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Ranking Warner's 20 Test centuries

We look back through a catalogue of classics and attempt to put the dynamic Aussie opener's centuries in order

20. 112 v England, Perth, 2013

Warner smashes quick-fire ton

Australia's first-innings lead of 134 at the WACA was quickly doubled as Warner clattered 17 fours and two sixes in his innings, posting a blazing fifty in just 56 balls and reaching three figures in 127 deliveries. Australia's lead was 317 by the time he departed and the urn was all but in Australia's hands.

19. 144 v Pakistan, Melbourne, 2016

Warner scores first Boxing Day Test century

Playing in his sixth Boxing Day Test, Warner finally posted three figures on what had been his least successful Australian venue. Handed a big slice of luck when dismissed by a Wahab Riaz no-ball when he was 81, the left-hander hammered 17 fours to finish with 144 from just 143 balls.

18-17. 163 & 116, Brisbane, 2015

Warner posts second ton of first Test

Having survived a tricky opening session at The Gabba, Warner dismantled New Zealand's bowling attack with 163, which at the time was the second-highest score of his career. And when Australia claimed a 239-run lead on the first innings, Warner rammed home the advantage with yet another ton at almost a run-a-ball.

16. 122no v West Indies, Sydney, 2017

Warner scorches fastest SCG ton

In a match ruined by a deluge in Sydney, Warner lit up the final day by scoring the fastest-ever Test century at the SCG and the fourth-fastest by an Australian anywhere. He hit 11 fours and two sixes in all and brought up his ton in just 82 deliveries.

15. 124 v England, Brisbane, 2013

Warner brings up his first Ashes ton

No man can ram home his side's advantage quite David Warner in the second innings of a Test match. With Australia holding a 159-run lead on the first innings after Mitchell Johnson triggered a stunning England collapse on day two at The Gabba, Warner raced to 45no at stumps and reached three figures just after lunch the next day, his ton coming in 135 balls.

14. 119 v South Africa, Adelaide Oval, 2012

Warner reaches stirring hundred

After a stalemate in the first Test, Warner asserted himself on South Africa's attack on day one in Adelaide. The opener brought up his hundred off just 93 balls, smashing 16 boundaries and four sixes to set a great foundation. The feat was even more impressive considering the calibre of South Africa's bowling line-up, which featured high-class pace duo Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

13. 115 v South Africa, Centurion, 2014 

Warner and Doolan continue Aussie dominance

Leading by 191 runs after the first innings, Warner hammered home the visitors' advantage with a quick-fire 115 from 151 deliveries. His knock included 13 boundaries and two sixes, as Australia recorded its second-largest victory in a Test match in South Africa, winning by 281 runs. 

12. 101 v India, SCG, 2015

Warner rides wave of emotion to century

An emotionally-charged four-Test series against India culminated with a special hundred for Warner in Sydney. Having ridden some early luck, a pull-shot off Mohammed Shami sparked stirring scenes, as Warner kissed the SCG wicket in tribute to his great mate Phillip Hughes. His 200-run opening partnership with Chris Rogers helped Australia amass a huge first-innings total in what was ultimately a drawn affair. 

11. 133 v Pakistan, Dubai, 2014

Warner's Dubai delight

Australia had to wait until after tea on day two for their first chance to bat in Dubai, after Pakistan compiled 454 in their first innings. Warner was the only Australian who could combat the spin-friendly conditions, making 133 from 174 balls which included 11 boundaries and two sixes. Warner was the clear standout for the Aussies, scoring nearly half of their first-innings runs.

10. 253 v New Zealand, Perth, 2015

Sit back and enjoy Warner's knock

By the time the summer of 2015-16 rolled around, Warner’s reputation as a rampaging, rapid-fire opener was well and truly set in stone. What he hadn’t achieved was a really big score, one that required hours at the crease, patience and discipline. That innings came at the WACA Ground in November 2015, when he batted for nearly seven hours in composing 253. In typical Warner fashion he still scored at a strike rate of 88.46, with 24 fours and two sixes rebounding off his bat. His innings ended in the 96th over when a wild flash was edged to second slip, but by that stage, at 3-427, the vice-captain had well and truly done his job. 

9-8. 145 & 102 v India, Adelaide, 2014

Warner's stirring century

The emotional toll on the Australians in the wake of Phillip Hughes’s tragic death could not be measured. Just 12 days after Hughes passed away, the Test side, filled with many of his closest friends, returned to cricket at the Adelaide Oval against India. Warner opened the innings and in a blur he was 28 from 13 balls, with five boundaries. He settled and steadied to move past 50, and soon after he looked to the heavens as he reached 63, the score forever linked with Hughes. Emotions overflowed again when midway through the afternoon session he scored his century, which was followed by his trademark leap, a skyward look and a big hug from his captain, Michael Clarke. He backed it up again in the second innings, this time a measured 104, to put Australia in a commanding position, and the match ripe for a grandstand finish. 

7. 113 v Pakistan, Sydney, 2017

Warner's record ton put under the microscope

This was Warner at his most ruthless, most punishing, perhaps most sadistic. His destruction of Pakistan came thick and fast; five shots found the fence in the opening three overs. A trio of boundaries followed in the sixth over from the bowling of Imran Khan, and by over No.13 he had his half-century from 41 balls. The blitzkrieg continued after drinks as the distant goal of a century before lunch looked closer and closer with each thunderous stroke. With four overs to go before lunch, Warner required 14. Two overs later, just six. As the final over before the main break began, one straight hit would’ve delivered the southpaw a place in history. A two to midwicket was followed by three behind backward point and with it triple-figures were secured. Warner became just the fifth player in history to score a century before lunch on day one of a Test and the first ever to achieve the feat in Australia.

6. 123 v Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2017

Warner tons up in Chittagong

Dhaka had been no fluke. Warner made that patently clear when he made it two on the trot in the first innings of the second Test in Chittagong. This innings was the slowest of his 20 Test hundreds, played out in heat and sapping humidity that caused batting partner Peter Handscomb to require medical attention. Warner, fit and alert throughout, ground down the opposition, his runs coming as an accumulation rather than the usual avalanche, with just seven boundaries throughout. He even spent 15 balls on 99, but the patience paid off as he played another significant hand for his country and again dispelled doubt about his ability to play spin on Asian pitches. "The way he's adapted ... and actually gone about it in a different way in the last couple of innings has been spectacular," said coach Darren Lehmann. 

5. 180 v India, Perth, 2012

David Warner's blistering century

A month after his valiant bat-carrying exploits in Hobart, Warner showed the other side of his game. The dashing, daring, destructive side that has thrilled cricket fans around the world for close to a decade now. Australia rolled through India shortly after tea on day one at the WACA, meaning Warner and partner Ed Cowan were tasked with seeing the home side through to stumps. Warner, playing in just his fifth Test, disregarded any notion of caution, flying to 50 from 36 balls and only upping the ante from there. In a flurry of fours and sixes he flayed the fifth-fastest Test hundred of all time, from just 69 balls. And all before stumps. He carried on the next day – at a more sedate pace – to make 180, his second hundred in his fifth Test, leaving fans awestruck about what the future might hold for the diminutive dynamo. 

4-3. 135 & 145 v South Africa, Cape Town, 2014

Warner's Newlands ton

Michael Clarke and Ryan Harris earned the plaudits for their dramatic deeds in this match, which took on extra significance as a battle for the No.1 Test ranking. But for one of the few times in his career, Warner didn't quite receive the rave reviews he deserved. While Clarke gamely battled through a short-ball assault from Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn and co to score a famous hundred, Warner meted out some punishment of his own. He blazed a day-one century off just 104 balls to put Australia in a position of dominance, then backed it up on day four with a stirring 145 from 156 deliveries to set up Clarke's declaration. A six back lofted back over Steyn's head, one knee planted on the pitch, summed up his incredible form; here was a player in complete command. Australia won the match, and Warner was a clear choice for player of the match.

2. 123no v New Zealand, Hobart, 2011

Warner's valiant ton goes in vain

There's something very Allan Border-like in the fact that Warner's top two hundreds have come in the fourth innings of nail-biting defeats, which is ironic because when Warner played this quite remarkable hand in just his second Test, his reputation was perhaps as far from Border as one could imagine. Warner's credentials as a legitimate Test opener were questioned when he was selected to debut in Baggy Green, just weeks before his Hobart heroics. He was viewed as little more than a Twenty20 excitement machine, lacking the discipline and technique to succeed in the sport's toughest format. But against New Zealand on a wearing pitch chasing 241 to win, Warner made a mockery of the doubters, standing head and shoulders above his teammates with a stirring hundred as wickets fell around him. Australia lost by an agonising seven runs, but Warner's place at the top of the order was suddenly assured. 

1. 112 v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2017

Warner's breakthrough Asian ton guides Australia

Warner had been backed by his coach, Darren Lehmann, to solve his problems against spin in Asia during Australia's two-Test tour of Bangladesh. The rumblings of discontent grew louder in the first innings of the series in Dhaka, when he was out for eight, but with his team in dire need of a fourth-innings hero, Warner came good in style. Chasing 265 to win, the dashing opener put on a masterclass against spin bowling, advancing down the wicket confidently and carving out a stunning hundred from just 121 balls – a knock he later agreed was his finest in Baggy Green. It should have been enough to lead Australia to victory, but in a match in which none of his teammates reached 50, the home side engineered an historic win. Regardless of the result however, Warner's magnificent hand will forever be remembered as a diamond in the Dhaka rough. 


Australia in Bangladesh 2017

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Steve O'Keefe, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

Bangladesh squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Liton Das, Taskin Ahmed, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mominul Haque.


27-31 August First Test, Dhaka, Bangladesh won by 20 runs


4-8 September Second Test, Chittagong