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David Warner etched his name into the history books by surpassing former captain Aaron Finch to become the highest run-scorer for Australia in the T20I format.
During Australia's T20 World Cup campaign opener against Oman, which they won by 39 runs, Warner didn't adopt the high-risk, high-reward approach and took his time to settle on the tricky surface.
Warner walked back with a score of 56, glistened with six boundaries and a sole maximum. He has 3,155 runs in 104 matches to his name and is the highest run scorer in the shortest format of cricket.
He surpassed Finch's tally of 3,120, which he racked up in 103 matches at an average of 34.28 and a strike rate of 142.53. The experienced opening batter took time to open his arms and effectively negated Oman's spin threat.
He came down the track, opened his arms and sent the ball onto the stands to raise his bat for the 27th T20I fifty. He was eventually dismissed by Oman right-arm pacer Kaleemullah after he ended up mistiming his shot to the fielder at long-off.
His fifty took him past the former West Indies hard-hitting opener Chris Gayle. Warner has 111 fifties in T20 cricket while Gayle managed to get 110 fifties under his belt.
The experienced all-rounder has 1,007 runs to his name in 60 matches at an average of 31.46 and a strike rate of 147.22.
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