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David Warner 100: 'I never thought I would come so far'

David Warner will play his 100th one day match for australia on thursday against India

By Unnikrishnan
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Bengaluru, September 27: Australian opener David Warner will complete 100 one-day internationals on Thursday (September 27) during the fourth one-dayer against India at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru.

Warner reflected on his career and the landmark during a press meet on the eve of the match.

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Excerpts:

On the milestone: It's a significant milestone for myself and my family. It's a dream come true to play even one game, but to come from playing that Twenty20 in Melbourne in front of 90,000 people to be called up a couple of games later to represent Australia in the ODI format... I'm extremely proud of where I am today.

"I never thought I would come so far. I've learnt a lot in the early stages of my career. One, how to play the game; you can't just come out and tonk it from ball one like in Twenty20 cricket.

"And I sort of adapted to that approach to four-day cricket and then Test match cricket actually allowed me to play the game properly and show myself that there's a lot more time in 50-over cricket than there was in 20-over cricket.

On the bond between him and Steve Smith: Smithy brought up his 100th game recently. We've come a long way from where we were as juniors, not being peeps, me being dropped and him taking my spot etc. We've had a great friendship over those years and for us to play in our 100th together is massive for us and we're very proud of that.

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On the turning point in ODI career: Playing Test cricket really allowed me to actually nurture my game in the 50 overs - take my time and try and bat through the middle period as well.

"I didn't really think about that when I first came into the set up. We had Pup, Smithy, Mike Hussey, these guys that were such good finishers. I just thought my role was to go out there and blast through 15-20 overs.

And you don't realise it that you're there to bat 50. Through the last 18 months I've had such a consistent patch because I've learnt to adapt to that mentality well now.

Story first published: Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 16:44 [IST]
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