Australia opener David Warner scored hisඣ maiden Test triple century as hosts continued to dominate Pakistan in the ongoing Pink Balꦫl Test at the Adelaide Oval.
Warner, whose previous high score was 253, hit an unbeaten 335 from 418 balls – the second-highest Test score by an Australian and 10th highest overall.
He passed Sir Donald Bradman and Mark Taylor’s mark of 334 before the Aussie skipper Tim Paine declared the first innings on 589/3.
Former🀅 opening batsman Matthew Hayden has the highest Test score by an Australian with his 380 not out against Zimbabwe 🐈in 2003.
The West Indies great B🦩rian Lara is the current world record holder with his unbeaten 400 against England in 2004.
Here's the view from the stands as David Warner made history in Adelaide!
Epic.
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Veteran England fast bowler Stuart Broad, who dismissed Warner at will during the 2019 Ashes in England, admitཧted on social media platform Instagram that Warner was in the vicinity of breaking the world record in Test cricket.
Here’s how Twitter reacted on Tim Paine’s declaration:
David Warner had the chance of beating Lara's 400 dont know why they declared
— Siddarth Pai (@siddarthpaim)
Big decision by Tim Paine to declare with Warner approaching Lara’s world record scor🍃e of 400. This is most admirable aspect of Aussie cricket: personal milestones secondary to team interest. Warner must rest conte🍎nt at getting past Bradman’s highest score. In itself huge!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Ha ha this declaratꦆion is typically Aussie way of playing🧸 cricket: game before self
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
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