David Warner, an initial destructive and ardent left-handed batter of New South Wales, became the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to enter the national team without playing a first-class game. A leading gardener and a strong hitter, he was the top scorer in the 2005-06 season when the Australian U19s toured India. He then proceeded to play the U19 World Cup.
Warner's domestic career took off brilliantly when he represented New South Wales and recorded the highest score in a 165 * day for his team in the FR Cup, which immediately requested his selection in the Australian T20 team. He made his T20I debut in 2009 against South Africa, where he achieved a fast 89 of 43 balls and also played his first ODI in the same year. After some good performances with the bat in the T20 arena, Warner finally made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the 2008-09 Sheffield Shield season.
The best was yet to come for this talented and destructive left-hander. Despite making a silent debut in the Test against New Zealand in 2011, Warner shined with an inaugural international ton in just his fourth inning, breaking a 123 * blow and almost leading Australia to victory without help. That hit was particularly special as it showed a different side of his game, where he fought under pressure and showed the temperament and patience for the longer format of the game. If that showed a side, then he showed his natural destructive abilities against India in 2012 by destroying India's bowling attack, achieving his best score of 180 in his career.
From there, Warner consolidated his place in the Australian team, but faced immense criticism for unnecessary problems outside the field that often led to disciplinary action. An important black mark in Warner's prolific career came when he allegedly had an altercation with Joe Root just before the Australian Ashes campaign in England in 2013. He was then eliminated for the first two Tests and asked to play for Australia A on its tour for South Africa. Warner, however, fought hard with a lot of racing in the Australian national season and contributed heavily to the return ashes that followed Down Under. He scored 523 runs in the series, with an average of 58.11, which included two hundred and the same amount of fifty.
His form in the test matches was extraordinary, as he continued his prolific score. He made 543 races in the 3-game test series against South Africa in 2014, where he scored hundreds of twins in the Cape Town Test. He repeated this feat against India in Adelaide and what made it more special was the fact that the Australians returned to cricket after the unfortunate death of Phillip Hughes. However, Warner had difficulties in the shorter formats, could not score a century in ODI and only score half a century in T20I in that period.
He eventually regained his shape and returned to his best moment and won the Allan Border Medal in 2016 and 2017, becoming the fourth player after Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Michael Clarke won it consecutively. To add to his laurels, David became the first Australian cricketer to score seven ODI tons in a calendar year (2016), second set with Sourav Ganguly on the all-time list and only behind Sachin Tendulkar (9)
.
The left-hander was the second best racing scorer for Australia in his 2015 World Cup winning campaign, with 345 runs in 8 games. That included a blow on the Afghan side with 178 dazzling runs. This was an excellent year for David, to say the least. His vital presence in the team was recognized and he was appointed Steven Smith substitute in the Tests and ODI. In the Indian T20 League, he successfully represented Delhi since the opening season before taking Hyderabad to the trophy in 2016. In his title-winning season, he was the second best winner of the tournament with 848 races. In 2015 and 2017, he was the top scorer with 562 and 641 runs respectively.
Just when it seemed that things were going well for david Warner, things took an unexpected turn and he had the darkest day in his cricket life. During the third test of Australia's tour of South Africa in 2018, Cameron Bancroft was caught manipulating the ball with a foreign object (sandpaper). It was discovered that David Warner was the instigator of this scandal and Cricket Australia banned it for 12 months. This also saw him excluded from the Indian T20 League in 2018.
Warner's domestic career took off brilliantly when he represented New South Wales and recorded the highest score in a 165 * day for his team in the FR Cup, which immediately requested his selection in the Australian T20 team. He made his T20I debut in 2009 against South Africa, where he achieved a fast 89 of 43 balls and also played his first ODI in the same year. After some good performances with the bat in the T20 arena, Warner finally made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the 2008-09 Sheffield Shield season.
The best was yet to come for this talented and destructive left-hander. Despite making a silent debut in the Test against New Zealand in 2011, Warner shined with an inaugural international ton in just his fourth inning, breaking a 123 * blow and almost leading Australia to victory without help. That hit was particularly special as it showed a different side of his game, where he fought under pressure and showed the temperament and patience for the longer format of the game. If that showed a side, then he showed his natural destructive abilities against India in 2012 by destroying India's bowling attack, achieving his best score of 180 in his career.
From there, Warner consolidated his place in the Australian team, but faced immense criticism for unnecessary problems outside the field that often led to disciplinary action. An important black mark in Warner's prolific career came when he allegedly had an altercation with Joe Root just before the Australian Ashes campaign in England in 2013. He was then eliminated for the first two Tests and asked to play for Australia A on its tour for South Africa. Warner, however, fought hard with a lot of racing in the Australian national season and contributed heavily to the return ashes that followed Down Under. He scored 523 runs in the series, with an average of 58.11, which included two hundred and the same amount of fifty.
His form in the test matches was extraordinary, as he continued his prolific score. He made 543 races in the 3-game test series against South Africa in 2014, where he scored hundreds of twins in the Cape Town Test. He repeated this feat against India in Adelaide and what made it more special was the fact that the Australians returned to cricket after the unfortunate death of Phillip Hughes. However, Warner had difficulties in the shorter formats, could not score a century in ODI and only score half a century in T20I in that period.
He eventually regained his shape and returned to his best moment and won the Allan Border Medal in 2016 and 2017, becoming the fourth player after Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Michael Clarke won it consecutively. To add to his laurels, David became the first Australian cricketer to score seven ODI tons in a calendar year (2016), second set with Sourav Ganguly on the all-time list and only behind Sachin Tendulkar (9)
.
The left-hander was the second best racing scorer for Australia in his 2015 World Cup winning campaign, with 345 runs in 8 games. That included a blow on the Afghan side with 178 dazzling runs. This was an excellent year for David, to say the least. His vital presence in the team was recognized and he was appointed Steven Smith substitute in the Tests and ODI. In the Indian T20 League, he successfully represented Delhi since the opening season before taking Hyderabad to the trophy in 2016. In his title-winning season, he was the second best winner of the tournament with 848 races. In 2015 and 2017, he was the top scorer with 562 and 641 runs respectively.
Just when it seemed that things were going well for david Warner, things took an unexpected turn and he had the darkest day in his cricket life. During the third test of Australia's tour of South Africa in 2018, Cameron Bancroft was caught manipulating the ball with a foreign object (sandpaper). It was discovered that David Warner was the instigator of this scandal and Cricket Australia banned it for 12 months. This also saw him excluded from the Indian T20 League in 2018.
