Australia v South Africa: David Warner hits double century before retiring with cramp

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David Warner celebrates his treble  centuryWarner's feat saw him go the eighth Australia subordinate to people 8,000 Test runs
Second Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground (day 2 of five)
South Africa 189: Jansen 59, Verreynne 52; Green 5-27
Australia 386-3: Warner 200, Smith 85
Australia pb by 197 runs with 7 wickets remaining
Scorecard

Opener David Warner retired connected 200 aft beverage connected time 2 of his 100th Test arsenic Australia built a large pb implicit South Africa successful Melbourne.

The 36-year-old struggled with cramp and exhaustion successful the 37C vigor and had to beryllium helped disconnected the field.

Warner enactment connected 239 for the 3rd wicket with Steve Smith (85) arsenic Australia ended the time connected 386-3, 197 runs ahead.

Australia pb the three-match bid 1-0 aft a six-wicket triumph successful the archetypal Test successful Brisbane.

Warner, who came into the lucifer nether immoderate unit aft scoring lone 3 runs successful the bid opener, resumed connected 32 not out.

He edged steadily towards his hundred, sealing it by pulling Kagiso Rabada to the good limb obstruction and celebrated with a leap into the aerial arsenic the fans astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground assemblage roseate to applaud him.

Warner archetypal needed attraction for cramp fractional an hr earlier tea, erstwhile helium was connected 124.

After helium completed his treble century, by hitting a 4 disconnected Lungi Ngidi, helium was fixed different lasting ovation and slumped to his knees, pumping his arms successful the aerial with a roar.

He got to his feet to leap successful the aerial again but failed to marque the landing and was near propping himself up with his bat connected shaky legs.

The 254-ball sound included 16 fours arsenic good arsenic 2 sixes disconnected Keshav Maharaj. It was his 3rd treble century, his 25th 100 and his archetypal ton successful astir 3 years.

His lone infinitesimal of mediocre judgement came earlier luncheon erstwhile helium ran retired batting spouse Marnus Labuschagne for 14 portion trying to get different tally from an overthrow

Warner departed with his broadside connected 329-3 and they reached the adjacent with Travis Head connected 48 not retired and Alex Carey unbeaten connected nine.

However, they were fixed an wounded interest erstwhile all-rounder Cameron Green, who took 5 wickets connected time one, besides had to discontinue wounded aft being deed connected his close scale digit by a abbreviated Anrich Nortje delivery.

But the time belonged to Warner who earlier this period withdrew his appeal to assistance his beingness enactment prohibition successful Australian cricket which helium received for his portion successful the infamous ball-tampering scandal.

"For him to beryllium capable to bash it portion his backmost is against the partition means adjacent more," Warner's woman Candice told Fox Cricket.

"You'd deliberation by present penning David disconnected is astir apt the incorrect happening to do. He thrives connected that."

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