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David Warner
Australia
Personal Information
Born Oct 27, 1986 (33 years) Birth Place Paddington, New South Wales Height 1.70 m
Role Batsman Batting Style Left Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm legbreak ICC
Rankings TestODIT20Batting 5 6 25 Bowling -- -- -- Career InformationTeams
Australia, Delhi Capitals, New South Wales, Middlesex, Cricket Australia Chairmans
XI, Sydney Thunder, Sydney Sixers, Australians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Winnipeg
Hawks, St Lucia Zouks, Sylhet Sixers, Australia A
David Warner had one of the most memorable debuts in international cricket, when he
was plucked from obscurity - without having played a single First-Class match - and
made a stunning 89 off...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 84 155 7 7244 335 48.95 9942 72.86 24 2 30 852 56
ODI 119 117 5 5136 179 45.86 5353 95.95 18 0 20 539 81
T20I 76 76 8 2079 100 30.57 1476 140.85 1 0 15 204
86
IPL 126 126 17 4706 126 43.17 3305 142.39 4 0 44 459
180
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 84 19 342 269 4 2/45 2/45 4.72 67.25 85.5 0 0
ODI 119 1 6 8 0 0/8 0/8 8.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
T20I 76 - - - - - - - - - - -
IPL 126 - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Information
Test debut vs New Zealand at The Gabba, Dec 01, 2011 Last Test vs New Zealand at
Sydney Cricket Ground, Jan 03, 2020 ODI debut vs South Africa at Bellerive Oval,
Jan 18, 2009 Last ODI vs India at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Jan 19, 2020 T20 debut vs
South Africa at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jan 11, 2009 Last T20 vs Pakistan at
Perth Stadium, Nov 08, 2019 IPL debut vs Chennai Super Kings at The Wanderers
Stadium, May 02, 2009 Last IPL vs Kings XI Punjab at Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium, Apr 29, 2019 ProfileDavid Warner had one of the most memorable debuts in
international cricket, when he was plucked from obscurity - without having played a
single First-Class match - and made a stunning 89 off 43 balls in a T20l against
South Africa. The innings was all the more remarkable due to its timing, coming as
it did after a morale-shattering home Test series loss for Australia in 2008-09.

With T20 success, he made his ODI debut against the South Africans in Hobart. An
aggressive 69 in just his second ODI seemed to confirm the rare talent of Warner.
However, as the ODIs progressed, his form dipped and he was axed before forcing his
way back into the side. He continued to impress in the T20 format of the game, and
was one of the few bright spots during Australia's first round exit in the 2009
edition of the World T20 in England.

With a slot opening up in the Australian Test squad, Warner was one among the many
choices. Already a regular in the ODI line-up, Warner made his Test debut against
New Zealand in the Australian summer of 2011. After a modest debut at the Gabba,
Warner came into his own with a career-defining century in Hobart. He belied
expectations and became the 13th Australian opener to carry his bat through an
innings. If the knock in Hobart was full of grit and determination, he showed
another side of his batting abilities when he blasted a listless Indian bowling
attack to all parts of the WACA during a stunning career-best knock of 180.

Warner’s aggressive touch at the top of the order was in full flow once again when
he creamed a superb 119 against a top notch South African attack at the Adelaide
Oval in 2012. On 12th June 2013, Warner was dropped for Australia's second match in
2013 ICC Champions Trophy game against New Zealand for disciplinary reasons. It
later emerged that he had tried to punch Joe Root. The event happened hours after
Saturday's loss to England at Edgbaston. On 13th June 2013, the board announced
that Warner was to be fined £7,000 (AU $11,500) and would not play for his country
until the first Ashes Test on 10th July, 2013. Warner, subsequently, missed the
rest of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and the tour matches against Somerset and
Worcestershire.

A month later on 27th July 2013, while playing for Australia 'A' against South
Africa 'A' in Pretoria, Warner was involved in an on-field altercation with South
Africa 'A' wicket-keeper, Thami Tsolekile. This was deemed serious enough for the
umpires to step in twice, however, no formal complaints were made. He scored 193 in
that match and he was eventually forgiven and was drafted into the Australian side
for the third Test against England. What followed was even more comical as he
'hooked' one to Root and was caught on the boundary.

In the Ashes series in Australia in 2013-14, he scored runs freely and emerged as
the highest run-scorer. He scored 523 runs from five matches at an average of
58.11, which included two hundreds and two fifties. Despite his heroics, Delhi
didn't retain him for the IPL season 2014 and he was later snapped up in the
auctions in February 2014 by Hyderabad for a whopping amount of Rs 5.5 crores.

Warner bettered his own effort in The Ashes 2013-14 by once again becoming the
highest run-getter in the three-match Test series against the No.1 ranked team
South Africa. He scored a mind-blowing 543 runs from six innings at an average of
90.50, which included three hundreds, with two of those hundreds coming in the last
Test. He was rightly declared as the Man of the Series.

Warner continued to do well in all formats and also scored a fine hundred in the
first Test of Australia's UAE tour in 2014. He scored a fifty in the home ODI
series against South Africa to stay in good shape and smashed three hundreds
against India in the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy to hurt the visitors badly.
Warner was the second highest run-scorer for Australia in the 2015 World Cup. He
amassed 345 runs in 8 games, which included a dashing 178 against Afghanistan,
helping Australia to post 417 on board - the highest ever World Cup total.

Warner was named the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eighth edition of the
IPL. Just like many of his colleagues, Warner had his share of problems against the
swinging ball during 2015 Ashes in England. The stocky Aussie compiled some
fighting knocks and was one among the top three run-getters for his side during the
all-important series. The pocket-rocket though had an incredible home summer (2016)
as he struck 3 successive centuries against the Kiwis and was fittingly adjudged
Man of the Series.

He backed it up with 82-ball 100 against the Windies at the SCG in the Pink Test.
What followed wasn't quite usual for Warner as he failed to repeat similar
performances in New Zealand (both in Tests and ODIs). As if that wasn't enough, he
was pushed down the order in T20Is which didn't work in his and the team favour. He
had a miserable World T20 (2016), but helped SRH win their maiden title in the IPL.

He's never far from controversy, but what happened on the 2018 tour to South Africa
could unfortunately be how his career is remembered. On that fateful afternoon of
24th March in Cape Town, when the cameras spotted Cameron Bancroft using a
sandpaper to rub the ball, a crime he later accepted at the end of the day,
Warner's name cropped up as being part of the 'leadership group' along with captain
Steve Smith in a pre-meditated crime. What followed was massive outburst all over
the cricketing world, with even the Prime Minister of Australia calling for action
against these 'cheats'.

A Cricket Australia interrogation soon followed, leading to Warner being slapped

with a one-year ban. The subsequent fallout included him losing out on his
lucrative IPL deal and brand contracts. It was a tough one year for Warner but he
seems to have returned a stronger and hungrier man, as evident from his mind-
boggling run in the 2019 IPL. It was a no-brainer for Australia to welcome him back
to their squads and Warner continues to be a gun batsman for Australia, more so in
the shorter formats.

IPL through the years

Overseas players are a prized asset to any franchise in the IPL, or any league for
that matter. That David Warner has been the most successful overseas batsman in the
history of the IPL is saying something. He has scored over 4000 runs over the years
in the IPL, with 35 half-centuries and 3 hundreds at a strike-rate in the low 140s
and an impressive average of 40.55. Warner has been a key player at the top of the
order for the franchises he has represented - Delhi Daredevils from 2009 to 2013,
and the Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2014. Warner had an average first season with the
Daredevils, scoring at an average of 23, and a relatively low strike rate in the
120s.

The switch to the Sunrisers worked wonders for the southpaw, after he was
contracted by the franchise for US$880,000. In 2015, Warner was given the
leadership role for SRH. He failed to take his side through to the playoffs, but he
won himself the orange cap in the 2015 season for scoring the most number of runs
(562). In the following season, he went a step further, leading his side to their
maiden title in 2016 by beating RCB in the final. He contributed handsomely in the
final, with a 38-ball 69, and ended the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer
(848). His side failed to make the final in 2017, but he won himself his second
Orange cap (641 runs at 58.27). However, he was banned by the BCCI from playing the
2018 IPL season after ball-tampering allegations in the Newlands Test. He has been
cleared to return for the 2019 season, but has been barred from a leadership role.
However, as a batsman, he continues to remain a vital cog in the SRH top order and
a phenomenal 2019 season where he got the Orange Cap, once again proved the point.

World Cup through the years

The 2019 edition will be Warner’s second World Cup, having been a part of the 2015
tournament at home which was won by the Aussies. He didn’t have a great tournament
by his standards, his statistics boosted largely due to the daddy hundred that he
got against Afghanistan. Still, he often got the team off to a flier and that
helped Australia get early impetus in their innings. Four years later, Warner is a
more matured man by on-field and off-field experiences. While he continues to be a
nightmare for bowlers, what’s more ominous is his newly found ability to bat long
and deep into an innings. Needless to say, he will be a key man for Australia in
the 2019 World Cup.

by Cricbuzz staff
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