PERTH: Australia opener batsman David Warner continued his brilliant performance with his maiden double century as Australia piled up 416-2 against New Zealand on the first day of the second Test at the Waca.
The left-hander hit an unbeaten career-best 244 off 272 balls, with 22 fours and two sixes. Usman Khawaja also scored a century (121) in a second-wicket stand of 302, as the hosts dominated in Perth.
Warner also hit centuries in both innings of the first Test of the series, which Australia lead 1-0, and averages 261.5 in the series to date.
This way Warner has recorded many achievements to his name including second-highest score at the Waca, behind Matthew Hayden’s 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003; first time an Australia opener has made two scores of 150 or more in a series since Bill Lawry against West Indies in 1968; only Don Bradman (48), Matthew Hayden (77) and Neil Harvey (80) have taken fewer innings than Warner (84) to reach 4,000 Test runs; Warner has passed 50 at least once in 18 of his past 23 Tests and currently averages 261.5 in the series to date.
