Twitter Reactions: David Warner cruises to his 21st Test century

David Warner was on a song during the opening session of the Boxing Day Test (Ashes). His form recently has been worrying for Australia. His recent scores in the first two Tests were not as pleasing as his captains. However, for a player like Warner, they just need one good inning to get back to their best.

Warner’s opening session was outstandingly good. He outclassed the England bowlers and also his partner Bancroft. He was looking like a man who is in the form of his life. England leaked runs in the first session, most of the damage was done by Warner. Australia scored 102 in the first session. Out of those, 83 were scored by David Warner, that’s how much he had scored in his last three innings combined.

When Warner is on the field, either his bat talks or his mouth. Today it was the turn of his bat to do the talking and it was talking like never before. He raced into the nineties but then England played on his mind as nerves were getting better of Warner. The southpaw was stuck in his nineties for 19 deliveries as Joe Root brought in all the fielders.

Root played the final card by bringing back Tim Curran; the debutant. Curran was bowling with full energy and got one to bounce extra which caught Warner by surprise and he was caught. However, Curran was out of luck as he bowled a no-ball. The very next ball was flicked away and Warner went past 100.

David Warner entered the record books of greats with his 21st century. He became the fastest Australian opener to get to 21 centuries. He joined hands with Matthew Hayden with 126 innings. The fastest opener is Sunil Gavaskar who brought up his 21 centuries in just 97 innings. That said, Warner’s century marked a fantastic start for Australia and that gave Twitter a reason to erupt.

Everyone went berserk after Warner reached his century.

Here are some of the tweets

David Warner becomes the 14th Australian to score 6,000 Test runs.

Warner is equal 4th fastest Australian to reach 6,000 Test runs:
– Sir Don Bradman – 68 innings
– Ricky Ponting – 125 innings
– Matthew Hayden – 126 innings
– @davidwarner31 & Greg Chappell – 129 innings#Ashes pic.twitter.com/c4LYQkOJTr

— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) December 26, 2017

Well played @davidwarner31 another quality test ? #Ashes #BoxingDay

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) December 26, 2017

?? kidding me ? well done Warner though 21st ? how many more will he get now is the question? #ashes

— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) December 26, 2017

@davidwarner31 ?? #BeTheBull #Ashes

— Trent Woodhill (@TrentWoodhill) December 26, 2017

Bit happening at @MCG
Warner out for 99 ?
Curran’s first Test wicket ?
No ball ?
Warner ? next ball ?#Cricket

— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) December 26, 2017

Bowlers who have dismissed David Warner but it turned out be a no-ball:

Varun Aaron
Morne Morkel
Vernon Philander
Wahab Riaz
Jayant Yadav
Tom Curran

I could have still missed one or two as he gets out on a no-ball just too often.

— Abhishek (@absycric) December 26, 2017

Really well played skipper @davidwarner31 well Deserved 100 ??????

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) December 26, 2017

Can’t wait to see making a quick double ton @davidwarner31 bring it on Skipper ??

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) December 26, 2017

.@davidwarner31 is going by @virendersehwag’s strategy of sticking to his explosive style, no matter what! Viru paaji, any tips? ? #Ashes pic.twitter.com/oGZPxta4hk

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 26, 2017

6 – Australia have gone on to score 500+ on all 6 previous occasions that David Warner has scored a century in the first innings of a home Test match. Harbinger. #Ashes pic.twitter.com/MaTxt95USp

— OptaJim (@OptaJim) December 26, 2017

Few players are as capable of shaping a match like David Warner … his average strike rate across his 21 Test centuries is 84.9 #Ashes

— Glenn Mitchell (@MitchellGlenn) December 26, 2017

David Warner out for 99, first Test wicket for Tom Curran on debut. Wait, no it's not. It's a no ball. Warner gets another chance, gets to 100 next ball. Christmas comes a day late for him #ashes

— Andrew Wu (@wutube) December 26, 2017