Australian opener David Warner was at his attacking best as he scored a triple hundred against Pakistan on the second day of Adelaide Test on Saturday. With the three hundred, Warner has become the highest scorer at the Adelaide Oval, surpassing Sir Donald Bradman's unbeaten 299.
Warner's 300 came in 389 balls. Early into the game on Saturday itself, Warner was showing all signs of him eyeing a triple century even as Steve Smith became the fastest man to 7,000 Test runs. Australia has put Pakistan to the sword on day two as the hosts declared at a massive 589 for three wickets, with Warner's unbeaten 335 and Wade not out on 38. Warner's 335 is the tenth-highest Test score of all time.
In making his runs, Smith—who had a rare failure in the first of the two-Test series at Brisbane—shattered a record that had stood since 1946.
He took a single off Muhammad Musa to reach 7,000 runs in his 126th innings, taking possession of a mark held for 73 years by English great Wally Hammond who reached the milestone in his 131st innings.
Smith also moved past legendary countryman Donald Bradman's 6,996 Test runs to become Australia's 11th highest scorer.
The home team resumed the day-night second Test at 302 for one with Warner on 166 and Marnus Labuschagne 126, with the pair putting on another 67 runs before Pakistan finally got a breakthrough.
Their marathon 361-run partnership was a record second-wicket stand for Australia against Pakistan and the highest ever in a pink-ball Test. Just minutes later, the explosive Warner completed only the second Test double century of his career.
Playing in his 81st Test, he reached 200 off 260 balls with a single from Afridi, having clattered 23 fours along the way.
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Pakistan thought they finally had Warner out on 226 when he was caught in the gully off debutant Musa, only for their heads to drop when it was called a no-ball.
Warner made them pay, passing his previous highest Test score of 253, set in Perth in 2015, with his eyes firmly set on a maiden triple century.
Pakistan have lost 13 consecutive Tests in Australia.