Top 5 left-handed Australian Test openers of all time

#2 David Warner

There has probably never been a more unlikely candidate for the opening batsman's slot in the Australian Test team in the cricketing history of the country.

He came straight into the Australian T20 side prior to having even played in first-class cricket and two years later, he became the Test opener. Since then he has become one of the most destructive opening batsmen in the world and whatever chinks he had in his defensive technique were ironed out pretty soon.

Warner can take on the fastest of bowlers and although he has the requisite defensive technique, he prefers to attack them. A strike rate of 74.73 in 71 Test matches is a clear indication of the sort of competitive edge that he provides to the team.

Warner has scored 6107 runs at an average of 49.65 so far and has notched up 21 centuries, along with 27 half-centuries. By the time, he finishes his career, he will definitely be the highest scoring left-handed opener in Australian cricket history.