David Warner overtakes Sachin Tendulkar to claim this mammoth record in his name

David Warner overtakes Sachin Tendulkar: The southpaw leapfrogged Sachin Tendulkar to claim the record of the most international centuries by an opening batter, across all three formats of the game.

Warner crossed the mark of 45 tons as opener :-

Warner has hit 46 tons in 343 international matches so far, while Tendulkar has 45. The pugnacious batter reached the landmark in the 30th over and punched the air in his signature fashion. All of Tendulkar’s tons as opener came in ODIs, while Warner has 20 in ODIs, 25 in Tests, and one in T20Is.

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Head became the joint second-fastest Australian :-

Head became the joint second-fastest Australian batter to score 2,000 ODI runs (2,009 runs over 53 innings) alongside Matthew Hayden. Only David Boon (52 innings) reached the landmark faster.

SA vs AUS: Tabraiz Shamshi’s masterclass :-

Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi’s twin blows in successive balls included Head; who departed for 64 (36), and Marsh for a golden duck, couldn’t halt the run flow for long. ‘Player of the Match’ in the last ODI, Marnus Labuschagne, had other plans. After hitting an unbeaten 80 off 93 as a concussion substitute in the curtain-raiser, Labuschagne continued from where he left. He stroked his way to a scintillating 124 off 99 deliveries, comprising 19 fours and a maximum, to boost his claims for a World Cup place.

Josh Inglis chipped in with a quickfire 50 off 37 balls, smashing seven boundaries and a six.

Shamsi was the pick of the bowlers for Temba Bavuma’s men as he finished with figures of 10-61-4 on a belter of a pitch.

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