africa | SuperSport Park, Centurion | February 12, 2014 | Won |
7 | 135 | South Africa | Newlands, Cape Town | March 1, 2014 | Won |
8 | 145 | South Africa | Newlands, Cape Town | March 1, 2014 | Won |
9 | 133 | Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | October 22, 2014 | Lost |
10 | 145 | India | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | December 9, 2014 | Won |
11 | 102 | India | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | December 9, 2014 | Won |
12 | 101 | India | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 6, 2015 | Drawn |
13 | 163 | New Zealand | The Gabba, Brisbane | November 5, 2015 | Won |
14 | 116 | New Zealand | The Gabba, Brisbane | November 5, 2015 | Won |
15 | 253 | New Zealand | The WACA, Perth | November 13, 2015 | Drawn |
16 | 122* | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 3, 2016 | Drawn |
17 | 144 | Pakistan | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | December 26, 2016 | Won |
18 | 113 | Pakistan | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 3, 2017 | Won |
19 | 112 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | August 27, 2017 | Lost |
20 | 123 | Bangladesh | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | September 4, 2017 | Won |
21 | 103 | England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | December 26, 2017 | Drawn |
22 | 154 | Pakistan | The Gabba, Brisbane | November 21, 2019 | Won |
23 | 335* | Pakistan | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | November 29, 2019 | Won |
24 | 111* | New Zealand | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 3, 2020 | Won |
ODIs
It took 19 One-Day International innings for Warner to attain his first three-digit score in the 50-over format. He scored 163 against Sri Lanka in the 2012 Commonwealth Bank series first final. He followed up with a consecutive century in the second final in Adelaide.
During the 2015 World Cup hosted in Australia, Warner recorded his highest World Cup score in a group stage fixture against Afghanistan. He made 178 in 133 balls, his innings was studded with 19 fours and five sixes.
A valiant 173 off 136 balls by Warner went in vain against South Africa in the fifth ODI in Cape Town. Australia were chasing 328 to avoid a whitewash but Warner was the lone warrior wielding his willow against the likes of Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abott. Australia fell 31 runs short of the target.
Warner scored his third 150-plus score - 156 - in the third ODI versus New Zealand at MCG on December 9, 2016. He recorded his career-best figures of 179 against Pakistan at one his favorite venues - Adelaide Oval.
Warner finished as the second highest run-scorer in the 2019 World Cup in England. He was just one run short of Rohit Sharma's 648-run mark in the marquee event. Warner scored 647 runs at an average of 71.88 with three half-centuries and three centuries.
No | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
1 | 163 | Sri Lanka | The Gabba, Brisbane | March 4, 2012 | Won |
2 | 100 | Sri Lanka | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | March 6, 2012 | Lost |
3 | 127 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 16, 2015 | Won |
4 | 178 | Afghanistan | The WACA, Perth | March 4, 2015 | Won |
5 | 122 | India | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 23, 2016 | Lost |
6 | 109 | South Africa | Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis | June 11, 2016 | Won |
7 | 106 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele | September 4, 2016 | Won |
8 | 117 | South Africa | Kingsmead, Durban | October 5, 2016 | Lost |
9 | 173 | South Africa | Newlands, Cape Town | October 12, 2016 | Lost |
10 | 119 | New Zealand | Manuka Oval, Canberra | December 6, 2016 | Won |
11 | 156 | New Zealand | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | December 9, 2016 | Won |
12 | 130 | Pakistan | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | January 22, 2017 | Won |
13 | 179 | Pakistan | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | January 26, 2017 | Won |
14 | 124 | India | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | September 28, 2017 | Won |
15 | 107 | Pakistan | County Ground, Taunton | June 12, 2019 | Won |
16 | 166 | Bangladesh | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | June 20, 2019 | Won |
17 | 122 | South Africa | Old Trafford, Manchester | July 6, 2019 | Lost |
18 | 128* | India | Wankhede, Mumbai | January 14, 2020 | Won |
T20Is
As of November 2022, Warner has scored 2869 runs in 98 T20I matches for Australia at a strike rate of 141.33. He is the second-highest run-getter for Australia in the shortest format behind Aaron Finch (3120).
The Australian opener has accounted for 24 half-centuries in the shortest format of the game and has managed to reach the three-figure mark only once. He scored a remarkable 56-ball 100 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Adelaide to help Australia post their highest T20I total of 233/2 on home soil.
No | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
1 | 100* | Sri Lanka | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | October 27, 2019 | Won |
David Warner T20 centuries in franchise cricket
Warner has hit seven T20 hundreds apart from his solitary century in international cricket. Warner has majorly played in Indian Premier League and was part of the initial years of Big Bash League. He scored his first hundred in the format for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2010.
Warner was the highest run-getter in the 2011 Champions League T20 with 328 runs in five innings at 109.33. Playing for his domestic team, New South Wales, Warnet hit successive centuries against CSK (135*) and RCB (123*).
He became the first player to score a century in the Big Bash League during a match between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars in the inaugural edition of BBL (2011-12).
Warner has scored two centuries each for Delhi and Hyderabad outfits in the IPL.
List of David Warner T20 centuries
No | Score | Team | Opponent | Venue | Date | Result |
1 | 107* | Delhi Daredevils | Kolkata Knight Riders | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi | March 29, 2010 | Won |
2 | 135* | New South Wales | Chennai Super Kings | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | October 4, 2011 | Won |
3 | 123* | New South Wales | Royal Challengers Bangalore | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | October 7, 2011 | Lost |
4 | 102* | Sydney Thunder | Melbourne Stars | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | December 17, 2011 | Won |
5 | 109* | Delhi Daredevils | Deccan Chargers | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | May 10, 2012 | Won |
6 | 126 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | April 30, 2017 | Won |
7 | 100* | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | March 31, 2019 | Won |