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DAVID WARNER is an Australian International Cricketer. He is well known for his entertaining abilities and putting pressure on the opposite team. Whenever the mighty Australia team crumbles to fight David warner stands for the rescue. Standing alone surviving for the win in every format of the game, it’s doesn’t matter the game is in the whites or the white ball. The hunger of scoring runs is always found in the nature of David Warner . Or we can say David Warner is the general who stands for the victory of the mighty Australian Cricket Team.
The Australian Cricket team never lost a match while Warner scored big runs against any team. Warner is kind of player who ensured his position in everything national and international leagues in the world. And a Colourful well behaved human being to.
EARLY LIFE OF DAVID WARNER
David Andrew Warner or David Warner was born on 27th October in the year of 1986 at Paddington, a suburb area in eastern Sydney. Warner show more talent than his parents expected, While only being aged 13 years his coach tried to switch him as a righty batsman because warner kept hitting the ball into the air.
However his mother, Lorraine Warner (née Orange), encouraged him to return to batting left-handed and he broke the under-16’s run-scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then 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. Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School.
DOMESTIC CRICKET LIFE OF DAVID WARNER
On 29th November Warner hits his frist domestic one day national Century for New South Wales team scoreing a 165* against Tasmania at Hurstville Oval in Sydney. This brilliant inning got him the highest one day record score by a Blues player. In the reverse fixture at Hobart, he backed it up with a 97 runs only faced 54 balls faced narrow missed century in Domestic Cricket of Australia.
David warner made his frist class playing debut for Southern New Wales against The Western Australia in the Final match of the 2008-09 Sheffield Shield Season at Sydney cricket ground on the date of 5th – 8th March 2009. Batting only once and comeing with a score of 42 Runs only facing 48 balls while batting at No Six in the batting order. Playing in the New south Wales, David warner broke the record of the highest Australian one day domestic score, he scored 197 runs in just 141 balls with 20 fours and 10 Sixes, crossing the Jimmy Mahers pervious record of 187.
BIG BASH LEAGUE OF DAVID WARNER
In the year of 2009 David warner set a new record for the fastest half century scored in the Domestic T20 cricket, completing his 59 in just 18 balls against Tasmania. In the frist season of the newly re-Vamped Big Bash League, warner was named as captain fir the Sydney Thunders and scored 102 not out in just 51 balls in his 1st match for the new team. Warner played for the Sydney Sixes in 2012 – 13 season.
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Warner is one of finest IPL purchase for any IPL franchise. Scoring over 6,000 runs and winning the orange cap award for the highest run scorer for the any franchise he was (3 times). At 2009 warner was signed by Delhi Daredevils and playing fir the team untill 2013. Following season David warner was purchased by Sunrisers Hyderabad for US $880,000. In the year of 2015 he was appointed as the captain of the team and ended the season with being the leading run scorer of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Following year 2016 David warner continues the captaincy of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Winning the teams frist championship scoring 69 runs in 38 balls in the finals against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Finished that season with 848 runs under his belt. At 2017 waner broke his own record of 109 Runs not out by scoring 126 Runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Warner temporary stepped down from cricket because of the ball tampering affairs in South Africa and the Board of Control for Cricket Council in Indian Banned Warner from plaing Indian Premier League matches through out the season. Returning in 2019 with a unbeaten 85 Runs in frist match and a unbeaten century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He left 2019 IPL season for the upcoming preparation of One Day international World Cup 2019 with 692 runs in his pocket. In February 2020 against signed as the capital replacing Kane Williamson.
That year ge complete the achievement of 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League in just 135 innings. 2021 Warner was replaced as captain by Kane Williamson and being dropped in 2nd half of the tournament. At 2022 India premier League auction Hyderabad choose not to pick Warner ahead and he was bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.25 Cr ( round figure ₹6.6 Cr or US $830,000 in 2023 ). He finishes the season with 432 Runs. In 2023 Delhi again retained him to follow up Injured Rishan Pant, once again finishing with 516 runs for this side.
OTHER T-20 CRICKET
David Warner has played in England fir Durhamm and Middlesexx Country Crucket Clubs. In 2018 he captained winnipeg Hawks in the frist season of the Global T20 Canada tournament and in 2019 played in the Bangladesh Premier League for Sylhet Sixes. In November 2024 , David Warner was rumored to join the Lahore Qalandars with inclusion in the 2024 Pakistan Super League season.
DEBUT SEASON OF DAVID WARNER
Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. Warner Was the first man since 1877 to represent Australia without having played in a first-class match. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty-20 International debut.
He made his Test debut on 1 December 2011 against New Zealand at Brisbane, Queensland in the first Test of the Trans-Tasman Trophy due to an injury to Shane Watson. He made three runs in the first innings. In the second innings he scored 12 not out off four balls, scoring the winning runs with a pull shot through mid on. On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty-20 international against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he made 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 came in just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19.
BATTING STYLE OF DAVID WARNER
Warner is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style favoring the aerial route and for his ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right handed stance. He prefers to score on his off side, and has a very high strike rate as a Test batsman. In all Of the test centuries (as of 26 December 2017), he had never had a strike rate of below 52.5, and only 3 of below 72. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is rare in that he mixes medium-pace bowling with his more usual leg spin bowling. At 170 cm in stature, Warner generates his batting power from strong forearms and his low centre of gravity allows him to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.
WARNER LEADING INTERNATIONAL CAPTAINCY
When regular captain Steve Smith was rested for the end of the 2016 ODI series against Sri Lanka, Warner led the team for rest of the tour. In the fifth ODI at Pallekele, Warner scored the first century by an Australian batsmen in Sri Lanka in an ODI. Australia won all five matches he captained (three ODIs and two T20Is), won the ODI series 4–1 and the T20I series 2– 0. He again deputised as captain for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series (also involving New Zealand and England), with Australia winning the competition.
BALL TAMPERING SUSPENSION
On the morning of 25 March 2018, during the same match, Smith and Warner were forced to step down as captain and vice-captain of the Australian team, but still took to the field, after the ICC found Smith Guilty of being “party to a decision to attempt to change the condition of the ball“. The day before,opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was seen using yellow sandpaper for ball tampering during South Africa’s second innings. Smith had admitted thatthe “leadership group” had discussed ball tampering during the lunch break, but did not name those involved.
Cricket Australia launched a separate investigation into the incident as a matter of urgency, led by Executive general manager Team Performance Pat Howard, along with Senior Legal Counsel and Head Of Integrity Iain Roy. Their interviews of players and support staff began on 26 March 2018.CA CEO James Sutherland joined the investigators in South Africa. On 27 March 2018, before the findings of that investigation were handed down, specialist opening batter Matt Renshaw was urgently recalled tothe squad from Australia for the Fourth Test.On 27 March 2018, Sutherland announced that as a result of the preliminary investigation Smith, Warner and Bancroft had been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, suspended and sent home. He said that further sanctions against the trio would be announced within 24 hours. He added that as well as Renshaw,Joe Burns and Glenn Maxwell had been recalled to the squad for the Fourth Test to replace them.
While he also announced that Tim Paine had been appointed asthe captain for the upcoming Fourth Test, there was no announcement as to who would fill Warner’s previous role as vice-captain.The Cricket Australia board convened on 28 March 2018 to determine the sanctions to be imposed on Smith, Warner and Bancroft. Warner was found to be responsible forthe development of the plan to alter the condition of the ball and instructing Bancroft on how to do it,including demonstrating the technique to him.Hewas also found to have misled match officials by concealing his knowledge of the plan and not voluntarily reporting his involvement. As a result,Warner was banned from playing international and Australian domestic cricket for 1 year, must perform100 hours of community service, and was permanently banned from leadership positions
At the same time, Warner’s contract with personal sponsor LG Electronics was due for renewal. 28th March 2018,they announced that they had decided not to continue their commercial relationship with him inlight of the recent controversial events and dropped him as the brand ambassador of the LG Electronic Company.
Later that day, Warner’s contract with Asics was terminated; the company announced that it was a result of the prior weekend’s events in Cape Town and following the sanctions made by Cricket Australia. On 28 March 2018, it was announced by a team executive that Warner had stood down from the captaincy of his IPL team, Sunrisers Hyderabad,and after the Cricket Australia sanctions announced,Warner was banned from the 2018 IPL. Warner broke his silence by posting on Twitter on 29 March. He apologized for his part in the incident, and took responsibility for it.He said that he would spend some time with his family, friends and trusted advisers, and would make another statement in the coming days. In April 2018, Surrey head coach and former Australian cricketer Michael Di Venuto stated that he would be open to David Warner and Steven Smith playing for his country team.
COMMING BACK FROM BANNED
In April 2019, he was named in Australia’s squad forthe 2019 Cricket World Cup.After missing the 2018–19 season, Warner was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2019–20 season. On 1 June 2019, Warner played in Australia’s opening match of the Cricket World Cup, against Afghanistan, at the County Ground in Bristol and was awarded player of the match for scoring 89 not out off 114 balls. He was also named player of the match in Australia’s third match against Pakistan.
Here he made 107, his first century on returning to international cricket.On 20 June 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Warner scored 166 runs, becoming the first batsman to score two 150+ scores in the Cricket World Cup. Nine days later, in the match against New Zealand, Warner scored his 13,000th run in international cricket. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Australia and with 647 runs in ten matches, he also finished as the second highest run-scorer in the entire tournament behind Rohit Sharma.In July 2019, he was named in Australia’s squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. However, he had a poor series, scoring only 95 runs over 10 innings at an average of 9.5. His only score of note was 61 at Headingley, that being his only score above 50, whilst he made a pair at Old Trafford and was dismissed seven times by Stuart Broad during the series.
On 27 October 2019, in the first T20I match against Sri Lanka, Warner scored his first century in T20I cricket,from just 56 balls, becoming the third Australian Batsman to score centuries in all three formats of the international game after Shane Watson and Glenna Maxwell. He continued his good form with an unbeaten 60 in the second T20I and 57 in the third. He scored a total of 217 runs (most ever runs by an Australian in a three-match T20I series) and was awarded the player of the series.On 30 November2019, Warner scored his maiden Test Triple century,scoring 335 not out against Pakistan, which is conditions individual score for an Australian Test Batsman behind Matthew Hayden’s 380 and also saw Warner surpassing the record of Azhar Ali’s 302 to register the highest ever individual score in an innings of a day/night test match. He also became the second batsman to score a triple century in a pink ball test.
n 14 January 2020, in the first ODI match against Indian, Warner completed his 5000 runs in One Day Internationals becoming the fastest Australian and fourth fastest batsman in the world to reach this milestone. On 16 July 2020, Warner was named ina 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 August 2020,Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Warner included in the touring party.
Warner was included in the ODI, T20I and Test squad for India’s tour of Australia taking place from November 2020 to January 2021. After scoring 69 and 83 runs in the first and second ODI respectively, he sustained a groin injury while fielding in the second innings of the second ODI and was ruled out for the remaining ODI, T20Is and the first two Tests.
In August 2021, Warner was named in Australia’s squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. He entered the T20 World Cup following a disappointing IPL season with Sunrisers Hyderabad, however he quickly turned around his form around and went on to play a crucial role for Australia in the tournament. He scored 289 runs (second-highest in the tournament) with three half-centuries including one in the final where he scored 53 off 38 balls helping Australia win their maiden T20 World Cup and was named Player of the Tournament. 2021 in the month of November Warner was made into the Australian squad of ashes. He scored 273runs across 8 innings at an average of 34.12, he scored two fifties and also made a pair at Hobart inthe series.
During Australia’s 2022 tour of Pakistan, Warner failed to impress, scoring 169 runs in 5 innings, at an average of 33.80 and scored 2 fifties with a high score of 68. Warner had also missed the 3 match ODI series and the one-off T20I. However, Warner performed considerably better against Sri Lanka during Australia’s 2022 tour of Sri Lanka; as he scored 130 runs in 3 innings, at an average of 65.00, with a high score of 70 during the T20I series and was the leading run scorer. Warner was not able to translate this during the ODI series, as he scored 155 runs in five innings at and average of 31.0 and reached a high score of 99 during the fourth ODI, before being stumped by Niroshan Dickwella.
Its the second time when a a batsman was dismissed on 99 in an ODI by the way of stumping, the first being VVS Laxman in November2002. Warner failed to impress again during the test series, as during the first innings of the first test, he scored 25 runs off of 24 balls before being dismissed.In the second innings, Warner scored a four and a sixto win the first test match by 10 wickets, as the target was 5 runs.[151] In the first innings of the second test,Warner scored 5 runs off of 13 balls before being dismissed. He scored 24 runs off of 44 balls in the second innings, where Australia collapsed and were bowled out for 151 runs. Sri Lanka won the second test match by an innings an 39 runs and drew the series 1–1.Warner finished the test series with 64runs in 4 innings, with a high score of 25 and a batting average of 21.33.
In September 2022, Warner was named in Australia’s Squad for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. He had a poor performance. Warner made his return to form in series against England, in the first match he scored 86 runs. In the final match of series, he scored a century and his 269 run partnership with Travis Head was the highest stand for any wicket in ODIs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he was also named Player of the series. On 27 December, Warner scored a double century in the second Test in the series against South Africa, this was Warner’s first test ton since January 2020.On a day with many milestones, Warner passed 8000 test runs. He also became the first Australian since Ricky Ponting to score a century and only the second batsman to score a double century in his 100th test match.In the 2023 Ashes, Warner scored 285 runs at average of 28.50. He only passed 50 twice with a highest score of only 66.
In September 2023, Warner was named in Australia’s squad for 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India. In the fourth group stage match against Pakistan, he scored an impressive 163 runs off 124 balls and helped Australia win by 62 runs. Five days later, he scored his second consecutive century in the World Cup against Netherlands and surpassed Ricky Ponting to score the most centuries in the World Cup (6) by an Australian. In the final, Warner missed out with the bat scoring 7 off 3 balls but put in a strong fielding display as Australia beat India to clinch their sixth World Cup title with Warner winning his second. He finished as Australia’s top run scorer with 535 runs which included two centuries and two half centuries.
RETIREMENT OF PURE LEGEND
At previous year 2023 David Warner statement was that upcoming Pakistan Series will be my last series in test whites and this Wrold Cup is also my last. After the new year 2024 Pakistan test series David Warner stepped down from the Australian team. He conforms that he will continue to play franchise cricket over the world cricket.
A TRUE CHAMPION: Winners of ICC cricket World Cup – 2015 Australian & New Zealand. Winners of ICC Cricket world Cup – 2023 India. Winners of T20 World Cup 2021.