David Warner smashes his fifth ODI World Cup ton: Stats
David Warner has smoked a brilliant century versus Pakistan in match number 18 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Friday in Bengaluru. Warner and Mitchell Marsh handed the Aussies a solid start, adding 259 runs. Warner, who scripted several other records on his way to a century, was finally dismissed for 163. We decode his stats.
Warner makes Pakistan pay
Warner has batted well and ticked the boxes. Alongside Marsh, he kept the scoring high. Warner dispatched the bad balls, slamming fours and sixes. In the 13th over, Warner got to his fifty as the Aussies went past 100. Warner was earlier dropped by Usama Mir and he made the Pakistanis pay. He was also dropped by Abdullah Shafique after his century.
Warner slams his 5th World Cup ton; 21st in ODIs
Warner has raced to 21 ODI centuries, equaling the likes of Herschelle Gibbs and Ross Taylor. Versus Pakistan, he clocked his fourth ODI century (50s: 1). In the ODI World Cup history, the southpaw has raced to five World Cup centuries. He has become the joint-top centurion for Australia in World Cups, equaling Ricky Ponting. He also equaled former Lankan ace Kumar Sangakkara.
Warner has gone past 6,500 ODI runs
Warner has surpassed 6,500 ODI runs. He has also gone past Allan Border, who managed 6,524 runs for the Aussies. Warner has become the seventh-highest scorer for Australia in ODIs (6,625). The southpaw averages 45.37 in the format as his tally includes 31 fifties and 21 tons. Versus Pakistan, he has 839 runs at an average of 59.92.
World Cup: Warner becomes the second-highest scorer for Australia
Warner became the second-highest scorer for Australia at the ICC Cricket World Cup. Warner has surpassed the legendary Adam Gilchrist in terms of World Cup runs for the Aussies. Gilchrist scored 1,085 runs for the Aussies in ICC World Cup from 31 games at 36.16.
Warner smashes four successive ODI centuries versus Pakistan
Warner has smashed four successive ODI tons versus Pakistan. Before this knock, he registered scores of 107(111), Taunton, CWC 2019, 179(128), Adelaide, 2017, and 130(119), Sydney, 2017. As per Cricbuzz, Warner has equaled the record of Virat Kohli in terms of most consecutive ODI hundreds against a team. Kohli smashed four hundreds in a row versus West Indies.
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Warner slammed his 7th score of 150-plus in ODI cricket. He is only behind Rohit Sharma (8). Warner smoked his third 150-plus score in the ODI World Cups; no other player has done that more than once.
Decoding Warner's ODI numbers
In 154 matches, Warner has 6,625 runs. His 163 consisted of 14 fours and nine sixes. As per ESPNcricinfo, he has surpassed 700 fours in ODIs now (705). In 33 matches on Asian soil, Warner has clocked 1,304 runs at 40.75. He slammed his fourth ODI century in Asia. In India, the southpaw owns 803 runs at 53.53. Warner also has 1,220 WC runs.
