Warner slams double century in 100th Test, joins elite club
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Australia's veteran opener David Warner hit a double century on Tuesday against South Africa in his 100th Test before being helped off the Melbourne Cricket Ground in agony.
Warner joined an elite league to achieve the unique milestone, becoming just the second Australian to do so after Ricky Ponting, who is the only player to score twin hundreds in his 100th Test.
Warner also became only the second player to reach a triple-figure mark in both his 100th ODI as well as 100th Test, after the legendary West Indies cricketer Gordon Greenidge. It was Warner’s 25th Test century and 45th in the international arena.
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He became the eighth Australian to go past the 8000 Test runs benchmark during the course of his innings.
He notched his first Test century since January 2020 to prove the doubters wrong on day two of the second Test and with the opposition bowlers tiring in searing heat, he battled the elements and converted it to 200.
His third Test double century came off 254 balls with 16 fours and two sixes in a test of endurance in the heat.
Warner, who dropped to his knees which he reached 200, insisted before the match that "you're never out of form".
