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The 33-year-old smashed a century during the first Test match to secure a victory by an innings for Australia.
Updated : Nov 30, 2019, 03:48 PM IST | Edited by : Snehadri Sarkar
Australia opener David Warner created history with his bat on the 2nd day of the Day-Night Test against Pakistan.
The Aussie cricketer went past former greats Sir Don Bradman (334) and Mark Taylor's (334*) innings score with his record-breaking unbeaten knock of 335 runs on Saturday.
Warner also became the first cricketer to score a triple-ton at the Adelaide Oval and inked his name in the cricketing history books.
The left-handed batsman has been in top form against Pakistan after struggling to find form during the Ashes series for the Kangaroos.
The 33-year-old smashed a century during the first Test match to secure a victory by an innings for Australia.
Warner carried forward his top form in the second Test as well, alongside Marnus Labuschagne as the pair registered the highest partnership in a day-night Test.
This record was earlier held the English duo Alastair Cook and Joe Root.
The Aussie pair knitted together a record 361-run partnership for the second wicket.
Even after Labuschagne's dismissal, Warner kept going with and built another partnership with Steve Smith and registered his best individual score.
Warner is also the maiden cricketer to score 300 runs at the Adelaide Oval, as he went past Sir Don Bradman's (299*) score vs South Africa at the venue in 1932.
He is also the second Australian batsman to score 300 runs against PAK and the seventh Aussie ever to register a triple hundred.
It was Tim Paine who decided to declare Australia's innings as soon as Warner went past Taylor's record (334*).
List of highest scores in a single Test innings:
Brian Lara (West Indies) - 400* vs England, 2004
Mathew Hayden (Australia) - 380 vs Zimbabwe, 2003
Brian Lara (West Indies) - 375 vs England, 1994
Mahela Jayawerdene (Sri Lanka) - 374 vs South Africa, 2006
Gary Sobers (West Indies) - 365* vs Pakistan, 1958
Leonard Hutton (England) - 364 vs Australia, 1938
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - 340 vs India, 1997
Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) - 337 vs West Indies, 1958
Wally Hammond (England) - 336* vs New Zealand, 1933
DAVID WARNER (Australia) - 335* vs Pakistan, 2019
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