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David Warner

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

David Warner is a batter who has represented Australia Cricket across 374 matches and a succession of franchise sides around the world, with the Indian Premier League as his primary competition. Across 584 appearances in total, he has scored 26,263 runs at a batting average of 42.63 and a strike rate of 97.14. His most recent stretch of form came in the 2025-26 Big Bash League, where he posted four consecutive unbeaten innings for Sydney Thunder, including scores of 130 not out and 110 not out, before a quieter run in the 2026 Pakistan Super League that closed with a first-ball duck on 9 April 2026.

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David Warner
Bat Avg
42.6
Bowl Avg
69.8

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder

Recent form

Warner's most recent ten appearances span the 2025-26 BBL season and the 2026 Pakistan Super League. His BBL run included four consecutive unbeaten knocks of 67, 130, 82 and 110, before a quieter PSL

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — With 184 matches, 6,567 runs and a strike rate of 139.66, the IPL is the competition where Warner has played most and scored most. His average of 41.5

Career stats overview

112 Test · 154 ODI · 318 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

112 matches

8,786
Runs scored
4
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

154 matches

6,623
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

318 matches

10,854
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

26,263 runs across five competitions

Warner has accumulated 26,263 runs from 584 matches at a batting average of 42.63, spanning Test cricket, ODIs, T20 Internationals, the IPL and the BBL. The breadth of that record across formats and leagues places him among the most prolific batters of his generation by volume.

IPL: 184 matches, 6,567 runs at a strike rate of 139.66

The Indian Premier League is Warner's primary competition by matches played. He averages 41.56 there across 184 appearances, striking at 139.66. Those numbers reflect a sustained ability to score at pace over a long period in the most competitive T20 franchise environment in the world.

Adelaide Oval average of 70.63 across 23 matches

Warner's numbers at Adelaide Oval stand out across all his venue splits. In 23 matches there he has scored 1,907 runs at an average of 70.63, making it comfortably his most productive ground by average. His returns at the SCG (2,202 runs at 51.21) and Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (1,655 runs at 61.30) are similarly strong.

Average of 57.00 against Pakistan across 43 matches

Against Pakistan, Warner averages 57.00 from 43 matches, his highest average against any of the major Test-playing nations in his opponent splits. By comparison, his average against England across 76 matches sits at 34.06, making Pakistan clearly his most productive opposition on the numbers.

BBL 2025-26 form: three unbeaten fifties and a century

In the 2025-26 Big Bash League season, Warner posted scores of 130 not out (65 balls), 110 not out (65 balls), 82 not out (56 balls) and 67 not out (51 balls) across four consecutive innings. All four were unbeaten knocks, suggesting his side's results rather than his own form brought those innings to a close.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams DA Warner has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

England

Matches
76
Runs
3,406

South Africa

Matches
60
Runs
3,141
Wickets
1

India

Matches
57
Runs
2,666

Sri Lanka

Matches
48
Runs
1,942

Pakistan

Matches
43
Runs
2,793

New Zealand

Matches
36
Runs
2,049

West Indies

Matches
32
Runs
1,477
Wickets
3

Kolkata Knight Riders

Matches
28
Runs
1,093

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where DA Warner has turned out most often.

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches
41
Runs
2,202

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Matches
39
Runs
1,175

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Matches
33
Runs
1,655

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
32
Runs
1,687

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
29
Runs
1,051

Adelaide Oval

Matches
23
Runs
1,907
Wickets
1

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
23
Runs
1,510

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Matches
17
Runs
495

Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

ESPNcricinfo

DA Warner's profile

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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