Top 5 Cricketers of the Week: 28th December – 3rd January

#5 David Warner – 113

David Warner is off to a great start in Test cricket this year

Warner is in the form of his life and he is definitely making it count. Warner smashed an incredible 95-ball 113 with a strike-rate of 118.94 at the Sydney Cricket Ground making a good Pakistan bowling attack look pedestrian. Warner was out when the score was 151 in just the 33^rd over and he made 113 of those runs, which shows how dominating his innings was.

That is why, we pick him ahead of his opening partner, the 20-year old Matt Renshaw, who made his maiden century in only his fourth Test and has already broken into the top 10 highest scores at the SCG by an opener – 167*. Nevertheless, it was largely Warner’s innings that deflated the Pakistan bowling as Australia ended the day on 365 for 3. Warner’s innings was studded with 17 fours and surprisingly, no sixes at all.