It was memorable start to 2017 for David Warner, who raced to a hundred off 78 balls in a memorable start to 2017. It made him only the fifth - the first since 1976 - to hit a hundred before lunch on the opening day of a Test, and the first before lunch on any day of a Test in Australia.
HISTORY! David Warner just became the first batsman to score a century on Aussie soil before lunch #AUSvPAK Test 3 January 2017 Score: 0/122 pic.twitter.com/1KSbQA6RPE
— Sydney Cricket Grnd (@scg) January 3, 2017
No wonder most on Twitter were awestruck.
Warnertastic!!!!
— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) January 3, 2017
in a session at scg#WarnersWorldPartyTimeExcellent #Schwing #AUSvPAK
Woweeee. What an UNBELIEVABLE player @davidwarner31 is. 100 before lunch, people don't realise just how amazing that is. #AUSvPAK
— Trent Copeland (@copes9) January 3, 2017
Bull Power @davidwarner31
— Fawad Ahmed (@bachaji23) January 3, 2017
What a Class..
So Ruthless and brutal #AUSvPAK #pinktest
David Warner.
— Alex Brown (@AlexBrown77) January 3, 2017
Un.
Be.
Lievable.#AUSvPAK
A record before lunch. Proper beast mode. #AUSvPAK https://t.co/rNEULgFeIN
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) January 3, 2017
100 before lunch is easy, you just have to be a bloody good player. #AUSvPAK
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 3, 2017
It also earned high praise from a decorated Paralympian.
Even I'd give that a standing ovation. Great knock David Warner! #AUSvPAK
— Kurt Fearnley (@kurtfearnley) January 3, 2017
At the other end, Matt Renshaw, his opening partner, had scored 21 off 80 balls.
Warner is the star of this show. Renshaw has a non-speaking role, but he's been standing in all the right spots. #AUSvPAK
— Adam White (@White_Adam) January 3, 2017
Currently tracking for Renshaw to bring up his ton when Warner is 500.
— Phil Lutton (@phillutton78) January 3, 2017
For some, it also brought back memories of Virender Sehwag, another modern-day Test opener.
Warner was born to make a hundred before lunch. The only surprise to me really is that Sehwag never got one.
— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) January 3, 2017
78 balls of pure class @davidwarner31 and more importantly bloody entertaining. Sehwagesque @virendersehwag #AUSvPAK
— Trent Woodhill (@TrentWoodhill) January 3, 2017
Virender Sehwag during his 180 at St Lucia on 10-6-2006 reached 99* in 75 balls before lunch on opening day (India 140/0 in 25 ov)#AusvPak
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 3, 2017
Two players in @davidwarner31 & @virendersehwag take Test cricket entertainment to a different level, hold onto your seat. #class #AUSvPAK
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) January 3, 2017
Warner himself had no clue about his feat.
David Warner had no idea of record he broke at SCG this morn until he came off for lunch, and team doctor Peter Brukner told him #AUSvPAK
— Andrew Ramsey (@ARamseyCricket) January 3, 2017
There were some other records that he broke too.
100 off 78 balls by Warner - fastest Test century at SCG. He beat his own record of 82 balls he set in the last New Year Test vs WI.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 3, 2017
Fortunately for Pakistan, Warner did not convert it to a triple.
Good omen for David Warner. When Don Bradman made his century before lunch in 1930, he made 334 #AUSvPAK
— Andrew Wu (@wutube) January 3, 2017
What had you done before lunch today?
I wasn't even dressed before lunch.#AUSvPAK #tonbeforelunch#warner
— Mike Thorpe (@MikeThorpeTVNZ) January 3, 2017