The veteran David Warner made a sensational return to worldwide cricket by smashing a quickfire fifty towards West Indies in the primary T20I match on Friday, February 9. Warner led Australia to an exhilarating 11-run win towards the Caribbean facet to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match collection at residence.
Warner, taking part in his first worldwide match since saying retirement from Tests and ODIs a month in the past, captained the workforce in the opening recreation towards West Indies at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Warner opened an innings with in-form Josh Inglis and top-scored with 70 runs off 36 balls.Â
The 37-year-old legend took solely 21 balls to achieve the 50-run mark and grew to become the first-ever cricketer in the world to attain 100 fifties in T20 cricket. Warner additionally emulated legendary Virat Kohli and Ross Taylor to change into the one third cricketer to play 100 or extra worldwide matches throughout every format.
Ross Taylor achieved this historic feat in February 2020 and then Kohli grew to become the primary Indian to play the a centesimal match in all three codecs in 2022. Now Warner grew to become the primary Australian cricketer to hundred matches in all three codecs and celebrated the big day with an enormous fifty.Â
Warner performed 112 Tests and 161 ODI matches for Australia scoring over 15,000 runs. He registered his twenty fifth T20I fifty and is closing in on a 3,000-run mark in T20Is as properly.
Meanwhile, Warner’s heroics boosted Australia to a complete of 213/7 whereas batting first on Friday. Tim David additionally added a fast 37 off 14 balls and in-form Inglis smashed 39 off 25 balls. Then West Indies additionally loved a powerful begin with Brandon King smashing a fifty and Johnson Charles including 42 off 25 balls. But three wickets from Adam Azama and two from Marcus Stoinis helped Australia prohibit West Indies to 202/8 and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match collection.
