Jan. 3 (CRICKETNMORE) - David Warner joins the list of elite crickteres as he smashed a quick century against Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. He became only the fifth man in history to bring up a hundred before lunch on the opening day of a Test match. Warner had taken 78 balls and 117 minutes to get to the landmark, blasting 17 fours along the way.
The other four who did this are - Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan.
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David Warner is the fourth Australian among them, but is the only one to do it in Australia.
Below is the list of players who completed hundred before lunch on the opening day of a Test match:
# 1. Victor Trumper (Australia) 103* 104 against England at Manchester in 1902
# 2. Charles Macartney 112* 151 Australia v England Leeds 1926
# 3. Don Bradman (Australia) 105* 334 against England at Leeds in 1930
# 4. Majid Khan (Pakistan) 108* 112 against New Zealand at Karachi in 1976
# 5. David Warner (Australia) 100* 113 against Pakistan at Sydney in 2017
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