David Warner and his ODI exploits

Australian opener David Warner called time on a legendary ODI career on Monday just a couple of days ahead of his farewell Test match against Pakistan in his home arena at Sydney Cricket Ground marking an end of one of the most entertaining chapters of Australian whiteball cricketSince his ODI debut in 2009 the lefthanded has been an entertainer to the core Be it his massive sixes his aggression his big centuries during the Cricket World Cup breaking records or dancing to the tunes of Indian film music or the love he has for his fans there are a lot of reasons to put Warner in the list of one of the alltime greatsDavid Warner retirement The Sandpapergate scandalWarner was handed a lifetime leadership ban after teammate Cameron Bancroft was caught with sandpaper in his trouser pocket and Australia admitted to balltampering during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in 2018Among the three cricketers who were punished captain Steve Smith and Bancroft being the other two Warner got the harshest punishmentFollowing an amendment to Cricket Australias Code of Conduct for players and staff in 2022 the lefthanded batter was to appeal against the ban but later decided not to do so as he apparently found out that the review panel hearing was to be done in publicWhen I look back at that it can be handled differently But I think Nick Hockley Cricket Australias chief executive did his ultimate best to put that forward to the board and the decision was made and Im happy with that Ive moved forward from that Warner said after he announced his retirement from ODI cricket alongside the end of his Test career this weekAlso ReadHave moved on from lifetime captaincy ban David Warner after announcing retirement from ODI amp Test cricketDavid Warner retirement Australian batting stalwarts ODI career in numbers161 ODIs played by Warner the 18thhighest by any Australian The legendary Ricky Ponting 374 matches is at the top6932 Runs scored by Warner in the 50over format He is the sixthhighest runscorer in ODIs for Australia with Ponting 13589 runs at the top22 Centuries by Warner in his ODI career the secondhighest by any Australian Ponting once again takes the top spot with 29 centuries Warner also has joint eighthhighest ODI centuries of all time with Indias Virat Kohli 50 centuries at the top The lefthander also has 33 fifties to go with his centuries179 Warners best ODI score made against Pakistan in 2017 in 128 balls with 19 centuries and five fifties It is the fourthhighest score in ODIs by an Aussie with Glenn Maxwells 201 against Afghanistan at the top9726 Warners ODI strike rate is fifthhighest among Australian batters with Maxwell taking the top spot with a strike rate of 126911527 Runs made by Warner in his ICC Cricket World Cup career in 29 matches the sixthhighest by any batter with Sachin Tendulkar 2278 runs at the top Also the secondhighest Australian rungetter in WC history with Ponting 1743 runs occupying the top spot6 Centuries scored by Warner in his ICC Cricket World Cup career which is the most by an Australian batter and joint secondhighest with Sachin behind Indian skipper Rohit Sharma2 Number of Cricket World Cups won by Warner in 2015 and 2023 Warner was a star in both tournaments scoring 345 runs in eight matches and 535 runs in 11 matches respectively7 Number of centuries by Warner in 2016 the secondmost in a calendar year behind Sachins nine centuries in 1998 and most by an Aussie batter in a calendar year24 Number of fours by Warner during his knock of 173 against South Africa back in October 2016 the most by an Australian batter in an innings93 Number of innings taken by Warner to reach 4000 ODI runs the fastest Australian to do so and overall sixthfastest to the milestone with Hashim Amla of South Africa at the top with 81 innings115 Number of innings taken by Warner to cross 5000 ODI runs becoming the fastest Aussie batter to do so Overall he is the sixthfastest with Babar Azam of Pakistan 97 innings at the top139 Number of innings taken by Warner to reach 6000 ODI runs the fastest by an Australian batter and thirdfastest overall with Amla 123 innings at the top18 The number of Man of the Match awards won by Warner in his ODI career7 The number of runs scored by Warner in his final ODI inning during the World Cup final against India in NovemberWith agency inputs