David Warner (cricketer)

David Warner (cricketer)

David Andrew Warner is an Australian international cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team. A left-handed opening batsman, he is the first Australian to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He served as the Australian vice-captain across Test and ODI formats of the game between 2015 and 2018. In November 2019, Warner scored the second-highest individual score for any Australian Test batsman with 335 not out against Pakistan. In March 2018, following a preliminary investigation into ball tampering by the Australian team in the third match of their Test series against South Africa, he was suspended, charged with bringing the game into disrepute.

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Summary David Warner (cricketer)David Andrew Warner is an Australian international cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team. A left-handed opening batsman, he is the first Australian to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He served as the Australian vice-captain across Test and ODI formats of the game between 2015 and 2018. In January 2017, he became the fourth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once and also win the award in consecutive years. In March 2018, following a preliminary investigation into ball tampering by the Australian team in the third match of their Test series against South Africa, he was suspended, charged with bringing the game into disrepute. Cricket Australia banned Warner from all international and domestic cricket in Australia for one year, and from any leadership positions permanently. In November 2019, Warner scored the second-highest individual score for any Australian Test batsman with 335 not out against Pakistan. Warner has been one of the most successful batsmen in the Indian Premier League. He has won the Orange Cap three times and has scored over 5000 runs. In the first season of the newly re-vamped Big Bash League, Warner was named as captain for the Sydney Thunder and in his first match for the Thunder scored 102 not out off just 51 balls with a strike rate of 200 runs per 100 balls. On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketers to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

He was contracted by Sunrisers Hyderabad for US$880,000 in the 2015 IPL auction. In 2017, Warner ended the season as the leading run scorer in the tournament, although he narrowly missed out on the SRH Orange cap. He also led the leading team for a second season in 2016, in which he led the team to its first championship with 69 runs off 38 balls in the final championship match. Warner played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season. He made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with the state team. On 29 November 2008, Warner hit his first domestic One Day century for New South Wales with a score of 165* against Tasmania at Hurstville Oval in Sydney. Warner made a record in KFC Twenty20 Big Bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. His top score was 51. Warner was signed by Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons. He played for Sydney Sixers in 2012–13 season. During the 2009 tournament, Warner played seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23. 28 and with aStrike-rate of 123. 48, His topscore was 51,  his top score for the 2011 IPL season was 51 in the second round of the Champions League.