Alongside Warner’s fiery 164 off 211 balls, Usman Khawaja (41) and Travis Head (40) additionally made important contributions, making it a memorable day for the hosts.
“I used to be disenchanted with getting out, we may have been 4 down on the finish there. Nevertheless it’s as much as the selectors, in the event that they wish to hold persevering with to select me then I ain’t leaving,” Warner joked to reporters.
Within the forty third over, debutant seamer Aamer Jamal (2-63) felt the drive of Warner’s higher reduce, leading to a boundary that introduced Warner’s century.
Now 37, Warner appears virtually sure to conclude his Check profession with a last look in entrance of a house crowd in Sydney. This purpose was publicly expressed in June throughout a difficult interval in red-ball cricket, the place he had solely managed two centuries because the starting of 2020.
Regardless of his struggles in red-ball cricket, Warner’s white-ball kind remained constant. He performed a pivotal function in Australia’s triumph within the 50-over World Cup earlier this yr in India, rising because the crew’s high scorer with 535 runs within the match.
Warner’s spot within the Check aspect and his need for a house farewell had been a topic of scrutiny, and former crew mate-turned-columnist for The West Australian newspaper, Mitchell Johnson, had queried his continued choice in a current column.
“Anybody who desires to jot down tales about me, get headlines, that stuff would not trouble me,” Warner stated after the shut of play.
“I am allowed to have fun how I would like,” he added, labelling his century celebration gesture as a “a pleasant little quiet shush”.
Warner harassed Pakistan’s seam assault throughout the first session, outrageously hitting fast-bowler Shaheen Afridi for six over high-quality leg in an indication of what was nonetheless to return.
Surpassing former greats Matthew Hayden (8625) and Michael Clarke (8643) to grow to be Australia’s fifth-highest take a look at run-scorer with 8651, Warner added an additional three sixes throughout his aggressive and decided innings — albeit with a dose of luck.
A dropped catch and a missed stumping to spinner Agha Salman allowed the left-hander to cross 150 earlier than he ultimately miscued Jamal to Imam-ul-Haq at backward sq..
“I get older … it is in all probability game-by-game now. If I fail subsequent innings there’ll in all probability be headlines, however it’s what it’s.”
(With Reuters Inputs)
