Australian opening batsman David Warner is making many records one after the other. On Tuesday, he made a new record while playing against Pakistan. On the first day of the second Test being played at MCG, Warner broke the record of Australian legend Steve Waugh. With this, he became the second batsman to score the most runs for Australia in all three formats.
Only Behind Ricky Ponting
David Warner now has 18,502 runs in his name in 460 innings. Meanwhile, Steve Waugh has 18,496 runs in 548 innings. David Warner is now behind only Ricky Ponting in scoring the most runs for Australia. Ponting has 27,368 runs in his name in 667 innings. His average is 45.84. He is also number one in this matter. At the same time, David Warner is also number 2 in terms of average. His average is 42.63.
What a career!
Now behind only Ricky Ponting for men’s international runs for Australia ???????? #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/obvZcmn0cw
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, 2023
Sourav Came Close To Ganguly
Warner has now come close to Indian legend Sourav Ganguly in scoring the most runs in all three formats. Ganguly scored 18575 runs in 488 innings of 424 matches. Warner has registered 18,502 runs in his name. In such a situation, Warner has to score 74 more runs to break Ganguly’s record. By breaking Ganguly’s record, Warner will become the 16th batsman in the world to score the most runs in all three formats.
David Warner gets a life on two! Shaheen Afridi gets the ball swinging and Abdullah Shafique puts it down at first slip #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/EJc4AptxJk
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 25, 2023
Right on the stroke of lunch and it’s Agha Salman who gets the breakthrough for Pakistan! #PlayOfTheDay | @Nrmainsurance | #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/OjoYYJrLut
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, 2023
David Warner Was Out After Scoring 38 Runs
On the first day of the second Test, David Warner was out after scoring 38 runs in the first innings. Salman Ali Agha made him the victim by catching him in the slip by Babar Azam on the first ball of the 28th over. Earlier, Warner had got life on two runs. His catch was dropped in the slips. However, Captain Babar Azam later caught Warner and returned him to the pavilion.
