David Warner goes past Steve Waugh in special Australian batting record

David Warner is only next to Australian legend Ricky Ponting in the elusive list.

Australian opening batter David Warner couldn’t replicate his Perth-like performance in the Boxing Day test played at the MCG against Pakistan. Despite getting a decent start, Warner got out after scoring 38 runs in 83 balls. Australia had a collapse as their lower-order couldn’t put much on the board and they were restricted to 318 runs in the first innings.

David Warner might have scored less in his innings at the MCG, but he went on to overtake former Australian skipper and legendary batter Steve Waugh in terms of most international runs scored by an Australian. Before the match, Warner needed 19 runs to overtake Waugh and become the second highest run-scorer for Australia in international cricket. Warner is playing his final test series of his career.

David Warner overtakes Steve Waugh

David Warner has so far scored 18,515 international runs (including 38 at the MCG) in 460 international innings. Warner has scored 8689 runs in tests, 6932 runs in ODIs and 2894 runs in T20Is for Australia in 202, 159 and 99 innings respectively. Warner has smashed 49 international hundreds in his career and is just one away from completing a half-century of hundreds.

Top 3 highest run-scorers for Australia in international cricket:

1. Ricky Ponting – 27,483 Runs

2. David Warner – 18,515 Runs

3. Steve Waugh – 18,496 Runs

Steve Waugh is now third on this list with 18496 runs in 548 innings. Waugh scored 10927 runs in tests and 7569 runs in ODIs. Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is leading the chart for Australia with 27483 runs in 668 international innings. Ricky Ponting had scored 13378 runs in tests, 13704 runs in ODIs, and 401 runs in T20Is.

Australia made a great comeback into the game and picked up six wickets of Pakistan on day 2 of the Boxing Day test. Abdullah Shafique (62) and captain Shan Masood (54) added a decent 90-run stand for the second wicket, but soon after Shafique’s wicket, Pakistan middle-order collapsed. Babar Azam perished after scoring just one run. At stumps, Pakistan were 194/6 in 55 overs trailing by 124 runs.

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