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Venue- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide [Nov-Dec 2019].
The Australian summer of 2019 saw the Pakistani Cricket Team visit Australia to play two Test matches and three Twenty20 matches. In addition to leading the two-match test series 1-0 at the conclusion of the first test, the hosts had won the Twenty20 series 2-0. Because of this, everyone's attention was focused on Adelaide, which was due to host the final game of the tour. All cricket fans wondered if Pakistan could win any of the games during the tour.
Australian captain Tim Paine won the toss and chose to bat first on a flat wicket. And Boy! What a decision that proved to be. David Warner scored an incredible 335 runs, carrying over his stellar performance from the first test. It's interesting to note that David Warner scored 39 boundaries and one six in about nine hours of batting. He simply demolished Pakistan's bowling attack. In addition to Warner, Marnus Labuschagne contributed a strong 162 to Australia's first-inning total of 589. On that flat deck at Adelaide the Australian batsmen continued to pile runs while the Pakistani bowlers appeared helpless.
Though it looked as though David Warner might even surpass Brian Lara's 400 record, Tim Paine called the innings at 589/3 with David Warner still unbeaten at 335. Despite not being able to surpass Lara's record, Warner did surpass Don Bradman's 334 which is something he could be very proud of. Apart from that Warner's 335* is the highest score ever scored in a day-night test.
It is pertinent to note that David Warner was having trouble scoring runs in the Ashes not too long ago because Stuart Broad unsettled him regularly and dismissed him cheaply. However the entire atmosphere surrounding the southpaw changed in just two months time. The pitch was a bit flatter, but the outfield was just as green as it is in England. However the bowlers, who hailed from a nation known for producing quickies, failed to pose a threat to him this time.
In just 2 innings, David Warner scored 489 runs as the Aussies whitewashed Pakistanis 2-0. The horror of the past were dug deep as David Warner resurrected himself in the summer of Australia.
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