David Warner scores biggest ton of 2019 World Cup
David Warner managed his way to a second century of the Cricket World Cup, scoring slowly to start before exploding against Bangladesh.
Eight days after recording his first ton since returning from his ball-tampering ban, the 32-year-old reached the mark off 110 balls on Thursday.
He hit a monster 94-metre six in the 14th over and didn’t record another boundary until the 29th over.
The first Australian to score multiple centuries at a World Cup since Matthew Hayden in 2007, Warner is now equal with Adam Gilchrist on 16 ODI centuries.
THERE IT IS!
Another century this World Cup for David Warner.
Watch: @9Gem
Live stream: https://t.co/XzNGfErz4w #9WWOS #AUSvBAN #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/bb0InYAbMI— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) June 20, 2019
David Warner could end up as the World Cup's leading runscorer - and we'll probably still be asking why he hasn't been at his most fluent. Decent problem to have...
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) June 20, 2019
David Warner’s innings today has been marked by steady accleration from a low base. This is something that has defined his ODI batting in 2019. #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/X6t5ncgVeO
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) June 20, 2019
After winning the toss and opting to bat, the Aussies were 1-190 after 33 overs.
Aaron Finch (53) was the first man to fall after he wasted a big opportunity when he was caught at short third man.
Warner kept going after his century and eventually fell for 166 runs off 147 balls, the highest score of the tournament to date.
He finished with 14 fours and five sixes – seven of the fours and three of the sixes coming after he had brought up triple figures.
Revealed: Warner’s touching gesture
The local net bowler injured by David Warner two weeks ago has revealed he suffered a fractured skull in the incident and couldn't feel his right side afterwards.
Jaykishan Plaha was struck in the head during an Australian training session at The Oval, helped by the team's medical staff before heading to a London hospital.
He later linked up with Warner when Australia returned to the ground the following week.
Plaha was handed a signed team shirt from the batsman, who received new information about the 23-year-old bowler's ordeal.
"At that point, no one knew about the fractured skull and I didn't want to say it in front of the cameras, so I whispered it in his ear," he told the BBC.
What came next stunned Plaha and his family.
"He spoke to my mum and apologised to her. My mum gave him blessings," he said.
Plaha added: "He's a really nice guy, a family man. He's really bubbly and positive. He went out of his way to see me. I think it might have made him smile a bit more, because the World Cup has been a little tense for him."
