.Warner
David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. His is noted for his aggressive play for New South Wales and Durham, and has earned a contract with the Delhi Daredevils in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League.
Early life
David Andrew Warner was born on 27 October 1986 at Paddington in Sydney.[3]
At the age of 13 Warner was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later he went back to batting left-handed and broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with NSW.[4]
Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School. His nickname "Lloyd" is derived from the character Lloyd Christmas from the Dumb and Dumber movie
Early life
David Andrew Warner was born on 27 October 1986 at Paddington in Sydney.[3]
At the age of 13 Warner was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later he went back to batting left-handed and broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with NSW.[4]
Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School. His nickname "Lloyd" is derived from the character Lloyd Christmas from the Dumb and Dumber movie
Career
Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.[5]
Warner's break through innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever.[6] Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket.[7]
This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009. [8] Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history.[9] Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals.[10] On the 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the SCG, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh.[11]
Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries.[12]
Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.[5]
Warner's break through innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever.[6] Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket.[7]
This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009. [8] Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history.[9] Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals.[10] On the 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the SCG, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh.[11]
Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries.[12]
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 106 | 69 | 15.14 | 137 | 77.37 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 20 | 20 | 0 | 602 | 89 | 30.10 | 392 | 153.57 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| First-class | 4 | 6 | 1 | 131 | 48* | 26.20 | 160 | 81.87 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| List A | 28 | 28 | 2 | 822 | 165* | 31.61 | 799 | 102.87 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 66 | 66 | 2 | 1828 | 107* | 28.56 | 1205 | 151.70 | 1 | 11 | 184 | 87 | 28 | 0 |
Bowling averages
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 60 | 40 | 1636 | 782 | 20 | 6/9 | 6/9 | 39.10 | 2.86 | 81.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 173 | 81 | 2210 | 1861 | 52 | 5/35 | 5/35 | 35.78 | 5.05 | 42.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 31 | 15 | 156 | 225 | 6 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 37.50 | 8.65 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 118 | 2816 | 1470 | 31 | 6/9 | 47.41 | 3.13 | 90.8 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 235 | 2906 | 2397 | 77 | 5/35 | 5/35 | 31.12 | 4.94 | 37.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 37 | 19 | 207 | 301 | 7 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 43.00 | 8.72 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |