The Australian opening batsman David Warner before playing his farewell Test match at Sydney against Pakistan has announced his retirement from ODI format as well. Warner has been a legend in ODIs with the bat as an opener, hence in this article we will have a look at five unique records of Warner in ODIs.
1. Only batsman to have recorded three 150-plus scores in ODI World Cup history:
David Warner was part of three different ODI World Cup editions in 2015, 2019 and 2023 where he went on to smash at least one 150-plus score in each WC edition respectively. No other batsman apart from Warner has more than one 150-plus score in the World Cup history so far.
David Warner's 150-plus scores in ODI World Cup:
- 178(133) vs Afghanistan in Perth, 2015
- 166(147) vs Bangladesh in Nottingham, 2019
- 163(124) vs Pakistan in Bengaluru, 2023
Notably, the above three are the highest scores for the Australian team in ODI World Cup.
Warner has six centuries in World Cup history which is joint-most with Sachin Tendulkar and he stands only behind Rohit Sharma in that list.
