Sydney fans were treated to some of the best shots from one of the most aggressive batters in cricket, David Warner struck his second-ever Big Bash League hundred during the ongoing match between Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes. Sydney Thunder were batting first and lost two wickets in the first over itself without any runs on the board. But David Warner continued to attack right from the start as he managed to score an unbeaten 130 of just 65 balls are a strike rate of 200.

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Warner reached his ninth T20 century of just 57 balls, which included nine fours and six sixes. This was the former Australia opener’s first ton for Sydney Thunder after 14 years. The 39-year-old scored his first BBL hundred for Thunder in the inaugural edition in 2011-12. Warner is already the fourth-highest run-getter in T20 cricket, with more than 13,700 runs, which include nine tons and 113 half-centuries. He is still going strong at this age.

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His knock included 11 fours and nine sixes and helped Sydney Thunder post a total of 205. Sydney Thunder scored 30 runs of the last over from Nathan Ellis and most of the hitting was done by veteran David Warner.

Sydney Thunder have struggled so far this season just managing one win in five games so far so this was a very crucial game for them and the iconic left hander who is also the captain led from the front and they have done half the job by posting a good score on the board.

Out of the 205 runs posted by Sydney Thunder, 130 of them were scored by David Warner with the next highest score being 30 by Nic Maddinson. It was a brutal innings and David Warner switched back time to show us a glimpse of the past as he looked in prime touch. This was David Warner’s ninth century which is the joint third most. Only Chris Gayle and Babar Azam have more centuries than him. He is tied with Virat Kohli and Rilee Rossouw both of whom have nine centuries in the shortest format.