Australia vs West Indies T20Is: David Warner etched his name in the history books during the first T20I match between Australia and West Indies at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Friday, February 9.

Warner became the first-ever Australian cricketer and third overall to play at least 100 matches in all three formats of the game.

Warner marked this unique feat as he was included in Australia's playing XI for the series opener of the three-match series.

 

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The 37-year-old Warner, who announced his retirement from Tests and ODIs last month, has played 112 Tests and 161 ODI matches for Australia.

With his 100th T20I appearance, Warner is now only the third cricketer after former New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor and Indian star batter Virat Kohli to play at least 100 matches across three formats.

 

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Taylor was the first cricketer to achieve this fear, having represented New Zealand in 112 Testsm 236 ODIs and 102 T20Is in his 16-year-long career.

Kohli joined Taylor to become the second player for the achievement in 2022 as he has represented India in 113 Test matches, 292 ODIs, and 117 T20I matches.

Kohli is the all-time leading run-getter in the T20I format and is the only batter to have managed to score more than 4000 tuns in the shortest format of the game at international level.

Warner is the third Australian player after Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell to play 100 plus T20Is.

Former skipper Finch is the most capped Aussie player in T20Is, having played 103 matches whereas Maxwell stands second in the list with 101 appearances.

Talking about Warner's performance, he looked in remarkable touch with the bat in the first T20I against West Indies and started scoring quick runs after Australia were put into bat first.

He provided Australia with a magnificent start to their innings and even scored his half-century before getting dismissed for 70 runs by Alzarri Joseph.

His 36-ball inning included 12 fours and a six before he gloved one behind to Nicholas Pooran in the 13th over.