David Warner Centuries

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

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.

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.

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